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Speaker 1: stars aligned, and by stars I mean the likes of
Speaker 1: Brady Breezes, Rogers and Cam who went super nova on
Speaker 1: the NFL record books. But it wasn't just the biggest
Speaker 1: and the brightest will forever be remembered as the Year
Speaker 1: of the Quarterback, not just for the new standards that
Speaker 1: were set, but for the performances across the league that
Speaker 1: will never be forgotten. What's going on everyone, I'm Mike
Speaker 1: Yam and this is NFL Explained Today. We're gonna rewind
Speaker 1: the clock ten years to see exactly what made perhaps
Speaker 1: the greatest single season for quarterbacks in NFL history. Did
Speaker 1: you know what? The season had? Three five thousand yard passers,
Speaker 1: three qbs with forty touchdowns, four team scores by a
Speaker 1: rookie phenom, and t yard passes. All of those single
Speaker 1: season records is arguably the this quarterback year of all time.
Speaker 1: And that's just pitch and catch. Breathe, Brady Rogers cam.
Speaker 1: The firepower was high, as were the numbers. Simply put,
Speaker 1: it was an aerial display for the ages. This is
Speaker 1: NFL Explained the Year of the Quarterback. The New Orleans Saints,
Speaker 1: winners of Super Bowl forty four, and the defending Super
Speaker 1: Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. The tone was set opening
Speaker 1: night with a marquee matchup at lambeau Field. On the
Speaker 1: other side, Nelson touchdown Green Bay. The fake to him
Speaker 1: Breeze has Tid Breeze going bb Thrones Park touchedown. The
Speaker 1: last two Super Bowl m v p s went blow
Speaker 1: for blow, as a four hundred nineteen yard three t
Speaker 1: d night from Drew Brees wasn't enough to best Aaron
Speaker 1: rodgers Is three touchdown performance. The two superstars were the
Speaker 1: first pair of quarterbacks to each throw for three hundred
Speaker 1: plus yards and three scores an opening night game that
Speaker 1: was just the beginning. Breeze was a Triple Crown workhorse
Speaker 1: in exploding for a league high forty six touchdowns and
Speaker 1: a record five thousand, four hundred seventy six passing yards,
Speaker 1: all while completing nearly seventy two percent of his passes.
Speaker 1: The yardage mark shattered dam Murato's twenty seven year old record,
Speaker 1: which many thought was unbreakable until two different players topped
Speaker 1: it in single season. The future Hall of Famer toyed
Speaker 1: with defense is game after game, posting five touchdowns on
Speaker 1: three separate occasions. In a Week seven drubbing of the Colts,
Speaker 1: Breeze finished with more touchdown passes than in completions. Not bad,
Speaker 1: but not good enough for the m v P that
Speaker 1: went to Rogers. In the first of his three m
Speaker 1: VP campaigns, a rod led the reigning champs on a
Speaker 1: nineteen game winning streak, going fourteen in one while posting
Speaker 1: tred yards and forty five touchdowns. He threw just six
Speaker 1: interceptions and earned the highest single season passer rating in history.
Speaker 1: Robers five front Touchestown against the Broncos in Week four,
Speaker 1: he became the only player to record four hundred passing
Speaker 1: yards and four passing tds and two rushing scores in
Speaker 1: the same game. Is not gonna go and Roders, It's
Speaker 1: like the fo full touchsdown. Aaron Rodgers had multiple ways,
Speaker 1: let's touch down that time. The very next week, Denver
Speaker 1: turned to this guy at QB. It's all t Bow
Speaker 1: for the fog touchlot. Tebow Mania tucked away among the
Speaker 1: gaudy passing numbers, an is a stretch of pure insanity.
Speaker 1: Tebow for Decker. He's got my goodness. In eleven starts,
Speaker 1: Tim Tebow tally six team total touchdowns while pulling victories
Speaker 1: out of Denver's thin air. Tebow trying to run around
Speaker 1: the quarner. Tebow's got for Don more, he might touchdown
Speaker 1: something magical. How about this kid. Between weeks eleven and fourteen,
Speaker 1: he produced four consecutive fourth quarter comebacks for the rock
Speaker 1: Star Tim Tibow you haven't another umbar. Tebow finished the
Speaker 1: season with six king winning drives and one of the
Speaker 1: biggest stunners in playoff history. And here we go, first
Speaker 1: stamp of overtime. The Broncos have been in three overtime
Speaker 1: games this year. They want all got It's times at
Speaker 1: the fifth steffer down three of the thirty to the
Speaker 1: twenty times to the time the first trial overtime, but
Speaker 1: Tebow time ended abruptly in Foxborough. The Broncos ran into
Speaker 1: a sizzling Tom Brady, who was in the midst of
Speaker 1: another prolific season. Brady through for thirty nine sports and
Speaker 1: a ridiculous five thousand, two hundred thirty five yards in
Speaker 1: good old Thing, Thank You touchdown the paid Church of
Speaker 1: find it more ways to throw the football down the field.
Speaker 1: He joined Breeze in topping Damn Marino's long standing record
Speaker 1: against Denver in the Divisional round. Brady casually tossed six
Speaker 1: t d s in just over thirty three minutes of
Speaker 1: game time. T D Brown to style as We're lazy
Speaker 1: top Style and an NFL record in the postseason for
Speaker 1: the quarter by. Two games later, he found himself in
Speaker 1: Super Bowl forty six against the familiar foe, where the
Speaker 1: unthinkable would happen yet again. Poor Man run line, drawing
Speaker 1: into traffic on the sign, running around as by massing.
Speaker 1: Let's look at Eli. Does he look off the safety?
Speaker 1: He looks down the middle of the field. This is
Speaker 1: absolutely brilliant. It's not quite David Tyree, but that is
Speaker 1: pretty closed. An epic follow up to his legendary Super
Speaker 1: Bowl run in two thousand seven, Eli Manning finished with
Speaker 1: a career high four thousand, nine hundred three yards and
Speaker 1: a league leading six game winning drives inpex forti touchsdown.
Speaker 1: The Giants entered the playoffs at nine and seven, and
Speaker 1: Manning to find expectations once more. Four touchdown Man, What
Speaker 1: a great throw by Eli man when you can't walk
Speaker 1: into a guy any better. After toppling Atlanta, he led
Speaker 1: the Giants to three straight road wins while out dunning
Speaker 1: Alex Smith, Aaron Rodgers, and Tom Brady. In fact, no
Speaker 1: other quarterback in NFL history has thrown from more yards
Speaker 1: in a single postseason than Eli Manning five yard drive
Speaker 1: from here and now. Instead, they're going for it the
Speaker 1: press God for the touchdown. He added nine touchdowns and
Speaker 1: a one oh three passer rating on his way to
Speaker 1: another Lombardi. The Giants have finished off the Patriots in
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl for the second time in four years.
Speaker 1: Both Brady and Manning recorded ninety nine yard touchdown passes
Speaker 1: in eleven, combining for two of the thirteen such touchdowns
Speaker 1: in all of NFL history. I've done, Meredith said, with
Speaker 1: Tony Door said, did it ninety nine yards and a half?
Speaker 1: All right? Here's another interesting stats. Seven of the top
Speaker 1: ten all time leaders in both passing yards and passing
Speaker 1: touchdowns were starters inven and that includes Ben Roethlisberger, who
Speaker 1: holds nearly every franchise record in Pittsburgh, inn. Big Ben
Speaker 1: was in the midst of another solid season. See if
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers. Ben Roethlisberger throwing down fields, making a big
Speaker 1: play that big making so many unblocked people meets leading
Speaker 1: the Steelers two and eleven and four record with his
Speaker 1: signature improvisation from the gun, Roethlisberger throwing the tucksdown. Roethlisberger
Speaker 1: extending the play like nobody else in this entire NFL
Speaker 1: can do buying that extra minute of time. Then there's
Speaker 1: Philip Rivers. In eleven, he'd earned his third straight Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl nod while navigating the Chargers through yet another roller
Speaker 1: coaster season. The Chargers finished eight and eight, but that
Speaker 1: didn't stop Rivers from going blow for blow against the
Speaker 1: league's very best. Matt Ryan is also a top ten
Speaker 1: all time passer who produced big numbers. In eleven. Mattie
Speaker 1: Ice posted the first of ten straight four thousand yards seasons,
Speaker 1: leaving the Falcons to ten wins. One of those was
Speaker 1: a sixteen point comeback victory in Carolina. All Right looks glows.
Speaker 1: He got it touched down at Latta straight draw us
Speaker 1: looks throws bed of the field touch down a LADDA.
Speaker 1: Bryan holds the record for the most passing yards in
Speaker 1: a player's first thirteen seasons. He is far and away
Speaker 1: the Falcons all time leader in every passing category brilliant
Speaker 1: throwing catch. While Matthew Stafford is not yet in that
Speaker 1: group of top ten all time passers, he did have
Speaker 1: a stellar twenty eleven season, drumming up hope in Detroit
Speaker 1: on Stafford Johnson at just twenty three years old, Stafford
Speaker 1: delivered the best passing season in Lions history, throwing for
Speaker 1: over five thousand yards and forty one touchdowns while leaving
Speaker 1: them to their first postseason berth. Since we talked about Tebow,
Speaker 1: but Stafford was the true comeback king of the former
Speaker 1: first overall pick became the first QB to produce three
Speaker 1: seven team point comebacks in a single season, including a
Speaker 1: masterful five touchdown performance in Week eleven and so touchdown
Speaker 1: Matthew stafford second five touchdown game. The Georgia product would
Speaker 1: again throw for five scores and a league high five
Speaker 1: hundred twenty passing yards in a wild season finale against
Speaker 1: the Packers, a game that produced six lead changes in
Speaker 1: the second half. Blow sounds like an epic Stafford Roger shootout, right,
Speaker 1: I think again. In a season for me with superstar talent,
Speaker 1: it's only fitting that a backup would steal the show.
Speaker 1: Matt Flynn provided the finishing touches on a historic regular season,
Speaker 1: telling a whopping four hundred eighty yards and six touchdowns.
Speaker 1: Six touchdowns. They might be asking Aaron who, yeah, we
Speaker 1: got a quarterback cop at time for the most in
Speaker 1: a single game in Packers history. To send them again,
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Speaker 1: if we're talking about shootouts, we have to talk about
Speaker 1: the NFC Divisional round clash between the forty Niners and
Speaker 1: the Saints. That's gonna be a forty nine yard touchdown
Speaker 1: strike to begin our scoring here in Camble. Still, before
Speaker 1: he was the comeback Player of the Year, Alex Smith
Speaker 1: was a struggling young quarterback in San Francisco, but under
Speaker 1: the tutelage of Jim Harribas, Smith guided San Francisco to
Speaker 1: a thirteen and three record and an NFC West title.
Speaker 1: That's where he met Drew Brees, setting up a late
Speaker 1: game flurry for the Ages. The shop touch stop. Smith
Speaker 1: got the forty Niners out to a seventeen nothing lead,
Speaker 1: but Breeze stormed back with four minutes left. The Saints
Speaker 1: trailed by just six points. First off touchdowp forty four yards. Scareful,
Speaker 1: they will check himself. First yard at thirty forty ft
Speaker 1: field res throws Jimmy Thrim takes the catch inside them
Speaker 1: is inside the ten and he takes it all the
Speaker 1: way for eight seeds probably had touchdown sixty six yards
Speaker 1: stay second down, he talks to the top of dy Davis, Davis,
Speaker 1: this is easide the thirty to thirty one second treading
Speaker 1: forty seven yards from Smith to Dais swim from third
Speaker 1: and three he throws, treats the Cochers Das Fuckings touchdown
Speaker 1: Alex spin with the play of his life. Four touchdown
Speaker 1: drives and four lead changes in four minutes. Just incredible
Speaker 1: and if you like duel threats, was also the season
Speaker 1: for you. Mike Vick, fresh off a comeback campaign of
Speaker 1: his own, through for a career high three thousand, three
Speaker 1: hundred yards while adding nearly six hundred more on the
Speaker 1: grounds with a clear lane, takes it outside. It's the
Speaker 1: first and next thumb and that is the vintage Michael
Speaker 1: Vick that Eagles fans have been waiting for this season.
Speaker 1: In Week five, Vick cemented himself as the most prolific
Speaker 1: running quarterback in NFL history. There he goes take run
Speaker 1: by Michael Vick, bake top of block from the summer
Speaker 1: Pride of ten Michael Vick. They completly all time leading,
Speaker 1: looked her above quarterback, but then came superman second in
Speaker 1: gold looton Dons and he's head in touchdown. Cam Newton
Speaker 1: with his first NFL rushing touchdown, the top pick in eleven.
Speaker 1: Cam Newton wasted it no time, established himself. He puts
Speaker 1: it up. He's got about. Cam sat a rookie record
Speaker 1: with four hundred twenty two passing yards in Week one,
Speaker 1: before topping his own mark the very next game. Cam
Speaker 1: Newton rushes on, puts on Newton. He stucks up now
Speaker 1: rainbows it deep town the middle, first shoulder catch, sixty
Speaker 1: three yard pass flayer. The Heisman winner finished with more
Speaker 1: combined passing and rushing yards than any rookie quarterback in
Speaker 1: a single season. I didn't see him starting this way.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell you that. Wow. He also set a
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback record with fourteen rushing touchdowns, a milestone that
Speaker 1: stood for the previous thirty five years. As of today,
Speaker 1: he leads all quarterbacks in career rushing touchdowns and trails
Speaker 1: only vic in rushing yards among qbs. How about Tony Romo,
Speaker 1: who is having another impressive year in Dallas. Tell you
Speaker 1: another thing about Tony Romo. When there's a bust of coverage,
Speaker 1: he doesn't miss. Romo was his clutch guts he self
Speaker 1: in I was called Romo, touch posting nearly four thousand,
Speaker 1: two hundred yards and thirty one scores while peppering up
Speaker 1: oponents with the occasional fourth quarter miracle against the Niners.
Speaker 1: In Week two, playing through cracked ribs, the undrafted vet
Speaker 1: put on a signature performance to orchestrate a late dame
Speaker 1: comeback to that definitely good goodness, Jess Dallas rallies. In fact,
Speaker 1: Romo was the offense accounting for two of the Cowboys
Speaker 1: touchdowns that year, the highest such mark in the league.
Speaker 1: He's the Cowboys all time leader in passing yards and touchdowns,
Speaker 1: and oh, by the way, he's the highest rated passer
Speaker 1: with at least four thousand attempts to never appear in
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. Before we put a bow on the
Speaker 1: year of the quarterback, let's rewind ton Week three, where
Speaker 1: Euro emerged in Buffalo. The Patriots may have been familiar
Speaker 1: with the minute men, but they certainly weren't prepared for
Speaker 1: the Amish rifle. It's Patrick looking it again. Phil got up.
Speaker 1: That's right, we're talking about Ryan Fitzpatrick. After two turbulent
Speaker 1: seasons with the Bills, the legend of fitz Magic was
Speaker 1: born in an epic clash with Tom Brady. Down by seven,
Speaker 1: the fourth border left side got a man open and
Speaker 1: it is I thought it's at the New England thirty
Speaker 1: five yard line. Oh yeah, first down fitsuper center ret
Speaker 1: texting gets the call, pride forward, touchdown Buffalo. It's Patrick
Speaker 1: takes the snap, sets up fighter's cup by FARTI at
Speaker 1: the forty five at the city to go for the win.
Speaker 1: Three seconds slap pick us up the kicks cut about
Speaker 1: pals have to feed it the New England Patriots. To date,
Speaker 1: fits is the only quarterback to both start and throw
Speaker 1: a touchdown pass for eight different NFL team ineen, he
Speaker 1: became the only player in history to post three straight
Speaker 1: four hundred yard passing games during that Week three shootout.
Speaker 1: Both Fitzpatrick and Brady were among the eight different quarterbacks
Speaker 1: to throw for at least three hundred and fifty yards
Speaker 1: at the time that was an NFL record. One of
Speaker 1: the others was Ravens postseason hero Joe Flacco looking left
Speaker 1: on me their fires right black of goals his part
Speaker 1: side like hey, he's got horns. The Delaware product towards
Speaker 1: the Ramps for three touchdowns in the first quarter alone
Speaker 1: and finished the year with his third consecutive three thousand,
Speaker 1: six hundred yard and twenty touchdown season. Flacco two is
Speaker 1: a franchise passing leader, leaving the Ravens in career completions, yards,
Speaker 1: and touchdowns. He also has the best career numbers of
Speaker 1: any quarterback to never make a Pro Bowl. In fact,
Speaker 1: that season, twelve teams boasted a starting quarterback who was
Speaker 1: or would become their franchise pass leader. That's right, over
Speaker 1: a third of the league was being led by their
Speaker 1: all time quarterbacks in two eleven, and that doesn't include
Speaker 1: Donovan McNabb who was no longer in Philly, or Andy
Speaker 1: Dalton who ended his career with the Bangles, just behind
Speaker 1: Ken Anderson for Aaron Rodgers who is still chasing far
Speaker 1: and the name we haven't heard yet in this tale
Speaker 1: of legendary signal callers, Peyton Manning. The biggest story of
Speaker 1: the opening week under the NFL season, easily the first
Speaker 1: time we have ever seen Peyton Manning's name on the
Speaker 1: inactive list. In an ironic twist defeat, the most dominant
Speaker 1: passing season ever was missing the most dominant pastor of
Speaker 1: its era and offseason next surgery in eleven, but Manning's
Speaker 1: career in serious jeopardy and the future Hall of Famer
Speaker 1: missed the entire year, the Cults parted ways with their
Speaker 1: franchise player I truly have enjoyed in your quarterback, instead
Speaker 1: targeting Andrew Luck with the first pick of the draft.
Speaker 1: The Sheriff would punctuate his career in Denver when his
Speaker 1: record fifth League MVP and second Super Bowl with the Broncos. Now,
Speaker 1: records are meant to be broken, and this new era
Speaker 1: of passing prowess will certainly break a few. Yet, no
Speaker 1: singular season in history has provided more quarterbacking firepower than
Speaker 1: that season. Cemented the legacies of all time, grades, provided
Speaker 1: unforgettable finishes, and rewrote the history books. As far as
Speaker 1: combined quarterback talent, it was in a league of its own.
Speaker 1: There really were just so many incredible performances from that campaign.
Speaker 1: Was there one that stood out maybe a little bit
Speaker 1: more than the others to you or do you just
Speaker 1: have a favorite of all of those guys that just
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