I recently wrote a piece for Zone Coverage on the decision to start Nick Mullens over Joshua Dobbs. It has, in my opinion, little to do with who outproduced whom against Las Vegas and more to do with something else.
What’s interesting is how the Vikings got to this point. After all, a play-by-play analysis would have given Dobbs more benefit of the doubt against the Raiders and be a little more critical of Mullens. It’s one reason that Dobbs ended up with a better PFF grade than Mullens in that game.
From a production standpoint, after accounting for dropped interceptions, dropped passes, a missed field goal, pressure, and so on, a case could be made that Dobbs “played better” than Mullens.
Even if that were the case, however, there’s a reason to stick with Mullens.