Mark Rypien

Mark Robert Rypien

Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 231 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: October 2, 1962 in Calgary, Canada
College: Washington St. (school history)
Drafted by the Washington Redskins in the 6th round (146th overall) of the 1986 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 57 (1135th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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News -- May 2013

5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...

4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...
4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...

3/11 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback Age Curves: Last summer, I looked at the age curves for running backs in an attempt to find out if there is a magical cliff at age 30 (there...

2/20 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing rookie quarterbacks to their team’s prior year’s stats: Since 1990, there have been 48 rookie quarterbacks that threw at least 224 pass attempts, the necessary amount to qualify for...
2/11 Bolt Beat: Time to end the Joe Flacco ‘elite’ discussion: Every year at this time the same debate begins. Is whoever the winning quarterback of the Super Bowl now elite? This year, that...
2/4 FootballPerspective.com: Are the Super Bowl-Winning QBs Getting Worse?: Now that we live in a world where Joe Flacco and Eli Manning have quarterbacked 3 of the last 6 Super Bowl-winning teams, you...

1/27 FootballPerspective.com: How Super Bowl XLVII could impact the HOF chances of certain Ravens: Being a Super Bowl champion is a pretty nice bullet to place on your Hall of Fame resume. For players like Jerry Rice or Peyton...
1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...

11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College: Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks....

10/27 FootballPerspective.com: Wins with quarterbacks drafted by that team: Good stat today by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who notes that Kansas City has gone 25 years without winning a game with a quarterback...
10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...

9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...

8/31 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest QB of All-Time IV, Part III: Playoff Results: On Wednesday, I explained the methodology for grading each quarterback in each season. Yesterday, I came up with an all-time career...

4/24 Money in the Banana Stand: Carson Palmer . . . Done?: Now that Carson Palmer is the future in Oakland, it’s worth wondering what his long term prospects look like. Despite some...

11/3 Money in the Banana Stand: Carson Palmer . . . Done?: Now that Carson Palmer is the future in Oakland, it’s worth wondering what his long term prospects look like. Despite some...