h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Okay, let's see if I can posit a question that'll last more than one or two guesses.

A certain player holds the NFL record for the highest passer rating in a single season as well as a career record for highest passer rating. Name the team that drafted him in the first round. (Naming the player is worthwhile, but not required for the point)


- JD

Funnily enough I was just looking at this area of the record book yesterday ... it was a rating of 112.8 if memory serves me ... I was just formulating a question along similar lines ...

So the team that drafted him in the 1st round would have been ... the LA Express
As for the NFL draft, I'd be guessing that he was drafted by the Tampa Bay Bucs.

BBS

My timing is just impeccable.

Anyway, you are correct - the correct individual is of course Steve Young, with a career passing rating of 96.8 and a single-season record of 112.8 (1994) ... and he was indeed drafted in the first round of the 1984 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I'd forgotten he was in the USFL with the LA Express first, though that wasn't the answer I was after. Way to cover all the bases, though. I just can't set a question that lasts longer'n a gringo without water eatin' New Mexico green chile.

Your and point, BBS. And your next question ...

- JD

sorry to be a pedant but the question was slightly wrong...

Steve Young is no longer the career leader for passer rating. Despite his poor form of late, that honour goes to Kurt Warner and his 98.2 rating... he became eligible last season when he attempted his 1500'th career pass...

Hmm, according to NFL.com players' stats page, Warner's career pass rating is now 97.6 - which still means you are, of course, correct, and that the question was slightly wrong. You pedant. I'll try harder next time to get an accurate question - in the off chance I get another lucky guess and win another point.

- JD

I noticed that inaccuracy but it didn't stop me finding the correct answer Anyway it said "A career record for highest passer rating" as opposed to "THE career record" ...

Next question coming up ...