Letters to the Editor
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Lynx
Assessing a quarterback's greatness on the basis of his handoffs is a bit like assessing a pitcher's greatness on the basis of his pickoff move.
"Look at the real greats and you can't tell where the ball is."
When people talk about the "real greats" - Montana, Graham, Elway, Unitas, et al - I'm quite confident that their ability to hand off nimbly is rather low on the list of their positive attributes - somewhere down around their sense of style, their kindness to strangers, and their ability to hold the ball with laces out on field goals (and, I suppose, their ability or willingness to tackle after a fumble or INT).
"Marino wanted passing stats and made sure he got them."
That Marino wanted passing stats is beyond dispute. But if the implication is that he intentionally sabotaged his running game to set up the pass, then I might have to change the title of my first post.