KJ6BWB OP t1_jdpqv9f wrote on March 26, 2023 at 5:42 AM

Reply to comment by AskOk3196 in Taller American football players tend to throw for more total yards [OC] by KJ6BWB

I was thinking that perhaps there's diminishing returns if a quarterback is too tall. Does it make it too easy for opposing players to see where the quarterback is looking and where the ball will be thrown? Probably not.

If I limit the sample to players who threw at least 1000 yards then remove Russell Wilson and Kyler Murray, there does appear to be diminishing returns for the tallest football players but if I then remove Patrick Mahomes that apparent diminishing return goes away. In other words, although in general more height means more yards, Patrick Mahomes is so good he makes everyone taller than him appear to be slacking.

AskOk3196 t1_jdpucda wrote on March 26, 2023 at 6:28 AM

So could you call Maholmes an outlier then?

KJ6BWB OP t1_jdpv07i wrote on March 26, 2023 at 6:37 AM

I have called Mahomes an outlier in other comments, yes. Him, Tua Tagovailoa (who has an even higher average yards per pass attempt than Mahomes), Russell Wilson, and Kyler Murray.