Attribution Changes Shift QB Valuations

Reassigning statistical credit — for example, giving quarterbacks credit when a receiver drops a catch or treating defensive pass interference as a completion — materially alters public QB metrics. Those metric changes change media narratives, fantasy outcomes, contract negotiations, and award debates because headline stats drive perception and money. — Shifts in how standard statistics are attributed can change labor-market outcomes and public narratives about elite athletes, illustrating how measurement choices have real economic and social effects.