01-01-2018, 09:54 PM
For the second straight season, the Vikings turned to an unexpected starting quarterback after a knee injury took out the centerpiece of their offense. And while the numbers Sam Bradford put up in 2016 were slightly better than the ones Case Keenum posted in 2017, Keenum’s season was certainly more unexpected, and ultimately more consequential.
Keenum finished the 2017 regular season with 3,547 passing yards, completing 67.6 percent of his passes for 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 14 games (including 13 starts). His passer rating of 98.1 came in slightly behind the 99.3 figure Bradford posted last year, but according to ESPN, Keenum’s Total QBR rating (69.9) was the second-best in the NFL, behind Carson Wentz’s 75.7 figure. Bradford, who set a NFL completion percentage record last year in an offense that needed short passes to compensate for an anemic run game, had a 53.1 QBR, which was 17th in the NFL.
It will be determined in the coming months whether Keenum’s performance was enough to keep him in the Vikings’ long-term plans ahead of Bradford or Teddy Bridgewater. But while Keenum had a better supporting cast in 2017 than either Bradford in 2016 or Bridgewater in 2015, it’s difficult to argue either first-round pick has posted a better season in Minnesota than Keenum did in 2017.
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Keenum finished the 2017 regular season with 3,547 passing yards, completing 67.6 percent of his passes for 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 14 games (including 13 starts). His passer rating of 98.1 came in slightly behind the 99.3 figure Bradford posted last year, but according to ESPN, Keenum’s Total QBR rating (69.9) was the second-best in the NFL, behind Carson Wentz’s 75.7 figure. Bradford, who set a NFL completion percentage record last year in an offense that needed short passes to compensate for an anemic run game, had a 53.1 QBR, which was 17th in the NFL.
It will be determined in the coming months whether Keenum’s performance was enough to keep him in the Vikings’ long-term plans ahead of Bradford or Teddy Bridgewater. But while Keenum had a better supporting cast in 2017 than either Bradford in 2016 or Bridgewater in 2015, it’s difficult to argue either first-round pick has posted a better season in Minnesota than Keenum did in 2017.
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