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November 8, 2014

Is Your QB Clutch, or a Choker?

With credit due to our friends at FiveThirtyEight, here are graphs for select quarterbacks, charting expected win percentage against actual win percentage. Matt Stafford and his Lions lose games they are expected to win, while Tony Romo’s Cowboys win games they’re expected to lose. How does your QB compare? Is it fair to pin the entire win or loss on the QB so generically?

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