I guess WR's do make a difference. Harrison went out in game 4 vs denver this year.
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manning with harrison
yrds cmp% td int rating
game 1 288.0 60.0 3.0 0.0 125.4
game 2 312.0 66.7 1.0 1.0 86.6
game 3 273.0 69.0 1.0 0.0 110.3
game 4 193.0 74.1 3.0 0.0 130.6
average 266.5 67.5 2.0 0.3 113.2
manning without harrison
yrds cmp% td int rating
game 5 253.0 78.4 2.0 1.0 101.9
game 6 259.0 62.2 1.0 1.0 80.8
game 7 255.0 46.7 2.0 0.0 98.6
game 8 225.0 59.3 1.0 1.0 83.1
game 9 328.0 60.7 2.0 6.0 49.4
game 10 163.0 50.0 0.0 1.0 52.0
average 247.2 59.6 1.3 1.7 77.6
brady 2006 with a much worse receiving corps than 2007 manning
yrds cmp% td int rating
average 220.6 61.8 1.5 0.8 87.9
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I know you can't directly compare these stats for sample size reasons, offensive line reasons, etc, but the dropoff is pretty remarkable.
oh and before you comment, consider this short video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1piy...eature=related
Edit: The Bonds thread worked well. Let's try it again!