Oh, right. Not that I'm judging here or anything, but I keep wondering why people encourage me to take up drinking all the time. I have absolutely no moral qualms against it, and it's far too meshed into the culture to have any feeling of superiority towards those who do indulge, but I just cannot see the attraction of shutting down my brain like that. To me it seems like temporarily crippling or blinding yourself for a transient thrill followed by intense sickness upon recovery of your proper functions. There must be something to it, or else people wouldn't keep doing it, but I just cannot see what. I wonder if this is like admiring Egwene...

And he didn't have a West Coast offense or the greatest receiver in modern football to catch his passes and run fifty yards. One of Graham's main targets looked more like an interior lineman. But as you say, their breaking down of the rating system means I cannot help but notice such things in a football game. Particularly this season, when Eli Manning has had so many passes bounce from his receivers' hands into a defender's arms. He completes over 60% of his passes for substantial yardage and maybe even some scores, but a couple of plays that were hardly his fault make him look inferior to his opposite number who is likely to spend more of his career carrying a clipboard or taking snaps for teams playing for the top draft pick.

That's also behind my proposal that all forward passes should start at the line of scrimmage. IMO, if it hits the ground behind the line, it should be a free ball. That would eliminate any tuck-rule nonsense and pretty much end intentional grounding, or at least force the quarterback to take some risks when throwing it away, while still allowing them to advance a batted ball or throw forced into the ground by a sack. Also, all passes caught behind the line and carried for yardage gained would then count as running plays. Why should the quarterback get credit for a play where he is the only man on the field who has NOTHING to do with the gain of yards, since the play is a loss at the point when he ceases to be relevant. At least the linemen and other receivers contribute by blocking and whatnot, but the precious golden arms cannot be risked by such assistance. Yet, their completion percentage rises for making a pass that the average couch potato could manage, and as tHGoF makes clear, that is far and away the most important factor in the PRS.