Greatness matters

The importance of having an elite quarterback can be measured by counting how often the QBs who met in the conference finals had finished in the top 10 and top 5 of a range of advanced metrics. The results were collected into five-year spans:

Categories considered:
• Expected points added per play (EPA/play)
• Composite of EPA plus completion percentage over expectation (EPA + CPOE)
• Total QBR
• Defense-adjusted yards above replacement (DYAR)
• QB defense-adjusted value over average (DVOA)
• Offensive DVOA
Source: rbsdm.com, ESPN, Football Outsiders
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