I heard a radio segment last week where the host attempted to discredit Brady as an all-time great QB. He based his research on how many times Brady and other QB's ranked in the top 5 during a season in 1 of 5 vital stats: Completion %, TD passes, Passing Yards, Yards per Attempt, and QB Rating. Basically he was saying that an all-time great should be among the league leaders on a regular basis and he said Brady had relatively few compared to people such as Unitas, Marino, Manning, etc.
Obviously rating a QB is a tough business. The coach, the system, the era, many things go into it, which is why it is always a passionate debate. Many people love the stats guys and many people love the "winners". I didn't have easy access to top 5 finishes without spending hours, so I just looked up the number of times these QB's actually led the league in 1 of those categories. So, the number below represents how many times the QB led the league in 1 of the categories above during his career.
Steve Young - 20
Otto Graham - 20
John Unitas - 15
Peyton Manning - 10
Dan Marino - 10
Dan Fouts - 10
Joe Montana - 10
Tom Brady - 9
Bart Starr - 8
Roger Staubach - 7
Joe Namath - 6
Brett Favre - 6
Fran Tarkenton - 5
Terry Bradshaw - 4
Warren Moon - 3
John Elway - 1
Troy Aikman - 1
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Great stuff and it is a who's who of the Hall of Fame.
I have no answer for the greatest, but I do have opinions as you well know.
With stats like these, should we place the offense schemes with and the designer or calliber of the coach in the equation?
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