I knew I had been forgetting something lately... printing reader questions and FO's answers in Extra Points! Feel free to send your KUBIAK and FOA 2009 questions to mailbag-at-footballoutsiders.com.
Dan: The FOA appendix lists the defenders with the most dropped interceptions. Do you have a list of the quarterbacks who threw the most dropped interceptions? I'm especially interested in Cutler's numbers, given the criticism that he's been getting from K.C. Joyner [1].
Aaron: Sure, we can easily do that list. Here are the quarterbacks listed with at least five dropped interceptions according to 2008 game charting:
9: T.Thigpen
8: M.Bulger, A.Rodgers
7: M.Cassel
6: J.Campbell, J.Cutler, J.Delhomme, R.Fitzpatrick, E.Manning, D.McNabb, K.Warner
5: K.Orton, T.Romo, J.Russell
What's interesting is the missing name: Brett Favre, who led the league in interceptions last year. He had only four dropped interceptions.
Here's an "adjusted interceptions" top ten, adding in dropped interceptions and removing Hail Mary attempts:
1) B.Favre, NYJ: 25
2) J.Cutler, DEN: 24
3) A.Rodgers, GB: 21
4) D.Brees, NO: 20
4) M.Bulger, STL: 20
4) T.Thigpen, KC: 20
7) T.Romo, DAL: 19
8) K.Warner, ARI: 18
8) J.Delhomme, CAR: 18
8) M.Cassel, NE: 18
While we're on the subject of game charting... We've had a couple of requests from people who wanted the charting data for just one team. We're actually planning on introducing that product in the FO store sometime over the next couple weeks; you'll be able to buy three years of game charting data for a single team for $25.
Links:
[1] http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/cutler-as-a-bronco-it-boiled-down-to-bad-decisions/