Favre is having an unbelievable year at age 41 - which is in no small part to playing in a dome in my opinion. It is just such a great environment to throw the ball - no cold, no wind, etc.
Can you imagine the numbers Favre would have for his career if he played in a dome for his whole career?
To me, a QB playing half his games in a dome is much like a hitter playing in Coors Field before the humidor - it is just such a perfect environment.
And then a QB playing in a cold weather environment (GB, Chi, Buffalo, NYJ, NYG for example) - how many times do you see these guys put up big numbers? It's tough when it is cold and windy for a number of your games.
Kurt Warner is a great example - the dome played a big role in his success in STL and continues to do so in AZ. I have a hunch he wouldn't be as good in, say Buffalo.
Even Peyton Manning - yes, a very good QB. But his numbers have been inflated due to playing in a dome. I'd love to see his dome/non dome splits. I bet there is an big difference - just like there is for Coor's field hitters home and away.
EDIT: Manning's road numbers for 2009 were actually better than Home numbers - which I'm using as a proxy for dome/non dome - not sure if they hold for career, but in 09 it certainly refutes my "Manning is better in a dome"....
Just sayin' - when we look at QB's numbers, both yearly and career, we certainly need to look at the environment that they'd played - which makes me certainly appreciate the greatness (if not the whininess) of Brett Favre more and more.....
Can you imagine the numbers Favre would have for his career if he played in a dome for his whole career?
To me, a QB playing half his games in a dome is much like a hitter playing in Coors Field before the humidor - it is just such a perfect environment.
And then a QB playing in a cold weather environment (GB, Chi, Buffalo, NYJ, NYG for example) - how many times do you see these guys put up big numbers? It's tough when it is cold and windy for a number of your games.
Kurt Warner is a great example - the dome played a big role in his success in STL and continues to do so in AZ. I have a hunch he wouldn't be as good in, say Buffalo.
Even Peyton Manning - yes, a very good QB. But his numbers have been inflated due to playing in a dome. I'd love to see his dome/non dome splits. I bet there is an big difference - just like there is for Coor's field hitters home and away.
EDIT: Manning's road numbers for 2009 were actually better than Home numbers - which I'm using as a proxy for dome/non dome - not sure if they hold for career, but in 09 it certainly refutes my "Manning is better in a dome"....
Just sayin' - when we look at QB's numbers, both yearly and career, we certainly need to look at the environment that they'd played - which makes me certainly appreciate the greatness (if not the whininess) of Brett Favre more and more.....
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