The track record of NFL rookies missing their entire first season with injury and going on to have successful careers is extremely grim. For every Travis Kelce there’s … essentially no one else? So it’s bad enough at any position. But quarterback? It’s nonexistent. Those were the odds J.J. McCarthy was staring down this season before he ever even took a snap. Then he took a snap, and things got so much worse.

McCarthy’s disasterclass first year under center has achieved perfect symmetry in at least one regard — both the computers and eye test agree he is the worst quarterback in football. The machines are particularly bleak. The Ringer’s Danny Heifetz found the One Perfect Stat to sum it all up: Amongst qualified players since the year 2000, McCarthy ranks 851-of-852 in EPA per

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