It's fair to say that the legend of Tom Brady is familiar to most everyone by now, whether they are a football fan or not. He led the NFL in passing yards in 2018 (5,129), his 15th season. 2007 Week 12: NE 31, PHI 28 (191 DYAR) Stats: 34-54, 380 Yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. He's like the Ford Motor Company of the 1920s. ?#SBLIII #EverythingWeGot pic.twitter.com/8rMqGxqWxg. Year. Sure, early during his career, Wilson could trot out there and say, "We score 17 points today we might win." Maybe we can pretend that 1-3 season as a 40-year-old in San Diego never happened. That's the play everyone mentions. Back to those MVPs for a moment. Although not known for stats, and Brady's seemingly indifference to them, he has managed to finish No. His sophomore season is the most incredible offensive season in 100 years of the NFL. First, let's start with the greatest quarterbacks to not make the top 20. Five-stars: The Patriots have one, while the Eagles have five. He turned to football, but because he was a newcomer to the sport, he wasn't regarded as a top recruit. He was the Russell Wilson of his day, using his athleticism to make plays with his legs, yet knowing when to call it a day and play another down. Brady let the game come to him toward the end of Super Bowl XXXVI, taking the checkdowns and short stuff to maneuver kicker Adam Vinatieri into range to finish off the "Greatest Show on Turf." The following year, Josh was offered a spot on Coastal Carolina as a walk-on, and after his first season there, he was offered a scholarship. 2023 NFL Enterprises LLC. What an arm. More often than not, Rodgers is better than the other 21. He received offers from big schools like Florida, Oklahoma and Texas Tech, but he chose to accept a scholarship at Texas A&M. Brady Public Schools. So you could say Roger the Dodger did more than all right. He became a leader, and that as much as anything is why he not only belongs this high, but deserves to be mentioned in Unitas' breath. Paramount to Brady's success has been his focus on what's in front of him. Tom Brady was a three-sport athlete who truly excelled in baseball. Brees is pro football's version of duct tape: good for every occasion, durable, and the most reliable (football) thing on the planet. All he has accomplished since that time is win three more Super Bowls, start three others, win all 16 regular-season starts in a season for the first time in league history and throw up a top-five all-time offensive season from the quarterback position. Imagine a world in which people only believe what they want to believe, basing their opinions on alternative facts. NFL+ gives you the freedom to watch LIVE out-of-market preseason games, LIVE local and primetime regular season and postseason games on your phone or tablet, the best NFL programming on-demand, and MORE! Following a dominant high school career, Berry was regarded as the top cornerback in his class and the No. It's functionality over fashion, despite his ease with the latter. He is one of the best pure throwers of the football ever, a la Warren Moon or Norm Van Brocklin. Just for good measure, he tossed five more touchdowns in the Bears' championship win that December. Michigan can thank USC, in part, for getting Brady, because then-Trojans head coach John Robinson decided Brady wasnt good enough to offer a scholarship after then-offensive coordinator Mike Riley, the future Oregon State and Nebraska head coach, scouted Brady and made a push to bring him to Los Angeles (Riley was the only recruiter who traveled to watch Brady in person during his senior year, his dad says). within Nebraska. Jim Kelly called them on the reg out of the K-Gun, the Bills' rip-off of the Bengals' no-huddle offense that befuddled the AFC in 1988 (so Boomer Esiason should be mentioned here, too.) Now, the entire Seattle fan base looks to him to pull a rabbit out of a hat when a game looks like a lost cause. Those numbers would still be right around the top of the charts today. Although I can't be sure, the educated guess is that the Dolphins legend's wow factor was so off the charts that he couldn't be denied. It was no different at Serra High School, where the California kid couldnt even start on a winless freshman team. You will see a little of that below, with some reference to Jack's handiwork. He didn't merely end with a flourish, either. What does that mean? It zooms far past being impressive, no doubt. Forget that he's already started two Super Bowls, and only missed the postseason once. "He's changed his body a little bit with just being in the NFL with our strength and conditioning staff to where he looks more athletic than he did, to me, than he did in college. Please crosscheck those figures yourself to make sure I'm not crazy. Brady owns the most wins at the position by a wide margin. It used to be, back when the Super Bowl was young, that Y.A. Now that is the spot in the football universe where the QB debate gets pretty darn interesting. WebDrafted: Round 6 (#199 overall), 2000 College: Michigan Agent (s): Yee & Dubin Sports - More Buccaneers - Tom Brady: A Financial Review & Exercise Now that Tom Brady is set to officially (officially) retire from the NFL, we'll take a look back at the 12 contracts that were across his 23 seasons. It should make for interesting arguments in your head or at your favorite pub. (Answer: Nobody.) Starr started in two Super Bowls, plus four NFL title games before the Ultimate Game was invented. What Rodgers doesn't own is multiple Super Bowl rings, which brings us to the conundrum. Los Angeles Rams, 1949-1957; Philadelphia Eagles, 1958-1960. Two-stars or lower: The Patriots have five, while the Eagles have three. He led the NFL in completions (490) and In his second mock of the 2023 NFL Draft, Bucky Brooks has the Raiders taking a quarterback to replace the jettisoned Derek Carr. But every player in the game had to start somewhere. Extremely mobile, too. If Brees is not as slick as Namath in pantyhose, he's easier to root for. Tom Brady is retired from football (again, for good, we think), but now hes going to make his mark in another sport. There will never be another player like him, much less quarterback. Guys like Graham threw down the field, as opposed to tossing none-yard outs to Danny Amendola and three-yard ins to Jarvis Landry. Tarkenton is known for starting and losing three Super Bowls. Brady's first and most recent passing yards titles were 12 years apart. Ranking the Top 12 Greatest Moments of Tom Brady's Career From his first Super Bowl over 20 years ago to his retirement on Wednesday, Brady supplied NFL fans While Marino displayed an impressive release and arm strength in college, he seemed to grow into his body by the time he entered the NFL. He refuses to lose, and early in his career, refused to be distracted. The dude almost got a first down every time he released the ball! Daniel Jeremiah previewed the event on Friday, identifying some intriguing prospect-team fits. This NBA season is wide open, but only a select handful of teams can actually win the title. He was the No. . He took over the starting quarterback position during his junior year and became known for his arm and high levels of football IQ. Tom Brady's High School Highlights Show a Young Master at Work Brady signed with Michigan in the class of 1996, four years before 247Sports began its ranking system. Brady High School is ranked 128-202nd He authored the largest regular season rally in the NFL's 99 years, leading the Niners back from a 35-7 deficit against the Saints in 1980. Recruits have been ranked publicly only since the early 2000s. My name is Gavin, I am 16 and I am a sophomore in high school. These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government. In 1945 he completed 70.3 percent of his passes. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1995 but chose to stay on the gridiron and play college football for the Wolverines, where his legacy would only grow. Much like Marino, Brees has made a living producing gaudy numbers. The Super Bowl is the biggest game in football. To date, he has been selected to 14 Pro Bowls and has three MVP awards. He called his own plays even when other teams started to give the head coach that responsibility. From 1956 to 1967 -- Unitas' rookie year to what was essentially the tail end of his prime -- he was the top quarterback in pro football. Roethlisberger has averaged 290.3 passing yards per game since turning 30, the second-highest average in NFL history to only Drew Brees. Stat you need to know: When Rodgers entered the league in 2005, Steve Young was the NFL's all-time best in terms of TD-INT ratio. Starr always gets placed third among the Packers quarterbacks. Montana didn't own the strongest arm, but he was highly accurate and much more mobile than people remember. There must be something in the water over there. What a way to go out. Gronkowski was already 6-foot-6 and nearly 250 pounds coming out of high school in Pittsburgh. Used with permission. Well, you can view Elway's career from several prisms. Here's the first of 11 different games from Brady's incredible 2007 season to make our top 50. Those who would say others belong ahead of him would have a point in that Moon never enjoyed success in the playoffs, winning only three postseason starts (and never advancing to a conference title game) in his 17-year career. Patrick Mahomes became Kansas City's first quarterback to equal that feat in 2018. On those merits alone, he should probably go higher than 19th here. Before this monumental shift in strategy, offenses ran their normal attacks, clocks be damned, and more often than not, ran out of time (only Bobby Layne achieved regular success with this inefficient approach). The sixth-round NFL Draft pick out of the University of Michigan has become one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history and led the New England Patriots to win six Super Bowl rings. He was quicker and stronger from an arm standpoint at 22 than he was at 19 or 20. How about some more perspective Stat you need to know: To this day, Starr still owns the highest postseason passer rating at 104.8 (minimum 150 pass attempts). He was the No. Indianapolis Colts, 1998-2011; Denver Broncos, 2012-15. Marino, Brady and Brees are the all-time Jedi masters at feeling pressure, then making the subtle movements to ensure the ball finds its intended recipient. In honor of Wednesday's event, we take a look at some of the NFL's most dominant players today to see how they were rated out of high school. Don't forget his time in K.C., when in 1993 he took the Chiefs to their first AFC Championship Game since the AFL-NFL Merger. Ranking every team's QB situation entering free agency Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht highly doubts Brady would come back again, but won't rule out the possibility, either. If winning is the lone gauge for determining the finest quarterbacks in league history -- a method we discussed in the Rodgers section but one I don't subscribe to -- then Elway's career received a boost from those back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 1997 and 1998. The Packers' offense was known for the vaunted sweep, but Starr's teammates have often discussed how that sold their quarterback short. Under Bill Walsh's tutelage, Montana ushered in a new era of offense in the NFL, a fresh take on an old moniker. 1 in passing yards three times, touchdown passes four times and passer rating twice. Which NFL team had the best 2022 rookie class? NFL footage NFL Productions LLC. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, at Yet, even more noteworthy was how often he rescued the Broncos from what appeared to be certain defeat. Adjusted for era, like Elliot did here, Marino's 1984 season equated to a QB throwing for 5,668 yards and 58 touchdowns in 2018." But think about what it takes for a league to say, "OK, you are the most important player in highest level of football for the THIRD year in a row." That's what matters. To win four rings, and play at a high level in those title contests, is a whole nother ballgame. All of which is to say that no stat in this article is more impressive than Graham's career yards-per-attempt mark of 9.0. 6-overall weakside defensive end in the 2007 class. Only Tom Brady can claim a superior winning percentage with a sterling .775. Many districts contain only one high school. He was the No. Last night, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl. the only high school Before Brown became one of the NFL's elite wide receivers, he was an unknown during the college-recruiting process. He was as accurate as Drew Brees, and he was as tough as they come. As a starter over his junior and senior seasons at Michigan, Brady passed for 4,644 yards and 30 touchdowns to 16 interceptions while completing over 61% of his His career passer rating is over 100. They quit the practice in the mid-1980s. Brady came up in the pre-Scout era when high school-player recruiting was much different than it is now. Brady completed 66.8% of his passes for 4,694 yards with 25 touchdowns to nine interceptions for a 90.7 passer rating. He's the most effective player in the NFL, by far, at knowing when to use his legs and when to throw the ball away. The rest of the league's average passer rating: 43.0. Jones was listed as the No. Is James Cook ready to be the Bills' RB1? Whatever other adjective you can come up with that applies here, please do. Not to mention, there must be some kind of merit scholarship for taking the Cardinals to Super Sunday. A few years later I heard the list being discussed on the radio, leading me to think the list needed a refresher (and in some respects, a drastic makeover). Newton was the No. Tom Brady stats (2022): 66.8% completion, 4,694 yards, 25 TD, 9 INT, 90.7 QB rating. Stat you need to know: "Elliot loves Dan Marino's 1984 season, and for good reason. That, and as long as he doesn't fold in the clutch, which Rodgers doesn't. The only thing keeping him out of the top 10? Not like Young, anyway. He moved the Broncos from their own 2 to the Oilers' 11, without a timeout, to set up the game-winning field goal. Despite so many accomplishments in his incredible career, winning a Week 2 home game against the Dolphins still remains as important to him as ever. Too high, right? It's not fair, especially when most analysts say the game is about winning and not stats. From 1991 through '96, when the Cowboys were in the postseason every year and hoisted three Lombardi Trophies, Dallas not only threw the ball less, but the number dwindled by the quarter. Yet, Staubach didn't go out with a whimper like so many Hall of Fame quarterbacks. He averaged 10.9 yards per throw (still the all-time record), and a record 19.9 yards per completion. "I said I'd leave a desk lamp on before. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. By the time he was drafted in 1998, quarterbacks had long ceased calling their own plays. Considered too short to go in the first round, and allowed to walk out of San Diego without a contract to make way for Philip Rivers, all Brees has done is provide a steady current of wins, Pro Bowls, and now, NFL records. In the '89 postseason, he threw 11 touchdown passes with no interceptions, while sporting a passer rating (146.4) straight out of "Tecmo Super Bowl." It's consistency at its highest level. Favre's ability to improvise was up there with that of John Elway, and in some ways, akin to the derring-do of Patrick Mahomes or Steve McNair. Second, look at some of the ways his teams lost. Only one member of the top 10 never won a title. His skill as a catcher and left-handed hitter led the Montreal Expos to draft Brady out of high school in 1995, but with college football offers in his pocket, he was intent on pursuing the gridiron. His first and most recent MVP seasons came a decade apart. OK Stat you need to know: Baugh recorded so many out-of-this-world numbers that it's impossible to pick one. He led the NFC in passer rating in each of his final three seasons, and made the Pro Bowl in each of those years. Similar to his Hall of Fame forebearer in Green Bay, Favre is often remembered for one aspect of his career: the ironman streak of 297 consecutive starts. Young's touch? So cool, right? The Eagles on the other hand, skew much, much higher, with an average star rating of 3.5. What you might not know is the data behind that, uh, lack of impressive data. Sammy Baugh, a guy who came into the league in 1937, shouldn't sniff this rarefied air, right? He sits where he does in this rundown because I don't think the position should be solely judged on winning. Similar to Dan Marino, Rodgers wows us with incredible throws that he makes look routine. See an inherent problem in the logic of labeling Rodgers numero uno from that group? CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | His passing touchdown percentage that year was also the highest in history, a whopping 13.9 percent. The New England Patriots picked Brady in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft. Story originally appeared on Buccaneers Wire. In fact, he might be the most complete quarterback to ever lace 'em up. Thus, the low passing yards. His 48 touchdown passes broke the single-season record of 36 and stood for 20 years. But what about Nos. (via @nflthrowback) #NFLPlayoffs#EverythingWeGot pic.twitter.com/iPgD8ygvuG. The browser you are using is no longer supported on this site. That 10.7 percent of his passes went for TDs. He went from a QB to a left tackle. Gregg Rosenthal dives deep into the upcoming market to rank NFL.com's Top 101 Free Agents of 2023. Who are the best players available in this year's class? While his six Super Bowl rings are the most of anyone, Brady came oh so close to winning a couple more (in fairness, he was quite fortunate to prevail in two, too). This measures the proficiency on state exams among typically underperforming subgroups. The second reason? 23-overall outside linebacker in the 2009 class. Brees' career has been about unmitigated, unstoppable production. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. 61-overall defensive back in the 2006 class. Sign up for daily stories delivered to your inbox. He led the league in both passing yards and touchdown throws three different times during that span. While Payton has played a massive role in Brees' development as a future Hall of Famer, the latter's ability to move within the pocket has been the secret to his success. Drew Brees beat it in 2012, some 52 years later. As part of that immense drive, Brady has readdressed his body and conditioning in a manner pertinent to his age and the position he plays. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. His 1989 campaign, when he won the first of two MVP awards, was insane. So, no, his passer rating didn't soar over 100, because he didn't incessantly toss the Sam Bradford-to-Jerick McKinnon 2-yard dumps that inflate completion percentage and passer rating. Well, that might be true. Mack had dreams of earning a basketball scholarship before a patella-tendon injury during his sophomore year in high school changed his plans. Well, sorry, no one in the NFL displays that now. Send me your strongest take. How about the talent evaluators who missed on him coming out of college? Too bad Seattle didn't air it out more against the Cowboys in the Wild Card Round. From California, he was a Michigan signee with plenty of offers from other national powers and attention in national media outlets. Montana's TD-to-INT ratio in those eight games: 22:2. Chicago's record while Luckman was there was 98-32-3. In Staubach's first full season as a starter, he went 13-0, won the Super Bowl, and finished with a 104.8 passer rating, the loftiest mark of the 1970s. Tossed five more touchdowns in the clutch, which became effective December 20, 2019 truly. Back when the Super Bowl was young, that Y.A a whole nother ballgame 100 of. 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