Better QB year? 04 Peyton, 07 Brady, or 11 Rodgers?

[Logicallylethal]

Peyton Manning - 121.1 QB Rating 4,557 yds 49 tds 10 ints 67.6 completion %(497 pass attempts, 15 games)

Tom Brady - 117.2 QB Rating 4,806 yds 50 tds 8 ints 68.9 completion % (578 pass attempts, 16 games)

Aaron Rodgers - 122.5 QB Rating 4,643 yds 45 tds 6 ints 68.3 completion % (502 pass attempts, 15 games)


Which season was more impressive? Brady of course holds the record with 50 tds and Rodgers holds the record for highest qb rating.

But to me...Peyton's season was more prolific. 49 tds vs 50 tds to Brady but 81 less passing attempts. That's 2-3 whole games worth of passing attempts for most quarterbacks. Rodgers also had 45 tds playing one less game and having 76 less passing attempts.

The game he sat out...Flynn throws for 6 tds. Now there's no telling what Rodgers would have done...but he might have had a chance to approach that record.

How would you rank these guy's best seasons?

 

[NinerSickness]

None of 'em won the Super Bowl, so I rank 'em all lower than most. But if I had to rank 'em just for the regular season, I'd put Brady's season on top because the Pats went 16-0. Anything other than that is gravy.

 

[dirtboy068]

84 Marino

Out of those three all go with Brady.

 

[#1BostonFan]

07 Brady

 

[#1BostonFan]

13 Manning might top them all.

 

[cwood]

2004 Peyton out of those three. He would have crushed Brady's numbers had he not sat so much during the season.

 

[BritishDolfan]

13 Manning might top them all.

Was going to post that.

 

[JDM]

07 wasn't Brady's best year.

 

[JDM]

But, if you want to compare extra passing attempts in giving an advantage in the numbers, think about who gave up easy RZ TDs on the ground, as well:

Colts: 10
Patriots: 17 (2 by Brady)
Packers: 12 (3 by Rodgers)

 

[soxfan1468927]

2004 Peyton out of those three. He would have crushed Brady's numbers had he not sat so much during the season.

Have to look at quality of opponent however. Brady threw 19 TDs against top 10 pass defenses, Manning threw 1. Manning also threw 32 out of his 48 TDs in a dome, while Brady threw only 3 out of his 50.

Manning faced only 6 teams outside the BOTTOM 10 in pass defense, the best defense he faced being the 10th ranked Ravens, and he only threw 1 TD.

 

[Manning2Luck_uJelly]

The thing the concerns me most about Brady's 2007 season was the amount of stat padding that went on in 4th quarter of blowout games. Going for it on 4th n 2 from the opponents 15 yard line up 48-17 just epitomizes that lack of sportsmanship from Belicheat

 

[RoboticDreams]

Brady
Rodgers
Manning

 

[Nipsey]

The thing the concerns me most about Brady's 2007 season was the amount of stat padding that went on in 4th quarter of blowout games. Going for it on 4th n 2 from the opponents 15 yard line up 48-17 just epitomizes that lack of sportsmanship from Belicheat

CnINSECURITY

 

[David_son]

2015 EJ Manuel...... a guy can hope cant he.

 

[Am I Blue Through it All?]

Peyton was apologetic about breaking Marino's record and beat it by one for a reason.

All subjective anyway. It would be a hoot if a guy who had a broken neck and is getting a gray beard breaks all the records.

 

[fearthepelicans]

CnINSECURITY

You do realize he wouldn't troll you as much if you didn't take the bait every single time, right?

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Any advantage Brady may have had is negated by the fact Peyton played in a dome.

 

[The Derski]

2011 Rodgers!

 

[Nipsey]

You do realize he wouldn't troll you as much if you didn't take the bait every single time, right?

It's not trolling when he actually believes it. This guy had (literally) 100's of user names on ESPNGeneral, all of which were utilized to cry about Tom Brady and prop up Peyton. You underestimate him.

 

[The Derski]

Hopefully Manning doesn't take a shot and cripple his 37 year old body.