Tuesday, February 13, 2024

GOAT Quarterbacks

Super Bowl Winning Quarterback by NFL Season
2001: Brady
2002: Johnson
2003: Brady
2004: Brady
2005: Big Ben
2006: Peyton
2007: Eli
2008: Big Ben
2009: Brees
2010: Rodgers
2011: Eli
2012: Flacco
2013: Wilson
2014: Brady
2015: Peyton
2016: Brady
2017: Foles
2018: Brady
2019: Mahomes
2020: Brady
2021: Stafford
2022: Mahomes
2023: Mahomes

7 of the last 10 Super Bowls were won by Brady + Mahomes. 


Here's the list of NFL playoff wins for Starting Quarterbacks
Brady: 35
Montana: 16
Mahomes: 15
Bradshaw/Peyton/Elway: 14


Here's the list of Quarterbacks with 3+ Super Bowl Wins


Only 3 players in NFL history have 2 regular season MVPs and 3 Super Bowl rings:
Joe Montana
Tom Brady
Patrick Mahomes

Only 3 Players in NFL history have 3 Super Bowl MVPs
Joe Montana
Tom Brady
Patrick Mahomes


Joe Montana born 1956
Tom Brady born 1977
Patrick Mahomes born 1995

This is the list of generational quarterbacks.

Here's their career stats, by the way:


I think it's going to be very hard for Mahomes to get to 7. Kelce doesn't have that many seasons left in him. Reid will likely retire in the middle of Mahomes career. There will be some retooling seasons and there's so many good quarterbacks and teams out there. Even if Mahomes gets to 6 or 7, Brady has the head-to-head wins in the playoffs. 

But even getting to this point is the stuff of legends. To come out of the gate and surpass instant Hall of Famer Peyton Manning's career accomplishments in 6 seasons is mind-blowing. Mahomes hasn't even played Rodgers yet and he's already shifted the conversation from "is Mahomes the best in the league" to "is Mahomes top 2 or 3 all-time."


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