Dave Wannstedt is all about touchdown-to-turnover ratio for quarterbacks

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00:00We threw for a lot of yards.

00:01We can all be excited.

00:04But why is Justin Fields?

00:08His numbers are not that much different

00:12at Pittsburgh, except for one thing, guys, not turning the ball over.

00:17And I've always said in my when I would be game

00:21planning, I would look at the quarterback and the first stat I would look at is

00:25what's his ratio touchdowns to interceptions?

00:28Yes. And to be a good player, maybe a wild card type quarterback.

00:35It's got to be two to one touchdowns to interceptions

00:38to be a playoff quarterback and somebody Tom Brady and those guys.

00:42And I keep I'm not using Brady.

00:44You use any good Kirk cousins.

00:46I don't just pick one and look at their touchdowns to interceptions.

00:50Yeah. And the ones that make a little run in the playoffs,

00:53they're generally three, four, five to one touchdowns.

00:57This kid now has two touchdown passes and he's got four interceptions.

01:02That's a one to two ratio.

01:03Yeah. And that was my point is, that's the wrong one to two ratio.

01:08Absolutely. One touchdown for two intercepts.

01:10Absolutely. And the whole thing is what I'm trying to say is

01:14everybody wants to talk about Justin, blah, blah, blah.

01:17Well, Justin's not turning the ball over, whether it's play calling.

01:20Maybe they, you know, are just doing a better job.

01:23I don't know what it is with waiting out there.

01:25All I know is he's not turning over, but he's making runs

01:29and he's not throwing the ball anymore than he did here.

01:31I mean, you know, it's so don't I don't want to get down that road with you.

01:35But I do know that protecting the ball is critical.

01:39And it's just sometimes it's something that's overlooked

01:44when a guy gets 300 yards pass.