Shortly after that, CBS showed a split screen of Talib and Batch and called them “the hero and the goat.” The Buccaneers’ offense couldn’t do anything with the great field position Batch gave up with his interception, but the Bucs did kick a field goal to take a 3-0 lead.

He hit Aqib Talib in stride, right between the numbers - which is not a good thing because Talib played for the Buccaneers. Only ESPN’s super-secret QBR formula could possibly arrive at the conclusion that it was the greatest game in NFL history.īatch’s first pass of the game was absolutely terrible. No sane person could possibly think it was the greatest game in NFL history. I’m sure Charlie Batch’s mom doesn’t think it was the greatest game in NFL history. I’m sure Charlie Batch doesn’t think it was the greatest game in NFL history. And what I saw was not the greatest game any quarterback had in NFL history. Thanks to NFL.com’s Game Pass, it’s easy to go back and watch old games. So I decided to re-watch Batch’s game and see how it looked. I couldn’t comprehend how 186 yards and two interceptions could add up to the greatest game ever played, with a 99.9 QBR on a scale of 0-100, but then again I didn’t remember exactly what Batch did in that game, and I know ESPN claims that QBR benefits from tape analysis that includes dropped passes and performance under pressure and other things that the traditional stats overlook. Under “ All-Time Best Games” on ’s QBR page, the top game on the list is an utterly forgettable game that Batch played in place of the suspended Ben Roethlisberger in 2010. There’s a risk of beating a dead horse when you talk about QBR, ESPN’s proprietary statistic that was rolled out with great fanfare four years ago as the “one stat that measures the totality of a quarterback’s performance.” I said plenty about QBR last week, and perhaps no more needs to be said.īut today I decided to dig a little deeper into what is, according to QBR, the greatest game any quarterback has ever played: Charlie Batch’s 186-yard, two-interception performance against the Buccaneers in 2010.

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