Happy 58th birthday, Steve Young! Football fans who watched Young each Sunday likely would never have guessed how he felt about his personal life. He joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a year later and remained in Florida through the end of the season. He started 10 games in , throwing 17 touchdowns to eight interceptions, and became the full-time starter a year later.
From through , Young went as the starter and completed A six-time Pro Bowl selection , he also ran for 29 touchdowns in that span. The Hall of Fame inductee won eight of his 14 starts in the playoffs and led the 49ers to a Super Bowl victory following the season. That was his third Super Bowl ring and the first he won as a starter.
In , he topped the NFL in completion percentage In , he turned in arguably the greatest season by a quarterback in the Super Bowl era. In 13 starts, he threw for 26 touchdowns and just eight interceptions. He broke the single-season record for passer rating Montana is also widely regarded as the greatest clutch quarterback in NFL history.
In , Sports Illustrated picked him over the legendary Unitas as the most clutch quarterback ever. According to Pro Football Reference, he has led 31 fourth-quarter comebacks and 33 game-winning drives a total of 34 games , which includes five games in the postseason.
His three most memorable comebacks include the famous drive against Cincinnati in Super Bowl XXII, the drive which led to Dwight Clark's catch in the conference championship game, and a point second half comeback against the New Orleans Saints in , which is still the largest regular season comeback in NFL history.
Montana led a game-winning fourth quarter drive in This is a higher percentage than all but four Hall of Fame quarterbacks. He was a decent scrambler, rushing for 1, yards in his career 3. He scored 20 touchdowns on the ground and fumbled just 53 times, an impressive total for a year career.
He's better than Dan Marino, Manning, and yes, Montana. He cracks the top twenty quarterbacks in just a single career statistic passing touchdowns , but he is hands down the greatest percentage quarterback in the history of the National Football League.
He has the second best touchdown-to-interception ratio in NFL history 2. He ranks fifth in completion percentage And he ranks among the best six in history in all forms of yards per pass attempt, including a spot at the top of the list in adjusted yards per pass attempt 7. According to an exclusive study conducted by Cold Hard Football Facts, yards per attempt YPA is the single biggest indicator of success in all of football, as the team winning the battle in yards per attempt wins approximately 75 percent of its games.
From to , Young turned in the greatest eight-year stretch by a quarterback in NFL history. He topped the league in passer rating six times. From to , Young's average passer rating was In fact, from to , every other quarterback in the NFL combined to top a passer rating just four times—three of them were in He led the league in adjusted yards per pass attempt six times and yards per attempt five times.
He led the NFL in completion percentage five times, touchdown passes four times, and interception percentage twice. He led the league in various statistical categories a total of 42 times, which is more than twice as much as Montana did in his whole career He led the 49ers to 13 wins and points of offense.
He broke Montana's single-season records for passer rating He tossed 35 touchdowns against only 10 interceptions, and led the league in every form of yards per attempt. Young wasn't just the greatest passer in the game's history. He was also arguably the greatest running quarterback ever. In , he ran 49 yards for a game-winning touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings , a play which NFL Films voted in as the single greatest run by any player in the year history of the league.
Young rushed for 4, yards in his career and averaged 5. He scored 43 touchdowns, the record for a quarterback, and fumbled 68 times, a fantastic figure for a running quarterback. I think that the term passer rating should be changed to quarterback rating, and it should include rushing touchdowns and fumbles lost.
Think about it. Who cares if a quarterback throws for a touchdown or runs for a touchdown? It's still a touchdown. And by not counting fumbles in the passer rating, quarterbacks who are fumble machines have an unfair advantage in passer rating, which always has been and always will be the primary statistic used to determine a quarterback's success.
If a quarterback quietly fumbles ten times and loses five of them each season, it won't go unnoticed, but it also won't be criticized nearly as much as if he tossed five more interceptions per season. Let's look at this past season. Aaron Rodgers committed a turnover in a postseason game in overtime to lose the game, and while this play was definitely criticized, it would be ten times worse if the turnover was an interception.
Just ask Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. I don't think it's unfair to give Young a tremendous amount of praise for all of his rushing touchdowns.
Look at his career statistics. He threw for touchdowns and interceptions. He also ran for 43 touchdowns, giving him a mark on his career. Then there are his 68 fumbles, and while an exact amount of his fumbles lost is not known, let's say he lost 50 percent of those fumbles, giving him a total of So now he has accumulated total touchdowns and turnovers.
Tom Brady , who ranks first in touchdown-to-interception ratio , has rushed for six touchdowns and fumbled 70 times approximately 35 turnovers in his career. Brady's new numbers would look like this: touchdowns and turnovers. In this situation, Young becomes the most successful quarterback in NFL history, in terms of touchdowns produced to turnovers produced. Add on 20 touchdowns for Montana, giving him touchdowns and interceptions.
He also fumbled 53 times, so let's add 26 and a half turnovers to his stats. His totals include total touchdowns and turnovers, still a phenomenal percentage 1. Young has definitely not received enough credit for his running ability. He isn't like Michael Vick or Vince Young, who likely wouldn't be able to win games without their scrambling. He is in elite company with a select few quarterbacks with both amazing passing and running statistics, and only former Minnesota great Fran Tarkenton comes close to approaching Steve Young in a combination of passing and running.
In fact, Young's unprecedented combination of passing and running is so incredible that it will likely never again be equaled throughout history. Montana has been even more successful in the postseason than in the regular season. View a sample email. It's also available for basketball, baseball and hockey. Sign Up For Free. Javascript is required for the selection of a player. Choice is:. Powered by. Minimum rushes to qualify as career leader. Minimum receptions to qualify as career leader.
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