Now remember this: Stanton only threw 241 passes (not including pass interference calls) last season, 31st in the NFL and less than half of Drew Brees' league-high 653. Think about how ridiculous it is that somebody with so few passing plays still finished so high in any counting stat, even in something obscure like dropped interceptions. Put it this way: in 241 passes, Stanton would have needed to average better than 20 yards per throw to finish second in passing yardage. To finish second in completions, he would have needed to connect on 172 percent of his throws, which would be impossible unless he started throwing two balls at once, and would even then still be very impressive. Coming into last season, Stanton had nine career interceptions in 187 passes, a rate of 4.8 percent that is much more indicative of his true passing abilities than his one-in-a-million 2014 campaign.
