Reply To: Is There a Clear Separation between TW and KT?

So the OP presented a lot of stats and then declared that the only acceptable response was more stats. Frankly, I’m not surprised at some of the responses generated by the OP.

Rick Majarus used to say that stats are like Brazilian bikinis, they conceal as much as they reveal. One thing that stats conceal is the level of competition. Also, outcomes are not based solely on stats. Here is an example from history — a major air campaign during the Second World War:

Force A started the campaign with 4,000 aircraft, of which 1,107 were single seat fighters and 307 were two seat, two engine fighters. This force started with 1,450 pilots for the 1,464 fighters.

Over the course of the campaign, Force A lost about 1,600 aircraft, of which 762 were fighters, 2,500 aircrew killed and 967 captured.

Force B claimed to destroy 2,698 Force A aircraft of all types.

Force B started the campaign with 800 fighters and 1,000 pilots. 1000 pilots from allied nations augmented the Force B pilots. Production of replacement fighters would ramp up just prior to the campaign to 350 a month.

Force B lost 1,087 fighters, along with 513 aircraft of other types. 900 fighter pilots were killed, missing or wounded — a 40 percent casualty rate.

Force A claimed to destroy 3,198 Force B aircraft of all types.

Based on the numbers, which force do you think won the battle?

If you said Force B, you are correct.

The campaign was the Battle of Britain, Force A was the Luftwaffe and Force B was the RAF.

I will give KT credit for making some key throws on third down, but they were against lesser competition and for relatively short yardage. After a week of practice with starter’s reps, I expected to see the KT of the first drive against Oregon, but I didn’t. He appeared serviceable rather than dynamic. While TW is not going to set the world on fire, he does appear more dynamic this year than he did last year.