First post, I'm going to deliver the interesting bit of Quarterback information that I've been working on. What I've done is take great seasons from QB's of the past and adjust their statistics, based on league averages, to IF they had played in the 2011 NFL season and played in all 16 games.
What prompted me to do this was how the NFL has evolved into a passing league, so the old standards of the past for greatness; 4,000 yards, 30 td's have become more commonplace due to the high number of attempts and even higher completion percentage, because of the dink 'n dunk style of passing game in place today, rather than the down field style of days gone by.
First off, here's a link to the 2011 passing leaders:
2011 NFL Passing - Pro-Football-Reference.com
Now by comparison, here are some great seasons from a handful of legends IF they played in 2011
Code:
YR C ATT COMP % YDS TD INT
'76 Jones, Bert 353-509 69.4% 5003 36 8
'76 Stabler, Ken 387-504 76.8% 5156 48 18
'67 Namath, Joe 411-620 66.3% 5422 29 17
'81 Fouts, Dan 425-653 65.1% 5258 36 12
'84 Marino, Dan 410-599 68.4% 5424 50 13
'59 Unitas, Johnny 408-644 63.2% 5229 45 12
'72 Manning, Archie 420-702 59.8% 4620 27 18
'78 Manning, Archie 425-606 70.1% 4687 23 11
'67 Jurgensen, Sonny 457-684 66.8% 5242 36 11
'63 Tittle, Y.A. 392-558 70.3% 4575 42 11
'90 Moon, Warren 466-701 66.5% 5816 40 12
'73 Gabriel, Roman 499-736 67.8% 5655 37 10
'78 Tarkenton, Fran 503-737 68.2% 4800 35 22
Some tidbits - 2 NFL records would have been established. 1972 Archie Manning would've had 702 pass attempts, breaking Drew Bledsoe's actual total of 691 and projected total of 699 if his 1994 season took place in 2011.
In addition, 1976 The Snake, Kenny Stabler would've topped Brees' 71.2% with an amazing 76.8% completion percentage. Side note on that, 1989 Joe Montana (75.6%) and 1982 Ken Anderson (75.2%) would've also topped Drew Brees' mark he set in 2011.
The only other record that would've been touched was Tom Brady's 50 TD's in 2007. 1984 Dan Marino, playing in 2011 would've equaled that mark. Marino would've made a run at Brees' record 5,476 passing yards, coming in just behind with 5,424. Brees' 468 completions would still be the standard.
Interesting stuff I think. Just some fun, and a way to compare the greats of yesteryear to the greats of today.