Since John Hollinger got a front-office job with the Memphis Grizzlies after becoming stat-famous for his Hollinger Player Efficiency Ratings, I figured I would rename my recent TOUCH40 quarterback ratings as "THE HOWERTON TOUCH40 QB RATINGS" to see if I have the same luck. With that said, here are the season-ending 2012 Howerton TOUCH40 QB Ratings. For those interested, I've included the formula here along with details behind the numbers on this link: ((PassTD + RushTD + RecTD) / ((PassAtt + RushAtt + Rec)*40*7)-((TO / PassAtt + RushAtt + Rec)*40*2) + ((((PassYds - SackYds + RushYds + RecYds / PassAtt + RushAtt + Rec) -6.50) *40 ) / 16). The final TOUCH40 score basically shows the number of net football points a quarterback contributes to his team if he gets 40 touches, using basic box-score statistics. At the bottom of this post, I also included a 2010-thru-2012 Howerton TOUCH40 QB Ratings list to show the top NFL quarterbacks over a three-year period. THE HOWERTON TOUCH40 QB RATINGS 2012 (minimum 160 touches) 1. Aaron Rodgers: 18.63 ... 6.75% TDpT; 1.98% TOpT; 7.02 YpT; 607 Touches 2. Peyton Manning: 17.81 ... 6.11% TDpT; 2.15% TOpT; 7.47 YpT; 606 Touches 3. Drew Brees: 17.62 ... 6.42% TDpT; 2.92% TOpT; 7.29 YpT; ...

My new favorite NFL box-score statistic for quarterbacks is a thing called TOUCHDOWNS-PER-TOUCH. It basically shows you who the big playmakers are out there. The formula is simple: (Pass TDs + Rush TDs + Reception TDs)/(Passing Attempts + Rushing Attempts + Receptions). I was curious where Tim Tebow ranked among his peers so I ran the numbers from the 2010 season through the current 2012 season through Week 14 (as of 12.12.12). Here are the percentages for all qualifying QBs (rookies must have minimum of 130 touches; sophomores must have 290 touches; veterans, 450 touches). 1. Aaron Rodgers … 6.94% (1585 touches) 2. Tom Brady … 6.56% (1692 touches) 3. Drew Brees … 5.94% (1903 touches) 4. Peyton Manning … 5.24% (1203 touches) 5. Tim Tebow … 5.23% (554 touches) 6. Robert Griffin III* … 5.18% (463 touches) 7. Cam Newton** … 5.10% (1138 touches) 8. Russell Wilson* … 5.01% (399 touches) 9. Matthew Stafford … 4.95% (1395 touches) 10. Tony Romo … 4.86% (1316 touches) 11. Eli Manning … 4.83% (1676 touches) 12. Matt Ryan … 4.77% (1760 touches) 13. Philip Rivers … 4.76% (1659 touches) 14. Andy Dalton** … 4.73% (1035 touches) 15. Michael Vick … 4.54% (1344 touches) 16. Matt Schaub … 4.53% (1368 touches) 17. Jay Cutler … 4.49% (1202 touches) 18. Ben Roethlisberger … 4.46% ...

I call this work of art "1st & 2nd Timothy." If I was a scientist at Outcome and had to create the ultimate 21st Century athlete, this is who I would create. And I would name him Duncan Tebow. --morphed at MorphThing.com

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