Posts belonging to Category Player Facts
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Tony Romo is one of those great NFL stories. He was a backup quarterback, who though he was thought of as somewhat of a prospect, he wasn’t thought of as a top flight quarterback at all. He got his shot though to lead the Dallas Cowboys and ever since he has been justifiably grouped with [...]
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Few players have made as big of an impact on their team as the quarterback of the New England Patriots, Tom Brady. Brady came to the Patriots out of the University of Michigan and was initially fairly far down on the depth chart. He eventually came in to replace Drew Bledsoe because of an injury [...]
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Steve Bartkowski was the longtime quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons during the mid to late 1970s and the early to mid 1980s. The team took him with the first overall pick in the 1975 NFL Draft out of the University of California. He put up some very good numbers over the years and was regarded [...]
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LaDainian Tomlinson has had a great career since he was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in 2001. Through the 2008 season he has led the league in rushing yards twice, rushing touchdowns three times, rushing yards per game once, total yards from scrimmage once, and combined rushing and receiving touchdowns once. He has also [...]
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The Seattle Seahawks came into the National Football League in the mid 1970′s, the same year as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and have had an up and down success rate during their history. Matt Hasselbeck came to the team in the early 2000′s and gave them something they hadn’t had in a very long time, [...]
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Marc Bulger burst onto the NFL scene with the St. Louis Rams as the unheralded backup quarterback to Kurt Warner. Warner had similarly burst onto the scene a few years earlier, coming out of nowhere to lead the Rams to the Super Bowl and accumulate a serious amount of individual awards. With Warner experiencing injury [...]
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photo credit: daveynin Ben Roethlisberger has only been in the National Football League for a short time, but he has already made quite a mark on the league, and on his team the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is highly regarded by fans and teammates for both his toughness and his accuracy. In a very short time, [...]
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Pat Haden has worn a number of hats in the world of football, including quarterback, broadcaster, and college athletic director. He was extremely successful at the college level and proved in the pros that he had the talent to play there as well. He played high school, college, and professional football all in Southern California [...]
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Larry Csonka was a great running back who had a very interesting NFL career. He made his initial impact on the league as a driving force on the 1972 Miami Dolphins that went undefeated and won the Super Bowl. He would later change teams, even leagues, before finishing his career with Miami. Here are some [...]
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There are few more popular and famous players in the National Football League than Peyton Manning. He came into the league in 1998 and immediately made his mark. Soon it wasn’t just individual stats that he was putting up, but important victories too. This culminated in a Super Bowl victory a few years ago. Over [...]
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Two of the most important attributes that a coach or fans look for in a quarterback are their ability and their durability. Everyone wants a great quarterback, but if they’re never healthy it doesn’t help much. Similarly, everyone wants a long lasting quarterback, but if he isn’t any good then why hold onto him? There [...]
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Johnny Unitas has gone down in history as one of the best quarterbacks ever. He put together an amazing 18 year career which saw him go to the Pro Bowl 10 times, lead the league in passing yards four times, lead the league in passing touchdowns four times, and following his retirement get voted into [...]
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A 300 yard game is generally regarded as a sign that a quarterback has had a very good game. Some quarterbacks go above and beyond that on occasion though. A 400 yard game doesn’t come along every weekend in the NFL, and very rarely do two quarterbacks accomplish it in the very same game. Here [...]
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Philip Rivers didn’t automatically become a starting quarterback in the National Football League, he at first had to sit and watch Drew Brees have a couple of great seasons in San Diego. After Brees left though, Rivers got his chance to shine, and shine he did. He has developed into one of the better and [...]
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