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8/7/2025, 5:12:29 PM
How Sean Payton came up with his formula to evaluating QBs in the draft:
>When Payton scouted Mahomes, he sought to develop a formula that would evaluate the most vexing trait for college quarterbacks making the transition to the NFL: processing speed, the ability to react a fraction of a second faster than required in college.
> "If a quarterback is sacked quite a bit in college, per drop back, you can improve that some," Payton says now. "But it generally means the processing is a little delayed."
>He didn't take into account offensive line competency, and he was unconcerned with arm strength. Brees had a B-level arm. What he did at a Hall of Fame level was multitask -- making adjustments at the line of scrimmage and recognizing problems and solutions-all in seconds. Payton valued this skillset because he knew it was what he lacked as a quarterback at Eastern Illinois in the early '80s. He could throw well enough to play in the Arena Football League and as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL players strike. But he wasn't a multitasker. That magic was the difference between making it and not.
>Payton came up with a formula: He looked at the rate of negative plays against Mahomes's total drop backs: percentage of sacks, fumbles, interceptions, then added them together for the average. (He also liked to see a quarterback's completion percentage, although it wasn't factored into the algorithm.) Like golf, a low score was best.
>When Payton scouted Mahomes, he sought to develop a formula that would evaluate the most vexing trait for college quarterbacks making the transition to the NFL: processing speed, the ability to react a fraction of a second faster than required in college.
> "If a quarterback is sacked quite a bit in college, per drop back, you can improve that some," Payton says now. "But it generally means the processing is a little delayed."
>He didn't take into account offensive line competency, and he was unconcerned with arm strength. Brees had a B-level arm. What he did at a Hall of Fame level was multitask -- making adjustments at the line of scrimmage and recognizing problems and solutions-all in seconds. Payton valued this skillset because he knew it was what he lacked as a quarterback at Eastern Illinois in the early '80s. He could throw well enough to play in the Arena Football League and as a replacement player during the 1987 NFL players strike. But he wasn't a multitasker. That magic was the difference between making it and not.
>Payton came up with a formula: He looked at the rate of negative plays against Mahomes's total drop backs: percentage of sacks, fumbles, interceptions, then added them together for the average. (He also liked to see a quarterback's completion percentage, although it wasn't factored into the algorithm.) Like golf, a low score was best.
8/5/2025, 11:19:12 PM
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>>150108139
Sean "dicklips" Payton just said the Broncos have a Super Bowl caliber roster. I don't want to hear no fucking excuses. Nix is going into the season with arguably the 2nd or 3rd best defense.
>>150108139
Sean "dicklips" Payton just said the Broncos have a Super Bowl caliber roster. I don't want to hear no fucking excuses. Nix is going into the season with arguably the 2nd or 3rd best defense.
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