Interceptions - NFL

NFL Interceptions

Time for a rules change in the NFL on the way we measure interceptions.  Today, interceptions are charged to quarterback whether the pass is a bad pass or a good pass that was dropped by a receiver and caught by a defender.  We have errors in baseball that preserve a no hitter, and now it's time to update the way we track interceptions in football. 

When a pass is thrown to a receiver and the ball is one that clearly should be caught, but is dropped or deflected and then intercepted, that pass should be charged as an interception against the receiver. Similar to how dropped passes are tracked, balls that are dropped an intercepted can now be charged to the receiver instead of the quarterback. 

The NFC championship game Seattle vs Green Bay saw the Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson charged with four interceptions where clearly two passes were ones that should have been caught by the receivers.  Those passes would be charged as respective interceptions to each receiver, and Wilson would have been charged with two interceptions where the result was a bad pass. 

Time for a simple effective update to NFL quarterback statistics that will provide a more accurate representation of a quarterback's passing effectiveness. 

With Love,

Coach K

Tom Kaufmann

CoachKaufmann.com