Don't Be a Tool

To begin,I will admit that I am a huge Favre fan. While listening to your latest podcast I had a flashback to a recent argument I had with a friend.

     He, like you, wanted to hold Favre' interception statistics against all of the rest of the records he owns to say he is not one of the top 10 QBs all time. Granted the total number of Interceptions is the highest all time, but when you compare him vs the rest of your all time QBs he ranks in the middle of the pack.

Sorry about the formatting for the charts below...

                   Career                   
            Int    Att       %           
Brady    99    4218    2.35%   
Montana    139    5391    2.58%   
Manning    181    6531    2.77%   
Aikman    141    4715    2.99%   
Marino    252    8358    3.02%   
Elway    226    7250    3.12%   
Favre    317    9811    3.23%   
Tarkenton    266    6467    4.11%   
Fouts            242    5604    4.32%   
Unitas    253    5186    4.88%   
Bradshaw    210    3901    5.38%   

His numbers are much closer to the top of the pack than the bottom.  And remember that for 16 years in Green Bay, if they were in 3rd and Long and if just out of field goal range Favre was throwing for the big one thinking its just as good as a Punt on 4th down. It would be interesting to see how many situational INTs he had.

But, enough of opinion lets get back to facts. If you look at the best year for Interceptions for each of these TOP 10 QBs who do you think has the best year of them all?  Thats right.....

                   Career            Best Year       
             Int      Att      %           Int     Att     %
Favre    317    9811    3.23%    7    531    1.32%
Brady    99    4218    2.35%    8    578    1.38%
Aikman    141    4715    2.99%    6    392    1.53%
Manning    181    6531    2.77%    9    557    1.62%
Elway    226    7250    3.12%    10    551    1.81%
Montana    139    5391    2.58%    9    493    1.83%
Tarkenton    266    6467    4.11%    8    412    1.94%
Unitas    253    5186    4.88%    6    305    1.97%
Marino    252    8358    3.02%    11    548    2.01%
Fouts            242    5604    4.32%    17    609    2.79%
Bradshaw    210    3901    5.38%    9    286    3.15%

...Its Brett Favre, Imagine that!!!  At 40 years of age he adapts his game and has the Best Year ever among this group of HOF players. Could the "Gunslinger" have always been a "Sharpshooter"

So Lyle, with all that in mind, can you hold Favre's interceptions against him?

Oh yeah, by the way, if your looking for winners...look at this for %of years with a winning record...

Winning Season Percentage over Career (Big Names 10+ years)               
             w    l    e    Percentage
FAVRE    15    1    2    88.89%
Manning    9    2    0    81.82%
Marino    12    1    4    82.35%
Bradshaw    11    2    1    82.14%
Unitas    14    3    1    80.56%
Montana    11    3    0    78.57%
Elway    11    2    3    78.13%
Aikman    7    4    1    62.50%
Tarkenton    8    6    4    55.56%
Fouts            4    9    2    33.33%


Again, does Favre interception total really look that bad?