The Mat Leinart era begins

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Curb

If you look at Warner as a person as well as a football player, he belongs there more than anyone. He is a great Humanitarian off the field and true team leader on it. Like I said before, there are men in there who have done less in their lives and on the field. If I had a vote he would be at the top of the list of the class of 2015. But seeing as the world is going to end in 2012 him nor Farve will get in

Good observation.

[smileyman]

ESPN had a sidebar saying that Warner was number 3 NFL all time pass rating...That's a big stat and I had no idea

[marko138]

Originally Posted by smileyman

ESPN had a sidebar saying that Warner was number 3 NFL all time pass rating...That's a big stat and I had no idea

He's got the numbers for sure.

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by marko138

He's got the numbers for sure.

NFL records
Highest completion percentage in a single game (regular season) - 92.3% (24/26) (9/20/09) [35]
Most Yards Passing, Super Bowl (Game) - 414 yards vs. Tennessee Titans (only QB to pass for 400+ yards in the Super Bowl; also owns 2nd and 3rd highest yardage total in Super Bowl with 377 against the Pittsburgh Steelers and 365 against the New England Patriots).[36][37]
Most Yards Passing, Super Bowl (Career) - 1,156
Most Yards Passing, Playoffs (Single Season) - 1,147 (in 2009).
Most touchdown passes in a single postseason - 11 (in 2009, tied w/Joe Montana, who did it in 1990).
Highest career completion percentage, Playoffs - 66.5%
Highest rate of games w/300+ yards passing (min. 100 games played) - 41.9% (52/124)[38]
Most Yards Passing in the first two games of a season (2000) - 827[39]
Most Consecutive Games w/300+ Yards Passing - 6 (tied w/ Steve Young and Rich Gannon)[40]
Most Games with a perfect Passer Rating, Career (regular season only) - 3 (tied w/Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger)[41]
Only NFL quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns and win a Super Bowl in the same season (1999).
Only quarterback to throw for over 14,000 yards with two different teams (St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals)
One of only 2 players in NFL history to throw 100 touchdown passes with two different teams (Fran Tarkenton is the other)
Tied Dan Marino as the fastest player to pass for 30,000 yards. He accomplished this in 114 games.
Tied Johnny Unitas with 4 consecutive games with a passer rating over 120 (against Brett Favre and the 10-1 Vikings on 12/6/2009)
Only Quarterback never to be shutout in a game
Highest average passing yards per game on Monday Night Football - 329.4 (min 7 games)
Tied Daryle Lamonica with throwing 5 touchdown passes in two different playoff games.
Warner is the second quarterback to make Super Bowl starts with two different teams joining Craig Morton (1970 Dallas Cowboys and 1977 Denver Broncos). He also became the third quarterback in NFL history to win a conference championship with two different teams, following Craig Morton and Earl Morrall.
Warner is the only starting quarterback in the history of the NFL to win 2 NFL Championship games in a DOME Stadium in two different cities. In 2001, hosted in St. Louis against Philadelphia, Rams win 29-24, and 2008 hosted in Phoenix against Philadelphia, Cardinals win 32-25.
Warner also retired ranking second in several categories:

2nd Highest Average Passing Yards Per Game, Career (Min. 100 games) - 260.4 yards/game (Peyton Manning is first)[42]
2nd Highest career passer rating, Playoffs - 102.8 (Bart Starr is first)
2nd oldest quarterback to throw for 30 touchdowns in a season - Aged 37 in 2008 (Brett Favre is the oldest, aged 40 in 2009)

That is not counting his community work.

[defector]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

That is not counting his community work.

Only QB to not be shut out. Now that is a fucking stat.

[marko138]

That list is longer than I realized.

[Curb]

i see a lot of names on that list that are already in the HoF

[smileyman]

Well thats it then, he's bona fide!

[EpyonXero]

Originally Posted by t-rock

Exactly. Trust me, I loved watching him play for the Rams when they won the superbowl, and the couple seasons right in there, but HoF should be reserved for truly amazing QBs.

Taking St. Louis and Arizona to the Superbowl is pretty amazing to me.

[CrazyKell]

HoF?