How the government can fix the economy

Give everyone $600 dollars.

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Just kidding, that's a terrible idea.

I do have some thoughts on the matter, as I'm sure most of us do. The thing that's currently floating around my head is some sort of government sponsored purchase plan that doesn't charge interest on things under $1,000. Look, it isn't perfect (yet).

But none of that has anything to do with today's idea. Sorry for the digression.

Today's idea is about: football statistics.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ....wake up! Please?

Anyway, because football is such a team sport it's hard to measure one players impact and performance using numbers. Running backs have crazy numbers but much of that is attributable to their offensive lines. And defenses? Even team stats are messed up. The Raiders D got hugely overrated because they had low numbers against the pass one year. Well they were behind by a lot most of the time and no one ever threw against them (I just looked this up and it's fucktarded. In 2006-07 the Raiders gave up the 3rd fewest yards per game but half of those were on the ground. This means you have a bad defense. Not a good one.) See? It all gets skewed.

I want the guys who came up with all the helpful stats for baseball (OPS+, EqA, VORP, etc.) to "tackle" football. Get it? Tackle? Never mind.

But here's a start: Running backs could be measured on how often and how quickly they hit the holes created for them. Or maybe something like yards on good blocking plays versus yards on bad blocking plays. Defensive players could be measured on how often they're out of position. Or rather, when they are in position. Either one. They should also be measured not on the number of tackles they make but on the percentage of tackles they made when they had a chance to make one. If a guy gets 9 tackles in a game but had a chance to make 15, is he better than the guy who made 7 out of 7? I think not. Unless the guy who only had 7 opportunities only had that many because he was out of position a lot. See how tricky this gets?

Nerds! I need you!

Let's get on this.