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This board knows well enough that ND WRs have a hard time just getting open much less making a QB look good (except Mayer). The point of competition percentage is this ... if a QB is consistently inaccurate, as you guys say Pyne is, then how can you reasonably expect WRs to catch those balls enough so that the QBs completion percentage is that of someone who would be considered accurate? If you throw 25 balls that are mostly inaccurate how can you expect a high completion percentage?

And to the "glorified handoff" argument. Let's suppose every pass was completed 5 yards beyond the LOS. The QB starts 5 yards BEHIND the LOS prior to receiving the snap. Maybe he takes 1 or 2 steps back after getting the ball. If he only throws the ball in a straight line directly in from of him to a WR 5 yards beyond the LOS then he threw the ball 10-12 yards in reality. As soon as those "5 yard completions" start happening outside the hashes then those passes become 15-25 yard efforts from where the QB is actually standing. Accuracy doesn't not equal perfection. Accuracy does not require that a pass must hit a receiver without breaking his stride and is between the numbers. That's called perfection. Accuracy is consistently putting something on a target where you intended to put it. The target is the receiver which also includes his catching radius. There are also factors like defenders and where they are. Sometimes you can't lead a WR too much. Sometimes you have to throw the ball slightly behind to force them to slow down so the ball won't be intercepted.

Nobody her can argue that a 70% completion percentage is a very good number. Much like hitting .300 in baseball. You can't convince me that a QB, who is mostly inaccurate, would end up completing 70% of his passes. Especially considering how ND WRs have underperformed in recent years.