08-19-2014, 05:20 PM
(08-19-2014, 05:13 PM)leftcoast link Wrote:Joe Namath's Career Stats:
Win/Loss/Ties:    68 wins, 74 losses, 4 ties (64-64-4 if playoffs excluded)
Career Passing %Â Â 50.1
QB Rating:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 65.5Â (w/ 50 more ints than TDs)
Other:
* 1st QB to throw for over 4,000 yds in a season (1967)
*Â Winning QB in Super Bowl IIIÂ ("Guarantee" game)
*Â Regarded as the NFLs first true media darling
*Â Elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
*Â Four time AFL All-Star
So mediocre stats coupled with some intangibles. He wouldn't make my list of elite QBs except for one very special game. Isn't "Broadway Joe" the Johnny Manziel of the late 60s/early 70s?
Stats aside, Broadway Joe was to the NFL then what Tiger was to golf. People who had never followed the sport tuned in to see him perform. Although his game didn't need it, Reggie Jackson was the same. As he put it, the Straw that Stirs the Drink sold tickets.
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