Daly: Quarterback scrambles keep getting messier

The NFL’s passer rating formula will never be a true measure of quarterbacks, I’ve decided, until it includes “concussions per attempt.”

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Isn’t that right, Ben Roethlisberger?

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Big Ben suffered the fourth concussion of his career last week against the Chiefs. The Steelers were planning to start him Sunday night in Baltimore, but they changed their minds after he told a reporter, “I’ve always wanted to go up against Johnny Unitas and that great Colts team.”

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In addition to his occasional brain-scramblings, Roethlisberger has been sacked 221 times since 2004, more than any other QB in the league. Of course, anybody can get sacked 221 times. The trick is getting up 221 times.

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Can you believe the stuff Josh McDaniels, the Broncos’ Kid Coach, has been pulling? If he isn’t taunting Chargers players during warmups, he’s cussing out his offense during the Thanksgiving game against the Giants - and getting caught by the NFL Network using a naughty word (a 13-letter adjective common to locker rooms and Samuel L. Jackson movies).

Somehow, the profanity slipped past the production crew - which apparently was too busy fighting over The Last Drumstick.

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About the only way it could have been worse for the league is if, in the middle of his tirade, Josh’s left breast had become exposed.

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Eric Weinberger, the network’s executive producer, said, “We don’t have wires on the [coaches and players]. … It’s the microphones that are on the sides that are picking up ambient [background] sound.”

Ambient sound - you know, whistles blowing, helmets colliding, coaches cussing.

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