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@D J posted:

Namath threw 220 INTs in 140 games.

Namath, and almost all the QBs before Bill Walsh's offensive schemes took over the league played a different type of game. They would have played much differently in this day and age.

Bart Starr's TD/Int ration was 152/138 and he was one of the better ones at avoiding interceptions.

Unitas was considered the best QB ever at one point and he threw 253 interceptions in 211 games.

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Namath, and almost all the QBs before Bill Walsh's offensive schemes took over the league played a different type of game. They would have played much differently in this day and age.

Bart Starr's TD/Int ration was 152/138 and he was one of the better ones at avoiding interceptions.

Unitas was considered the best QB ever at one point and he threw 253 interceptions in 211 games.

Namath was 220 INTs in 140 games, a dreadful ratio.

It was super awesome seeing Hamlin in attendance and looking like nothing ever even happened. That's a huge a win.

Really happy that Diggs' season is done.

I also really enjoyed watching the Giants get absolutely blown out, because it's proof positive of how terrible and fraudulent the negative point differential Bandwagon Franchise was this year. Worst 13-win team in NFL history.

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@D J posted:

Namath was 220 INTs in 140 games, a dreadful ratio.

I agree, but that was the norm for HOF-level QBs back in the 60s and 70s.

Namath was top 3 in the AFL MVP voting three years in a row when his TD/Int ratios were 26/28, 15/17, 19/17.

Stabler is also in the HOF and threw 222 interceptions in 146 starts.

Bradshaw threw 210 in 158 starts.

These guys would all be good QBs in this day and age. Back then, the offenses were basically designed to run until they faced 3rd and long and then play hero ball. Walsh was the first to really feature timing routes in the sense we think of today. Coordinating the number of steps in the QB's drop with the number of steps a WR took before cutting. Before that it was basically go get open by running a go route or a post-pattern. And the WRs typically got their heads taken off going across the middle so there was a lot more alligator arming passes that lead to interceptions.

@Tschmack posted:

Burrow reminds me more of Joe Montana. His poise and confidence and moxie is top notch and he plays best in the biggest moments.

Unlike Josh Allen.  Nice pick.  1-2-3 Cancun bro!

That's a good comparison, but Montana wasn't as outwardly cocky as Burrow is. That's why I like the Namath comparisons. After the decades of losing and negativity, the Bengals really needed a guy with Burrow's attitude. He just exudes confidence in a way few guys have.

NFL Postgame Joe Burrow Grey Sherpa Heart Jacket

I agree, but that was the norm for HOF-level QBs back in the 60s and 70s.

Namath was top 3 in the AFL MVP voting three years in a row when his TD/Int ratios were 26/28, 15/17, 19/17.

Stabler is also in the HOF and threw 222 interceptions in 146 starts.

Bradshaw threw 210 in 158 starts.

These guys would all be good QBs in this day and age. Back then, the offenses were basically designed to run until they faced 3rd and long and then play hero ball. Walsh was the first to really feature timing routes in the sense we think of today. Coordinating the number of steps in the QB's drop with the number of steps a WR took before cutting. Before that it was basically go get open by running a go route or a post-pattern. And the WRs typically got their heads taken off going across the middle so there was a lot more alligator arming passes that lead to interceptions.

I don't think the norm was ever 220 INTs in 140 games. Namath was and is vastly overrated is the point.

Roman Gabriel was 201 TDs and 149 INTs in that era.

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