BZZZZZZT... Steve Young. Rich Gannon. Jerry Rice was just a freak. He had more TD's with Young.
I give you Lynn Swan and John Stallworth... made Terry Bradshaw look better than he was. Dude has a career 52% completion rating and 212 TD's to 210 INT's.
MACS wrote:
Hold on young fella! ✋ Stats don’t tell you the whole story.
Terry had a cannon for an arm and although the Steelers had two great RBs during their dynasty run, they still would take deep shots. Fo’ sure Terry could spin it and loved to throw it long. And, being a bit of a gunslinger, probably threw it when he shouldn’t have.
Another thing to note is that the no-contact rule past 5 yards wasn’t put in till 1978 so receivers could be continually mugged until the ball was in the air. Consequently, less completions and more interceptions were the norm. QBs hitting on 55%, let alone 60% of their passes was the exception, not the rule. Bradshaw played 8 out of his 14 years prior to the rule change so his TD-to-INT ratio reflects that.
So, looking at Terry’s career, NFL regular season MVP, 4 Super Bowl appearances, 4 Super Bowl wins, back-to-back Super Bowl MVPs, I’d say he had a pretty good career. In fact, if you dig deeper into his career win-loss stats, both regular season and playoffs, they’re similar to Montana’s!
Btw, I’mma so franking old that I saw Lynn Swann play in a California vs. Hawaii high school all-star game in 1970 and lemme tell you, it didn’t take too long to realize that Swann was a very special player. Iirc, he returned a punt for a TD and had unmatched speed.
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