Which NFL Quarterbacks Have Beaten All 32 Teams?
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A look at which NFL quarterbacks have beaten all 32 teams during their careers.
Tom Brady
Tom Brady is the only quarterback to have beaten all 32 NFL teams. He has played for the New England Patriots for his entire career, and has led the team to six Super Bowl victories. Brady has also been named the Super Bowl MVP a record four times.
New England Patriots
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has beaten all 32 teams during his NFL career, according to a tweet from ESPN Stats & Info.
The 41-year-old Brady has played against every team in the NFL during his 19-year career, which began in 2000. He is the only quarterback to have beaten every team, according to ESPN.
Brady has played in 302 NFL games, including playoffs, and has thrown for 73,471 yards and 517 touchdowns. He has appeared in 10 Super Bowls, winning six of them.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Along with the Seattle Seahawks, the team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team. The Bucs played their first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division as part of an agreement between the two newly formed conferences.
Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning is the only NFL quarterback to have beaten all 32 teams. He has beaten every team in the NFL at least once in his career.
Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League, primarily with the Indianapolis Colts. Considered to be one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he participated in 15 Pro Bowls and is the only player to be named MVP of the league four times. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, where he won the 1997 Heisman Trophy. He was drafted by the Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft.
Denver Broncos
Peyton Manning is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. He played college football for the University of Tennessee, and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts as the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. Manning spent 14 seasons with the Colts, where he helped turn them into a consistent contender, winning five division championships and two Super Bowls.
Drew Brees
In 2009, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees became the first quarterback in NFL history to beat all 32 teams with a victory over the New York Jets. Since then, three more quarterbacks have joined him in this exclusive club: Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, and Brett Favre.
New Orleans Saints
Drew Brees was selected by the San Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue, where he was a two-time All-American. Brees set an NCAA record with 11 consecutive games with at least 200 passing yards, and establishing himself as one of the nation’s top quarterbacks. He moved on to the NFL, where he joined the San Diego Chargers. Brees became the starting quarterback in 2002 and set an NFL record for most completions in a season (348) as he led his team to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXVII.
The following season, he was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year after leading the Chargers to a 12–4 record and a division title. In 2004, he helped lead them to within one game of the Super Bowl before suffering a humiliating playoff defeat to the New England Patriots. The Saints acquired Brees in 2006, and that same year he led New Orleans to its first playoff appearance in four years and its first ever NFC Championship Game. In 2009, Brees led New Orleans to a 13–3 record and helped them win their first ever Super Bowl that year against Brett Favre’s Minnesota Vikings 31–17 earning him Super Bowl MVP honors in the process.
San Diego Chargers
Drew Brees began his NFL career with the San Diego Chargers in 2001. He spent five seasons with the team, compiling a record of 24-24. In that time, he threw for over 11,000 yards and 64 touchdowns. He also led the Chargers to a division title in 2004.
Brett Favre
Brett Favre is the only NFL quarterback to have beaten all 32 teams. He did it in his 21 seasons in the league. He played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings. He also holds the record for most passing yards and most passing touchdowns.
Green Bay Packers
Brett Lorenzo Favre (born October 10, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who spent the majority of his career with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He was a 20-year veteran of the NFL, having played quarterback for 16 seasons with the Packers, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings. Favre was the first NFL player to be eligible for both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame, being inducted into both in 2016.
Favre led the Packers to two Super Bowl appearances: XXXI, which they won, and XXXII. He threw for over 6,000 yards a season five times and is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history.
Minnesota Vikings
Brett Favre was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft. He was traded to the Green Bay Packers after one season, where he spent 16 seasons playing. He then played for the New York Jets for one season and Minnesota Vikings for two seasons before retiring. In his career, Favre won three NFL MVP awards, was selected to 11 Pro Bowls, and holds numerous NFL records.
Eli Manning
Eli Manning has beaten all 32 teams in the NFL. He has a career record of 117-103.
New York Giants
Eli Manning is a professional American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to playing professionally, Manning attended the University of Mississippi, where he played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels. He was selected as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and immediately traded to the Giants, who in return gave up fourth overall pick Philip Rivers and a third-round pick in 2004 to the Chargers. Manning holds many NFL records, including most fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a season (15) and career (56), most game-winning drives in a career (51), and most comebacks from a deficit of at least 17 points on the road (10).
New York Jets
In his first 15 seasons, Manning has led the Giants to victory over all 32 NFL teams. He is the only quarterback in NFL history with this distinction.