Talk about a wild stat line: Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent played every single snap in last Sunday’s win over the Jets, but the league’s official statisticians say he wasn’t the winning quarterback. No, seriously. The Elias Sports Bureau actually credits Case Keenum as the official starter and winning QB, despite Bagent being on the field for the entire game.
The Elias Sports Bureau Gets Wild
So how in the world does that even happen? Here’s the kicker: Keenum took the very first snap of the game, with Bagent lined up wide. That single play, that *one* snap, technically made Keenum the starter in the eyes of the Elias Sports Bureau. It’s an insane technicality that means all the league’s official stats put the “W” next to Keenum’s name, not Bagent’s, for a game Bagent essentially quarterbacked wire-to-wire.
Bagent’s Got Bigger Fish to Fry
When a reporter asked Bagent if that credit situation was fair, he honestly responded, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Even after the whole weird scenario was explained to him, Bagent brushed it off. He said he isn’t going to “go back and forth with who we think should get the victory or who started or anything like that.” For him, it’s all about the team executing and getting that win. Bagent even showed the same level of indifference when asked about Ben Johnson declaring him the starter earlier this week. “I didn’t even know he did that,” Bagent said.
It’s clear Bagent’s focus is exactly where it needs to be: on the game itself, not the stat sheet or who gets the glory. He cares about execution and wins, and frankly, that’s what you want to see from your signal-caller.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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