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Obviously his playoff numbers are going to be eternal for a variety of reasons not least of which is the 4 game playoff schedule for all but 2 teams now (they probably eventually get rid of BYEs let's be honest) and additional games bringing wear and tear and closing margins.

The career numbers however all seem touchable considering how the game continues to evolve. The passing yards specifically could be broken within 20 years actually.

But maybe there are some on here who think his 7 rings could be eclipsed by non-QB position players like a Kicker? 

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All of his regular season stats are possibly attainable by current players if they play well into their 40s.

  • Matt Ryan is less than 25k back in passing yards. He's turning 37 next year. (6 years averaging about 4170)
  • Rodgers is 175 back in TDs and is turning 39 in December.  (5 years averaging 36 TDs)
  • Ryan and Stafford are both 12 back in GWD. (Brady is tied with Manning at 54 even if PFR has not ticked to 54 from the Jets game on the records page)

 

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20 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

All of his regular season stats are possibly attainable by current players if they play well into their 40s.

  • Matt Ryan is less than 25k back in passing yards. He's turning 37 next year. (6 years averaging about 4170)
  • Rodgers is 175 back in TDs and is turning 39 in December.  (5 years averaging 36 TDs)
  • Ryan and Stafford are both 12 back in GWD. (Brady is tied with Manning at 54 even if PFR has not ticked to 54 from the Jets game on the records page)

 

With all the Brady bonanza it's easy to forget there have only been 3 other QBs to play significant time in their 40s last two decades. Testaverde, Favre and Brees with only Brees having nice numbers in his 40 and 41 season while Favre did have a nice 40 season. Prior to that you also had Moon with a tremendous 41 season in 1997 (underrated) and Flutie starting a handful of games. Yeah the game has changed but we can't automatically expect numerous QBs to play at age 40-41 all of a sudden. That said Ryan doesn't have a ring, so who knows how long he keeps it up. No way Rodgers playing 5 more years though.

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29 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

All of his regular season stats are possibly attainable by current players if they play well into their 40s.

  • Matt Ryan is less than 25k back in passing yards. He's turning 37 next year. (6 years averaging about 4170)
  • Rodgers is 175 back in TDs and is turning 39 in December.  (5 years averaging 36 TDs)
  • Ryan and Stafford are both 12 back in GWD. (Brady is tied with Manning at 54 even if PFR has not ticked to 54 from the Jets game on the records page)

 

That's arguably the hardest part. Only four players not named Brady have passed for more than 2,000 yards after their 40th birthday

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46 minutes ago, SkippyX said:

All of his regular season stats are possibly attainable by current players if they play well into their 40s.

  • Matt Ryan is less than 25k back in passing yards. He's turning 37 next year. (6 years averaging about 4170)
  • Rodgers is 175 back in TDs and is turning 39 in December.  (5 years averaging 36 TDs)
  • Ryan and Stafford are both 12 back in GWD. (Brady is tied with Manning at 54 even if PFR has not ticked to 54 from the Jets game on the records page)

 

I'd be shocked if Ryan and Rodgers lasted that long. Stafford maybe but he's always dealt with nagging injuries. 

I feel like Mahomes will most likely be the next guy to challenge for those records. He'll probably get them barring a major injury since he'll have a leg up just based off the fact that his first year was in 2018 and he'll play the majority of his career in a 17-18 game era. 

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8 minutes ago, lancerman said:

I'd be shocked if Ryan and Rodgers lasted that long. Stafford maybe but he's always dealt with nagging injuries. 

I feel like Mahomes will most likely be the next guy to challenge for those records. He'll probably get them barring a major injury since he'll have a leg up just based off the fact that his first year was in 2018 and he'll play the majority of his career in a 17-18 game era. 

Stafford would need to play til age 43 and average 4,000 yards per season to do it... Not saying it's impossible but not very likely.

Edit:

Noticed he mentioned game winning drivesc with Stafford and not yards... That one is a little more possible.

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3 hours ago, LieutenantGains said:

Regular season records probably will be because of the rules.

Any QB that stays healthy gains an entire season of stats in 16 years (so age 22 to 38). That's one of the little things that would definitely make it feasible. 

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12 hours ago, Broncofan said:

QB Suspensions.   Definitely can be caught there, he’s already been caught by Michael Vick, Big Ben  and likely Watson. 

Yeah but those were real suspension with TBD on Watson.

Brady was suspended because Goodell is allowed to make things up. (per appeals court ruling after a court ruled the whole thing was BS)

The appeals court said he has absolute power, not that he was right.

Its an actual matter of public record that there was zero proof that Brady did anything wrong.

 

This is for the non-fanatics though.  You can always wear the tin foil and pretend your team's walkthroughs were taped.

 

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If anyone has time today, some things I would like to know:

  • If a QB played for 10 years and all 17 games/season, What would they have to average to pass Brady's passing yards?
  • same question but 15 years
  • same question but 10 years and passing TD's
  • same question but 15 years and passing TD's

That might give us an indication of how quickly Brady's records will fall to someone like Mahomes or Allen.

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