Marino on Joe Buck, Sept 22nd
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Tell him to be careful about hurling around the "F-Bomb"
Yeah, by today's standards, Namath really does qualify for a coveted "green" rating: rarely has an QB gotten as much mileage out of so little fuel!
I,ve thought that for years. His stats are terrible. He has got to be the worst qb in the hof. Only 2 seasons where he threw more td's than int's! Horrible!!
haha serious? i need to look into that! how ridiculous..
Don't think it's ridiculous at all. He's in the HOF because of a guarantee? Certainly not because of production on the field, which should be the determining factor.
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who the hell is joe namath?
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Joe Buck is still making new episodes? I thought HBO was going to replay the Artie Lange episode 50 times a week for the rest of existence.
Sorry, I totally misread your post. Was doing 100 things at the same time. I thought you said that it was ridiculous for me to say he doesn't deserve to be in the HOF.
He was a great quarterback. Namath was a true gunslinger who had three seasons of high number of attempts with 8.2 YPPA or higher. Marino had one, 1984.
INTs were high but that was true in that era.
One of the understated accomplishments of the '72 Dolphins was defeating Namath, 28-24, in his last great season. In fact, that was his peak year of 8.7 YPPA. Miami came from behind in the second half and then held Namath in a desperate 4th quarter. Thrilling atmosphere at that game.
Namath was a phenomenal athlete in college, better than Elway. But he hurt his knees in college then had many surgeries in the pros, robbing him of full strength, or even close to it, for the majority of his career. Once it ticked to 1970 he was seldom healthy but the pre-merger Namath was as dangerous as anyone I've seen.
Look at it this way, high YPPA combined with 50% completion percentage demonstrates how lethal he was down the field when he connected. For reference purposes, Marino's all time high was 14 yards per completion, again in 1984. Namath AVERAGED 14.7 for his career (to Marino's 12.4), including all the injury plagued seasons and wobbling through a final year with the Rams. Namath had 9 years of 14 yards per completion or better, with a high of 17.4 in 1972.
It was a different game but marvelous to behold. I hate to see it diminished or misunderstood. Teams ran the ball often but took true risky shots down the field. In this era the so-called bold plays are 12 yard curls.
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Joe's stats stink... for a hall of famer.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NamaJo00.htm
27,663 yards, 173 td, 220 int
The closest numbers I can find are Steve Grogan:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrogSt00.htm
26,886 yards, 182 td, 208 int
This looks pretty comparable to another gunslinger, Jeff George:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GeorJe00.htm
27,602 yards, 154 td, 113 int
Or a Rich Gannon:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GannRi00.htm
28,743 yards, 180 td, 104 int
Not quite Trent Green stats, or Jim Everette, or Kerry Collins or Phil Simms, or Steve McNair, or Boomer Esiason, or Mark Brunell.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NamaJo00.htm
27,663 yards, 173 td, 220 int
The closest numbers I can find are Steve Grogan:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GrogSt00.htm
26,886 yards, 182 td, 208 int
This looks pretty comparable to another gunslinger, Jeff George:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GeorJe00.htm
27,602 yards, 154 td, 113 int
Or a Rich Gannon:
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GannRi00.htm
28,743 yards, 180 td, 104 int
Not quite Trent Green stats, or Jim Everette, or Kerry Collins or Phil Simms, or Steve McNair, or Boomer Esiason, or Mark Brunell.