re: Peyton vs. Eli "in the clutch"

The only solution to that aspect is to try to hammer out some things we can all agree on. Most, for instance, would agree that 'leadership' is an intangible. A significant percentage would probably also agree that 'intimidation' is an intangible. And so forth.

Of course, that still leaves us with the problem of how to measure said intangibles in any objective, or even semi-objective, fashion. We can probably agree that both McCarron and Manziel were great team leaders. We'll never be able to cement that agreement in solid enough terms to decide which one was a better leader. Even in your analysis, your choice of words skews perception toward Manziel, and a Bama fan could counter with the question, "Does Manziel have more intangibles because he was a better scrambler or does McCarron have more intangibles because he led his team to two consecutive national titles?" As long as it's all about language, there's no real recourse to this dilemma.