Joe Dirt was trying to say the "Check Down Charlie" Mertz nickname was ridiculous.
His twisted oddball stat was that if you takeaway the throws behind the LOS of Mertz/Ward last season, they were close in yards per attempt.
Other than the fact that Mertz would be left with about 43 passes in the equation, once he got into the "if you takeaway" thing, forget it.
Mertz had 5 pass attempts on 3rd down.
Only 2 went beyond the sticks, which were incomplete.
His only 2 completions were, yes, behind the LOS.
Oh fer 7 on 3rd for Check-Down Charlie. The rook had to come in and get their only conversion.