The NFL’s greatest QB performances are actually better than they have us believe

The NFL says no quarterback is allowed to have a passer rating above 158.3, refusing to acknowledge a difference between two quarterbacks in which one clearly outperforms the other as to the metrics relevant to its formula. Well, that notion can go kick rocks. We’re rounding up the artificial constraints and the lies and sending them to the bottom of the ocean to right all the wrong numbers stemming from each of the 24,492 regular + postseason individual games of the Super Bowl era in which a quarterback threw at least 20 passes. With the truth revealed, some fascinating nuggets emerge.