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Originally Posted by Megatron96

Uh, there's a few.

Mark Brunell, 52.0 CMP% in college, drafted 5th overall, 12 year NFL career with a 60% cmp%, won a SB.

Rich Gannon never threw over 60% completion rate in the NFL

Mark Rypien 53%

Joe Theisman 57%

Brett Favre 52%

Jeff Hostetler 51%


All less than 60% cmp in college. All SB winners, except Gannon, who should've won one. And there's many more. Most of them didn't win SBs, of course, but a lot of them were winners.

Side note: all the above QBs finished their careers with significantly higher completion rates.

Now I will agree that it's rare that an inaccurate passer can be taught to be accurate or to throw with anticipation. But it's not actually necessary to be able to throw with anticipation to be a winner. There are other skills, plus coaching, play design, etc. that can minimize those weaknesses in a QB's game.

Now, I'm not saying that Lock will even be the next Marc Rypien. But there's not enough evidence yet to say that he couldn't be.

Wouldn’t you also say there can be a difference between a QB with a low completion percentage and a QB who is an inaccurate thrower?