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Stats FTW. We could also look at Hill's last season as a starter and compare it to Brady's last season as a starter.
TD %
Hill 3.8
Brady 4.0
INT %
Hill 2.9
Brady 1.8
Completion %
Hill 61.8
Brady 60.5
YPA
Hill 6.5
Brady 6.9
YPC
Hill 10.5
Brady 11.4
Rating
Hill 81.3
Brady 87.3
Doesn't look like much of a drop-off between Brady and Hill, so we're in great shape.
In all seriousness though, statistically speaking, there's negligible difference between Bradford and Hill - which is what you're using to make your comparisons. If you go by that alone, and ignore context, then there's not much of an argument anyone can make using those same numbers. Numbers tell the whole story, and that's that. But let's go ahead and look at context anyway. Just for shits and giggles. And then you can refute it using context of your own.
Bradford's starting receivers (X & Z) and TEs ..... Gibson, Amendola, Alexander, Clayton, Pettis, Givens, Fells, Cook.
Hill's starting receivers (X & Z) and TEs ............... Isaac Bruce, B. Johnson, Crabtree, Morgan, Megatron, Burleson, Vernon Davis, Pettigrew.
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Now let's do Bradford's last season vs Brady's last season while we're at it.
Without context.
TD %
Bradford 5.3
Brady 4.0
INT %
Bradford 1.5
Brady 1.8
Completion %
Bradford 60.7
Brady 60.5
YPA
Bradford 6.4
Brady 6.9
YPC
Bradford 10.6
Brady 11.4
Rating
Bradford 90.9
Brady 87.3
I'm going to say that Bradford was going to continue that trend and be (statistically) pretty close to Brady in what you deemed to be these important statistical categories. And since the numbers add up, you can't prove me wrong. Because ... numbers. Now if you want to add some context, go ahead and I'll try to refute it with context of my own.
Shit, the toughest defense he faced was Carolina and their numbers were nearly identical. Brady played them coming off a bye week too.