I wanted to break down the stats of the 1st ever #NFL Regular Season starts of some current and soon to be Hall of Fame quarterbacks as compared to #Broncos rookie QB Paxton Lynch's 1st career start last Sunday. These are the 4 guys I chose, you may have heard of them! 1) Peyton Manning, 2) Joe Montana, 3) Tom Brady and 4) John Elway. Let's go:
1) Here are Peyton's stats from his first NFL game on week 1 in 1998 as a rookie at 22 years old:
21/37 for 302 yards, 1 TD, 3 INTs 4 sacks and a 58.6 QB rating in a 24-15 loss to the Dolphins at home in Indy.
2) Here are Joe Montana's stats from his 1st ever partial start in week 14 of the 1979 season on the road vs the Rams:
5/12 for 36 yards 0 TDs and 0 INTs 0 sacks for a 49.3 QB rating! In a 13-10 loss. Ouch.
He did not start for a full game until his 2nd season in 1980. Here are those stats in week 6 of the 1980 season at home once more against the Rams:
21/37 for 252 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs and a 73.3 QB rating in a 31-17 loss.
3) Tom Brady sat behind Drew Bledsoe his entire rookie season in 2000 without a start. In 2001 he got his first start in week 2 of that season after being inserted in a game the prior week with an injury to Bledsoe. The rest is history and you know the story.
Here are Brady's numbers in that first start at home vs the Colts:
13/23 for 168 yards 0 TDs, 0 INTs 1 sack and a 79.6 QB rating.
Note: The Patriots as a team won that game 44-13 by a dominant performance by their defense and running game, rushing for 39 times 177 yards and 3 TDs add to that 2 defensive TDs and they carried the wide-eyed 1st time starter to a win. Brady just stayed out of the way!
4) John Elway's stats in his first full game start in the NFL on week 3 of the 1983 season:
18/33 193 yards 1 TD, 2 INTs 3 sacks and a 58.6 QB rating in a 13-10 loss to the Eagles at home.
5) Paxton Lynch's stats for his 1st NFL full game start as a rookie in week 5 of the 2016 season:
23/35 223 yards 1 TD, 1 INT 6 sacks and an 81.1 QB rating in a 23-16 loss to the Falcons at home.
The kid is right inline with 4 of the greatest QBs in League history. He has all the raw talent and physical attributes to be a franchise QB for the #Broncos for the next 10+ years. He is just not yet ready, needs time and will be soon.
Let's Go #Broncos!
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By Michael Salavati
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