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Just how efficient is your team's quarterback?No. Really. When he has the ball in his hands, whether he throws it, runs with it, or gets sacked, how efficient is he accumulating yardage? You will find the answer below.I'm introducing Yards per Drop Back, the all-encompa sing quarterback efficiency metric.This idea was birthed from a common element of the today and what's become common knowledge in smart circles of NFL analysis.The common element is quarterbacks who can run and do so relatively often. While pa sing from the pocket is the most time-tested way to sustain succe s in the NFL, quarterbacks are significantly more athletically gifted than they used to be and are much more involved with yardage accumulation with their legs than ever before. Also, it's now basically conventional wisdom that pa sing the football is more efficient than running the football. From a yardage perspective, Expected Points Added perspective, etc. It's science. Well, math, actually.Anyway, while elementary school students could identify that quarterbacks' yards-per-attempt average range -- in the NFL, Tom Wilson Jersey almost always between 5.0 and 9.0 -- is higher than running backs' yards-per-carry average range -- between 3.0 and 5.0 -- a rush is guaranteed. A pa s isn't.Therefore, yards per drop back -- when the quarterback is hiked the ball -- is the best way to truly measure quarterback's efficiency as a yardage accumulator. Rushes and rushing yards should count. So should those pesky sacks, and the yardage lost on those takedowns. Yards Per Drop Back Formula = (Pa s Yards + Rush Yards - Sack Yards) / (Pa ses + Rushes + Sacks)Here are the figures for quarterbacks through Week 6. The NFL average is currently 6.26.The Above 8.0 ClubPa sesPa s YardsSacksSack YardsRushesRush YardsYards Per Drop Back2302,10486816808.332111,883754191338.274840818008.16What you see here is the cream of the crop, the ultra-efficient quarterbacks heading into Dennis Maruk Jersey Week 7. After running the numbers for the full 2018 season as well, I found that 8.0 YPDB is rarefied air. In fact, awesome beginning to last year led to an 8.25 YPDB figure, and while sample size must be considered, he was the only qualifying NFL quarterback above the mythical 8.0 threshold.Mahomes hasn't been himself for most of the past two games, e sentially playing one good ankle and one nagging one, and he's still comfortably in the top spot. Look away, Jerry Jones, because despite your 'Boys' three-game losing streak, Dak is still playing very efficient football. By the way, does Jones want Prescott to play well or not? If he does, big money. If he doesn't, probably lose but the bank account doesn't take a hit. It's confusing.Superb 7.0sPa sesPa s YardsSacksSack YardsRushesRush YardsYards Per Drop Back1891,7041693361517.311551,374129417407.17This tiny, two-quarterback group is the most fascinating in this entire article. Wilson has been jaw-droppingly awesome every week and is probably the front-runner . He has willed the to their 5-1 start. And, amazingly, when Wilson set various career highs a season Nathan Walker Jersey ago, his YPDB number was only 6.36.Then, right behind him, is everyone's favorite Dad-joke telling, big-game losing, whipping boy of a believed to be overpaid quarterback, Kirk Cousins. Now, this is not the time nor the place for me to opine deeply on Cousins, in short, he probably makes too much money relative to how good he is. But that is neither here nor there.The volume hasn't been there for him this season, as he's thrown only 155 pa ses to date, but overall, he's been rather efficient. What's crazy is four running backs currently average an enormous 5.43 yards per rush, so the gap between Cousins' impre sive YPDB figure and the yards per carry for Minnesota's ground attack is actually small. Hovering Above League AveragePa sesPa s YardsSacksSack YardsRushesRush YardsYards Per Drop Back1731,387107615636.932582,0111410413526.902011,64418102321646.792381,78512647246.781951,5071688694606.7129200005286.702281,74310731436.631461,16363821106.561941,4421493211256.431981,496161288356.312201,7712515418386.29The largest collection of quarterbacks resides in this range, and anything close to 7.0 YPDB is good. Nearing the 6.0 mark John Carlson Jersey should start to create some cause for concern.Because of his ability to generate huge plays, Watson has the fundamental ingredient to be a big performer in YPDB but sacks have doomed him early in his career. While 18 sacks through six games may seem high, for Houston, it's respectable. Last year, Watson had been taken down 25 times in his first six outings.Rivers in ninth at 6.78 YPDB is a sizable dip for him compared to 2018 when he finished third at 7.36. And how about Gardner Minshew? The Mustache has been sacked decently often (14 times) but has shredded through the air. He's making Uncle Rico proud.Jackson has taken a gargantuan step forward in YPDB, from 5.48 as a rookie to 6.71 right now. Safe to say he's comfortable in Greg Roman's offense after a full offseason to learn it.Bruce Arians was hired to get the most out of Jameis Winston but as of now, Winston has actually been le s efficient (6.29 YPDB) than he was last season (6.89).Below League Average, But At Least 6.0Pa sesPa sing YardsSacksSack YardsRushesRush YardsYards Per Drop Back1801,307108614526.241601,1367707126.191611,11784810276.12946463258196.092141,458105321826.062461,727129214136.051961,4351511411116.0As a reminder, the NFL average in YPDB is 6.26, so use that as a Mendoza Line of sorts. And this chart probably represents the second-most interesting group in this article. What a mix of names.The eye test has told us Rodgers has seemingly leaned on his defense for much of the season, and that is, in a way, confirmed by YPDB. Also, despite a down year in 2018, Rodgers YPDB was higher then (6.36) than it is now (6.24), but the season is still decently young.And while he'll never be mistaken for a franchise quarterback, Keenum continues to play honorable football, especially considering the talent around him. In Denver last year, his YPDB was 5.80. Ehhh. Right now it's 6.19 and not many teams are envious of Washington's offensive line and receiver situation.Then there's Wentz and Goff, forever compared after going No. 1 and No. 2 Kody Clark Jersey in the 2016 . Wentz has probably played better than his YPDB indicates, then again, he's never really been that efficient in his pro career, which might come as a surprise. In 2018, his YPDB was a t