[Farm93]

Now owing to the NCAA's dumb policy to add sacks to rushing totals, the carries are closer than it appears, but the point is that running more pistol doesn't necessarily entail toting the ball more.

FWIW - The Pistol, Wilson, RGIII and Kaepernick all demonstrate why the NFL's stats are the quirky ones.

For example, if Kaepernick gets hit for incorrectly reading his run option, then why should that count as a pass?  Was he planning on running when he was tackled for a run loss?  Or was he planning on dropping back for a pass? And therefore the loss should count as a pass.  Who knows?  It all likely would happen so early in the play that it would not be clear.  Bottom line - He had the ball, he could have run, he never attempted a pass, and therefore it should be a run attempt and a loss of yardage.

The NFL's way makes some stat guy in the stands responsible for making that pass loss vs run call.  Calling it a loss in passing yardage when a pass was not thrown or even attempted?  That's a bit silly, IMHO. 

[Farm93]

Now owing to the NCAA's dumb policy to add sacks to rushing totals, the carries are closer than it appears, but the point is that running more pistol doesn't necessarily entail toting the ball more.

FWIW - The Pistol, Wilson, RGIII and Kaepernick all demonstrate why the NFL's stats are the quirky ones.

For example, if Kaepernick gets hit for incorrectly reading his run option, then why should that count as a pass?  Was he planning on running when he was tackled for a run loss?  Or was he planning on dropping back for a pass? And therefore the loss should count as a pass.  Who knows?  It all likely would happen so early in the play that it would not be clear.  Bottom line - He had the ball, he could have run, he never attempted a pass, and therefore it should be a run attempt and a loss of yardage.

The NFL's way makes some stat guy in the stands responsible for making that pass loss vs run call.  Calling it a loss in passing yardage when a pass was not thrown or even attempted?  That's a bit silly, IMHO.