This shows the 2014 & 2013 top 10 in yards, TD's and QB Rating (the real one not the stupid ESPN one). key: blue = superbowl winning QB Z - division winner Y - playoffs dvoa = defensive efficiency rankings from football outsiders http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/teamdef I used DVOA because I believe it's a better way of analyzing the quality of a defense than some of the other commonly used stats. I understand this will probably be the topic of some debate but it's my analysis so I'll use what I believe is the best defensive ranking system. All of the active superbowl winning QB's except Flacco appear on these top 10 lists from 2013-2014. Most QB's in these top 10 lists whose teams didn't have a winning record had a bottom third ranked defense. Matthew Stafford was the only QB in the top 10 passing yard list with a defense ranked in the top half of the league whose team didn't have a winning record. Matthew Stafford was the only QB in the top 10 passing TD list with a defense ranked in the top half of the league whose team didn't have a winning record. Sam Bradford was the only QB in the top 10 QB rating list with a defense ranked in the top half of the league whose team didn't have a winning record. He only played 7 games that year but the team was still one game under .500 with him playing. Of the 2014 playoff teams only Dalton, Flacco, Newton and the Cards QB by committee didn't appear in a top 10 list. Of the 2013 playoff teams only Luck, Alex smith and Newton didn't appear in a top 10 list. If we can agree to remove the QB by committee team that makes it an even 25% of playoff teams with QB's who didn't make a top 10 stat list for there year. I'm sure there are a million other observations that can be made looking at this. I just scratched the surface to start the discussion.
