re: Top 10 NFL playoff QB's, the way we should look at it

It's all perception. Brady started 10-0 in the playoffs when he was not the focus of the team, so his legacy was cemented. He has since gone 7-7 after becoming the focus of the team, but his legacy was already cemented. Belichick has noticeably started to make Brady not the focus anymore the past couple of seasons, trading passing firepower for defense and running backs. He also understands that elite offensive line (which he always has) is more important than elite receivers.

Manning did not win a single playoff game his first 5 seasons in the league, even getting blown out 41-0 in 2002, thus cementing his legacy for all time. He is also a victim of a very high expectations due to his 4 MVP's and people like me talking him up as the GOAT constantly. He has had the lead in the fourth quarter in 11 consecutive playoffs games but lost most of them and gets the blame. He has had some sub-par games but has also had some of the best individual game performances in playoff history.

People are also very short-term minded. If he wins the super bowl this year, the perception will change, only to revert back to the old way if he goes one and done the following season.

One thing you can rely on is a playoff appearance. In 15 seasons he has made the playoffs 13 times under 4 different head coaches, including his last 11 seasons of playing. 13 playoffs is the record for an NFL QB. He has willed some average teams to the playoffs and lost to better competition, especially in his earlier years. His brother has a better playoff record at 8-4, but all 8 of those wins were from his two super bowl runs and he has missed the playoffs the last 2 seasons and 4 times overall. So 40% of the time, his team has not even made the playoffs. Peyton would have helped those subpar teams to the playoffs and lost the first game to better teams, yet Eli somehow looks better in that scenario for not even making the playoffs but preserving a better win-loss record in the playoffs.

Not even you can believe this silliness

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QB A makes 10 playoffs as a wildcard, and wins the wildcard round every single time. He then proceeds to lose in the divisional round every single time. 10-10 record.


QB B makes 10 playoffs with a bye each time, but loses in the divisional round every single time. 0-10 playoff record.

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How about QB A makes the playoffs all 10 years as the 6 seed and wins all 10 wildcard match ups. QB B makes the playoffs as the 1 seed all 10 years. All 10 years they meet in the divisional round and QB B wins every year but loses in the conference championship game every year. Both QB's have a 10-10 record in the playoffs.

Now who ya got?

Here is what I found:

Rank Quarterback Rating
1 Bart Starr 104.8
2 Drew Brees 103.9
3 Aaron Rodgers 103.6
4 Kurt Warner 102.8
5 Joe Montana 95.6
6 Mark Sanchez 94.3
7 Ken Anderson 93.5
8 Joe Theismann 91.4
9 Eli Manning 89.3
10 Peyton Manning 88.4
11 Troy Aikman 88.3
12 Tom Brady 87.4
13 Brett Favre 86.3
14 Joe Flacco 86.2
15 Steve Young 85.8
16 Matt Ryan 85.2
17 Warren Moon 84.9
18 Rich Gannon 84.6
19 Matt Hasselbeck 84.4
20 Ken Stabler 84.2
21 Ben Roethlisberger 83.7