It Is On and It Is On Early This Year

NFL Live, ESPN, approx. 4:10 p.m. EST:

Mike Golic, re: Rex Grossman:

Paraphrasing: "He's been spectacular and he's been awful."

Let us define spectacular as having some statistical basis. That is, let's not just say that being "spectacular" means being awesome, according to whatever definition one might have of awesome. For some, being spectacular might mean not sucking. For our purposes, particularly for a QB, spectacular means having a game with at least 3 TD's, 1 to 0 INT's, over 60% completion, and at least 300 yards. Let's look at Rex's spectacularity:

Number of regular season games with completion percentage over 60:  6

Number of regular season games with a completion percentage under 60: 24

Number of regular season games with more than 2 TD passes: 3

Number of regular season games with 0 TD passes: 13

Of those 13 0 TD performances, games with at least 1 INT: 8

Of those 8 o TD/ at least 1 INT games with more than 1 INT: 6

Number of regular season games that even come close to being spectacular: 2

Now, let's look at awful. Awful for a QB involves throwing the ball to the other team and not getting the ball to guys on your team. That said, if say, Rex Grossman had a game where he threw at least 2 INT's, failed to complete 60% of his passes and had 1 to 0 TD's, you might say that he was awful.

Awful games for Rex Grossman: 9

Oh, and just for bleeps and giggles, Rex's career completion percentage in the playoffs: 51.9. Career passer rating in the playoffs: 67.3.

Just sayin'.