New QB rating system has Brees, Romo, McNabb on top

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Published: September 17, 2009

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... ratings each week. And more times than not, they find it difficult to tell up from down, good from bad. 

Meet the NFL passer rating system, which is the most maligned, least understood individual statistic in all of professional team sports.

“In a number of cases, I wouldn’t say the current system is an accurate reflection of a quarterback’s ability,” former Bears offensive coordinator Terry Shea told me years ago. “Look at the ratings as they exist today and you see guys at the top who don’t belong there.

"At the same time, you see guys in the middle or even near the bottom who don’t belong there, either. The system doesn’t necessarily reflect the quarterbacks who do the things that it takes to win games.”

For years, NFL quarterbacks were ranked on the basis of gross yards per pass attempt. While oh-so-simple, the system was a fairly accurate gauge of efficiency. But, quarterback being th...

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