Sunday, December 6, 2009

Football passer rating needs help

In NFL news ... I think Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are both great QBs, but I don't like the way these numbers turn out today:

T. Brady: 19/29, 352 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs => 101.5 rating
P. Manning: 24/37, 270 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT => 95.6 rating

However the "passer rating" formula works, I think they give yards/attempt and TDs too much weight against those 2 INTs of Brady. For all the stats know, Brady's 2 picks could have been returned for TDs. I was really surprised that he didn't have a rating in the 80s with these stats.