[Vinnie]

Namath used to be a good scrambler. The defenses took care of that, destroying his knees.
Joe was a wonderful passer though and had a brilliant career.

Vick? Without his scrambling he won’t make the grade.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Vick is really scrambling now - in the jail cell trying to keep away from Big Daddy Jimbob.

[Resolute Conservative]

Yep, I think the hype with VY is the same. They would do more as WR with their height and speed. Weak passer and who rely on the scramble don’t last long.

[Alberta's Child]

One of those sports-statistic-guru outfits (sort of like the football equivalent of the Bill James Baseball Abstract) developed a modified -- and more realistic -- version of the NFL quarterback rating system. Instead of basing it on a QB's completion percentage, they developed a statistic they called a "productive completion percentage." This figure is a QB's completion percentage, but only counting complete passes that are deemed "productive" -- i.e., completed passes covering at least 40% of the yardage needed on 1st down, 70% of the yardage needed on 2nd down, and 100% of the yardage needed on 3rd and 4th downs.

In other words, a QB who completes a 3-yard pass on 2nd and 10, or a 5-yard pass on 3rd and 7, is credited with an incomplete pass instead of a complete pass.

When the league's QBs are rated this way, Michael Vick consistently ranks as the worst quarterback in the NFL -- and by a wide margin, too.