Who Is The Best Quarterback In NFL History?
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In this blog post, we will take a look at some of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history and try to answer the question: who is the best quarterback of all time?
Tom Brady
Tom Brady is the best quarterback in NFL history. He has led the New England Patriots to eight Super Bowl appearances, winning five of them. Brady has also been named the Super Bowl MVP three times. He is the all-time leader in career passing yards and touchdown passes. There is simply no one better than Tom Brady.
His accomplishments
Tom Brady is widely considered to be the best quarterback in NFL history. He has led the New England Patriots to nine Super Bowl appearances, winning six of them. He is the only player in NFL history to win five Super Bowls as a starting quarterback, and he did it in just seven appearances. Brady has also been named the Super Bowl MVP four times, more than any other player in history.
In addition to his Super Bowl successes, Brady is also a three-time NFL MVP and a 14-time Pro Bowler. He holds numerous NFL records, including most regular season wins by a quarterback (219), most passing yards in a career (79,416) and most touchdown passes in a career (571).
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Tom Brady is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two players in NFL history to have won six Super Bowls, and he is the only player to have won them all playing for one team. Brady has also been selected to 14 Pro Bowls, more than any other quarterback in NFL history.
Brady was born in San Mateo, California, and played college football for the University of Michigan. He was drafted by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, and went on to become the team’s starting quarterback in his second season. Due to his late draft selection, Brady is considered the biggest “steal” in NFL history.
Since becoming the Patriots’ starter, Brady has led New England to 17 AFC East divisional titles, 13 appearances in the AFC Championship Game, and nine Super Bowl appearances, all of which are NFL records. Brady has also been honored with four Super Bowl MVP awards (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, and LI), three NFL MVP awards (2007, 2010, 2017), two first-team All-Pro selections (2007, 2010), and nine Pro Bowl selections (2001–04; 2007–12; 2014–17).
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is a two-time Super Bowl champion and was the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Super Bowl XLI. Manning holds many NFL records, including the most passing yards and passing touchdowns in a single season.
His accomplishments
Peyton Manning is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. Prior to his NFL career, he played college football for the University of Tennessee. Manning was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. He went on to play for the Colts for 14 seasons from 1998–2011. He then played for the Denver Broncos from 2012–2015. He announced his retirement from professional football on March 7, 2016.
During his time with the Colts, Manning helped lead the team to eight division championships, two AFC championships, and one Super Bowl victory, while setting numerous franchise records along the way. In his first season with the Broncos, Manning helped lead the team to an AFC championship and a Super Bowl win, while setting numerous league records in the process. He is one of only two quarterbacks (the other being Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre) to have won a Super Bowl with two different teams.
Manning is also one of only a handful of quarterbacks to have thrown for over 70,000 yards in his career (joining Favre, Drew Brees and Tom Brady), and is also one of only five quarterbacks to have thrown for over 5,000 yards in a single season (joining Drew Brees, Tom Brady, Matthew Stafford and Cam Newton). He was also named MVP of Super Bowl XLI, making him one of only four players to have been named Super Bowl MVP more than once (joining Bart Starr, Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana).
In addition to his on-field accomplishments, Manning has also been very successful off the field, establishing himself as one of the most marketable athletes in history. He has appeared in numerous commercials and endorsements throughout his career, earning him an estimated $150 million dollars in off-field income alone.
His stats
In his 18 years in the NFL, Manning has thrown for 71,940 yards and 539 touchdowns. He’s completed 6,125 of 9,380 passes for a 65.3 percent completion rate. He’s also been intercepted 251 times.
Joe Montana
His accomplishments
Joe Montana is widely considered to be the best quarterback in NFL history. During his career, he won four Super Bowls and was named the Super Bowl MVP three times. He was also named the NFL MVP three times. In addition, Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to record-breaking offensive numbers and helped popularize the West Coast Offense.
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Joe Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco
49ers. He played for the 49ers for 13 seasons and then finished his
career with the Kansas City Chiefs for 2 seasons. In his 16 seasons
in the NFL, Montana had 40,551 passing yards, 273 passing touchdowns,
and a 96.2 passer rating. He was also a 4-time Super Bowl champion, a 3-time
Super Bowl MVP, and a 2-time NFL MVP.
Drew Brees
In my opinion, Drew Brees is the best quarterback in NFL history. He is a Super Bowl champion and a two-time Offensive Player of the Year. He has also been selected to eleven Pro Bowls. Brees has passed for over seventy thousand yards and has thrown five hundred and fifty touchdowns.
His accomplishments
In his 18 seasons as an NFL quarterback, Drew Brees has racked up some impressive accomplishments. He is the all-time leader in passing yards with 80,358, and he has the second-most passing touchdowns in NFL history with 547. He was named Super Bowl MVP in 2010 after leading the New Orleans Saints to a victory over the Indianapolis Colts, and he was named NFL Offensive Player of the Year five times. Brees has been selected to 14 Pro Bowls, and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.
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Drew Brees is a former American football quarterback who played 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New Orleans Saints. He played college football for Purdue University, and was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records, and 19 Purdue University records. As of 2020, he remains the Big Ten’s all-time leader in career passing yards (11,792) and passing touchdowns (90).
Brees started his professional career with the Chargers, earning Pro Bowl honors in 2004 and leading his team to a division title. He joined the New Orleans Saints in 2006 as a free agent and quickly emerged as one of its best players; he was selected to nine Pro Bowls, led the Saints to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history (Super Bowl XLIV), and was named Super Bowl MVP after defeating Indianapolis Colts 31–17. Among NFL quarterbacks, Brees ranks first in completed passes (6,586), passing yards (74,437), touchdown passes (520), passer rating (103.8), passing first downs (4,026), and 300-yard passing games (105); he is second only to Brett Favre in career passing attempts (8,758) and tied with Favre for most 5+ touchdown pass games in a season (5). In 2020ranked Brees first among quarterbacks who have started at least eight games during an NFL season with a 72.0 completion percentage peaking at 74 percent during his 2009 MVP campaign; that same season marked his personal bests for passing yards per game (), touchdowns per game (), adjustment net yards per attempt (), touchdown-to-interception differential (+34)and Adjusted Passing Net Expected Points per play (). Brees also holds numerous single-season NFL records including: passing yards (5,476 In 2018 ), touchdowns () completed passes (), completion percentage ()and passer rating ().
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers is considered by many to be the best quarterback in NFL history. He has played for the Green Bay Packers since 2005 and has led them to a Super Bowl victory. He is a two-time MVP and has won many other awards. Let’s take a look at his career.
His accomplishments
Rodgers has been selected for the Pro Bowl eight times, was the Associated Press Athlete of the Year in 2011, and was voted NFL MVP twice. He led the Packers to victory in Super Bowl XLV and was named Super Bowl MVP. Rodgers also holds many NFL records, including single-season touchdown-to-interception ratio (23:2 in 2011), career passer rating (103.1), and most consecutive regular-season games without an interception (402).
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Born in Chico, California, on December 2, 1983, Aaron Rodgers played football and baseball in high school before being recruited to play quarterback for Butte Community College. After a successful season there, he transferred to the University of California at Berkeley. Rodgers set several school records as the Golden Bears’ QB before he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 2005.
In his first season with the Packers, Rodgers backed up future Hall of Famer Brett Favre. After taking over as starting QB in 2008, Rodgers led Green Bay to a Super Bowl win that year and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. A three-time NFL MVP and seven-time Pro Bowler, Rodgers has continued to build his legacy as one of football’s all-time greats.
