Greatest NFL Player Tournament - (13) Sammy Baugh vs (20) Tom Brady

[iowajerms]

This Week

12th seed - DT Joe Greene vs 21st seed - RB Gale Sayers
13th seed - QB Sammy Baugh vs 20th seed - QB Tom Brady

Seeds are based on a ranking from NFL.com. I did not include the two offensive linemen that are in the top 24.

This will be double elimination. Allowed to change votes until deadline. Higher seed advances in case of a tie.

Bracket

Barry Sanders vs Ray Lewis thread
Don Hutson vs Bob Lily thread

 

[obxyankeefan]

I want to vote for Slinging Sammy, just to piss off all the Brady fans. But Brady is just too much better.

 

[iowajerms]

Sammy Baugh - QB for Washington Redskins (1937-52)

5x All-Star
1x Pro Bowl
6x 1st Team All Pro
2x NFL Player of the Year
2x NFL Championship
6x NFL Passing Leader (NFL Record)
Pass attempts: 2,995
Pass completions: 1,693
Percentage: 56.5
TD-INT: 187-203
Passing yards: 21,886
QB Rating: 72.2

Tom Brady - QB for New England Patriots (2000-present)

4x Super Bowl Champion
3x Super Bowl MVP
2x NFL MVP
3x NFL Passing Touchdown Leader
2x NFL Passing Yards Leader
Pass attempts: 7,168
Pass completions: 4,551
Percentage: 63.5
TD–INT: 392–143
Passing yards: 53,258
Passer rating: 95.9

 

[iowajerms]

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[Lonewate44]

Well...Sammy was more then a Qb...what about him being the best Punter in the league for years!!! Or the great Defensive player he was.....The Totality of his multi demensional career surely has more merit to it, then a smug, cheating QB????

 

[HammerDown]

No way in hell Brady matches up with Slingin' Sammy.

 

[eaglesnut]

Well this will be a fair vote.

 

[cowboys5xsbs]

Lol Sammy baugh will win this just because of deflategate

 

[Hbomb]

Well...Sammy was more then a Qb...what about him being the best Punter in the league for years!!! Or the great Defensive player he was.....The Totality of his multi demensional career surely has more merit to it, then a smug, cheating QB????

Hail to the Redskins!!

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

Hail to the Redskins!!

HAIL!

 

[iowajerms]

Sammy Baugh might have played more than QB, but his major impact was QB. Tom Brady has roughly 5,000 more pass attempts with better completion percentage and far better TD-INT ratio. Brady also led the team to more league championships and was league MVP just as much.

 

[blstoker]

Sammy Baugh might have played more than QB, but his major impact was QB. Tom Brady has roughly 5,000 more pass attempts with better completion percentage and far better TD-INT ratio. Brady also led the team to more league championships and was league MVP just as much.

It very difficult to compare passing numbers from 50 years apart. But, if compared to how the average qb of their era performs, Sammy Baugh not only torches Tom Brady across the board, but he pretty much torches everyone else as well. When they say he revolutionalize the passing game, what they mean is that no one has been that much better than those who were playing against him. Baugh's 244.8 yards per game in 1947 wouldn't be matched until Johnny U in 1963, and his 2.2 INT% in 1945 would be the mark to beat until 1959 (it was in the top 5 for 20 years).

Both players played 15 years (to this date)

League leaders:
Completions = Baugh - 5, Brady - 0
Attempts = Baugh - 4, Brady - 0
Comp % = Baugh - 9, Brady - 1
Yards = Baugh - 4, Brady - 2
YPA = Baugh - 3, Brady - 1
YPC = Baugh - 1, Brady - 0
TDs = Baugh - 2, Brady - 3
TD% = Baugh - 2, Brady - 2
INTs = Baugh - 3, Brady - 0
INT% = Baugh - 6, Brady - 2
Rating = Baugh - 4, Brady - 2
YPG = Baugh - 6, Brady - 1

 

[iowajerms]

It very difficult to compare passing numbers from 50 years apart. But, if compared to how the average qb of their era performs, Sammy Baugh not only torches Tom Brady across the board, but he pretty much torches everyone else as well. When they say he revolutionalize the passing game, what they mean is that no one has been that much better than those who were playing against him. Baugh's 244.8 yards per game in 1947 wouldn't be matched until Johnny U in 1963, and his 2.2 INT% in 1945 would be the mark to beat until 1959 (it was in the top 5 for 20 years).

Both players played 15 years (to this date)

League leaders:
Completions = Baugh - 5, Brady - 0
Attempts = Baugh - 4, Brady - 0
Comp % = Baugh - 9, Brady - 1
Yards = Baugh - 4, Brady - 2
YPA = Baugh - 3, Brady - 1
YPC = Baugh - 1, Brady - 0
TDs = Baugh - 2, Brady - 3
TD% = Baugh - 2, Brady - 2
INTs = Baugh - 3, Brady - 0
INT% = Baugh - 6, Brady - 2
Rating = Baugh - 4, Brady - 2
YPG = Baugh - 6, Brady - 1

Tom Brady lost, but keep that in mind. It would be interesting to see how that matches up against Joe Cool next month. It might not influence me that much, but it still will be interesting to see the comparison.