It's pretty fitting too that the most prolific passing season in NFL history would be followed by one of the deepest QB drafts in NFL history. Luck, RGIII, Tannehill, Russ, Captain Kirk, Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles, Brock Osweiler, and even Case Keenum as an undrafted free agent.
@@thecoolbro77 lol. Well Brock was a major free agency bust once he left Denver, but he was actually a pretty decent backup at a critical time when the Broncos needed it in 2015. Brock went 5-2 in a season they'd go on to win the Super Bowl, so that's mainly why I put him there. And also because the Brocktober meme. 😂
No his 0 playoff wins are criminal where was all that arm when it mattered. Can’t throw a ton of your going to get figured out in the playoffs, and getting caught eyeing down Johnson like vs saints in the playoffs didn’t help either.
1995 was the year of the Wide Receiver *Receiving Yard Leaders* 1848 Jerry Rice 1781 Issac Bruce 1686 Herman Moore 1603 Michael Irvin 1497 Robert Brooks 1488 Brett Perriman 1371 Cris Carter 1342 Tim Brown 1307 Yancey Thigpen 1301 Jeff Graham
Those numbers are so impressive! Especially considering that during that era, throwing for 3500+ yards was a great season statistically. Those guys had to be hovering 40-50% of their teams passing offense that year. Crazy!
This was generally one of the greatest NFL seasons of all time. A great SB, two great championship games, some great storylines, nice teams, and of course these crazy QB stats.
That was one helluva game! Even though we came up on the losing end I had nothing, but mad respect for the opponent cuz of how hard both teams played to win!
Does anyone else remember that back in 2011, ESPN declared it the Year of the Quarterback so they started releasing a bunch of QB-related content? They aired documentaries on Tom Brady, Todd Marinovich, Tim Tebow, and more. They also finally started airing an Elite 11 series, highlighting the best high school quarterbacks in the country, featuring Jameis Winston. I'm not mentioning everything, but it somehow all seems perfectly timed for this NFL season to be so prime for quarterbacks. 2011 indeed was the Year of the Quarterback!
I remember that. They started that at the very beginning of 2011 (as in New Years Day 2011). The decision to make 2011 the year of the QB aged VERY WELL by the time 2011 ended.
25 years ago, 3,200 yards and 28 touchdowns was enough to put you in the MVP conversation. We're getting to the point where 4,000 yards and 35+ touchdowns is *expected* out of a lot of the league. I fully expect the single season pass yards and pass TDs record to get broken, again, within the next five years, especially now that there's an extra game.
In 2002 Tom Brady (age 25) led the NFL in TD passes with 28 19 years later and Tom Brady leads the NFL with 30 TD Passes and there’s still 6 games left
I started to watch NFL during the 2012 season. I missed one great season in 2011. Being French, it's not uncommon to start loving American sports at 17. I still witnessed the Butt Fumble, so there's this good memory from that season along with Seahawks vs Falcons in playoffs.
My first season watching football at age 6. I still remember crying when Michael vick was hurt and the eagles ""Dream Team"" season went down as an utter failure.
This is that random season I review on Wikipedia all of the time specifically for this reason. Remember having just started high school thinking someone would eclipse 6000 yards by 2015. I was way off but just goes to show how insane 2011 was.
I love how in a season with so much exceptional quarterback play, Aaron Rodgers won his first MVP. 122.5 QBR is incredible! I've seen good quarterbacks throw four interceptions in a bad game, he threw four all season!
One of my favorite seasons ever, even though my team lost the division crown to the eventual super bowl champions. Just electric matchups atop electric matchups every week. The offenses were excellent
I am not a Saints fan yet I liked Drew Brees because he was a quarterback that gave his receivers a chance to separate from his defenders for a massive amounts of yardage after the catch.
It’s hard to say bc football is so situational with who’s scoring the TDs but I believe he would have broke 50 TDs if he didn’t sit as well. I mean 5 more isn’t inconceivable esp with about 2 more full games worth of playing missed
Throwback ideas for Saints/Cowboys tomorrow: 1988 Week 5 MNF 1991 Week 14 (late December NFC important game) 1994 Week 15 MNF (Larry Allen runs down a defender)
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Defensive rules were changing and defenses hadn’t adjusted yet. A year later the legion of boom was born and a few years after that the no fly zone in Denver.
As a Saints fan I always think about that bc we played the Colts on SNF that year and it was suppose to be the first rematch of SB 44 but instead we blew the Colts out 62-7 lmao
@@trippingkanga134 that’s what I’m saying. It would have been a good game if Peyton played but since he didn’t, we blew the Colts out 62-7. Like that was the actual score of that game without Peyton
In retrospect it was extremely fitting that Tim Tebow's one year in the Sun had to be 2011. Matthew Stafford is amazing, too bad he never set social media on fire. Philip Rivers throwing 4,624 yards and 7.9 yards per attempt and the Chargers still missing the playoffs is SO Chargers. At least they have the excuse of "well, look at everybody ELSE this year, I dunno what to tell you."
Yeah it was beautiful beat packers and falcons and 49ers then we was the underdogs and all the game that we beat the teams will and then we beat led Tom Brady team New England and beat them
It's funny you mention that week 3 game against Buffalo. Prob one of my favorite games of all time even though the outcome wasn't what I wanted! Welker went off that day with 16 catches, 217 yards, and 2 tds. Went up 21-0 and thought we had it in the bag. And those 4 ints Tom threw caused him to cut his hair the following day lol. Crazy shootout!
Green Bay's offense was so good Aaron sat out the equivalent of 1.5 Games, had Aaron played all 16 games he was on pace for 378/554 68.2 CMP% 5123 yards 49 TDs 6 INTs 122.4 passer rating, thats the reason why Aaron won MVP over Brees
Crazy thing is that i wouldnt even say defenses were bad that year. Teams like the niners, ravens, texans,etc. all had great defenses but the qbs were just insane and making great throws. That was really prime brady, brees and rodgers that year.
So what I learned from this video is that in 2011, there was 5 or 6 guys whom had seasons that would have, in any other season, gotten them the nod for MVP?
The only thing about this is that one quarterback that reached that plateau went to the Super Bowl and lost to the New York Football Giants, and we all know who that QB was
Yeah the GOAT. The GOAT wasn't the only QB to lose to those Giants. The league MVP of that year with a 15-1 team lost on his own field to those Giants too.
@@veracity5977 Jerry Rice conceded. Would you like the video of him doing it to Tom Brady? I can post a link.. Not to mention i was talking about the GOAT at QB.
@@ShizawnSanders lol Brady is not the GOAT, just the most accomplished. And so what if Rice “conceded”? He’s literally paid to push a narrative towards the media. Everybody lies to the media everyday.
@@veracity5977 too bad the majority of HOF players like Jerry Rice say otherwise. It must make you mad so many HOF players, coaches and respective annylist have a different opinion than yours. When Rice said what he said it was on a small talk radio show. It wasn't even really media. It wasn't a rehearsed response or a politically correct one. Just a bunch of guys sitting around talking shit.
This has to be the year with the most collective passing yards in a season no? That’s a stat I can’t find anywhere but it seems like it has to be this year.
Lol Matt Flynn. Got a wild contract the following year because of those 6 TDs, but in Seattle. Then lost the starting job in preseason lmfaoo What a country.
This really was the peak of the previous generation of QBs. you had rodgers, brady, Roethlisberger, brees, hell, even cam newton. Imagine if we have a season where mahomes, lamar, josh allen, kyler murray, justin herbert, and baker mayfield all go off and have great seasons.
Yeah…I don’t know what you were thinking putting Baker there. - Mahomes - Lamar - Allen - Herbert - Dak Prescott - Russell Wilson - Deshaun Watson* *if he’s allowed to play; he’s gonna leave Houston if he is.*
@@anthonydeshields9613 Why you put Russell Wilson in there then? He’s the middle child. Too old for those other QBs and too young for the Brady, Arod, Roethlisberger era of QBs.
Brady’s and brees not in they’re generation they just played a long time brady and brees generation is the 2000s Rothlisberger Rogers and Stafford are all 2010s
I recall how amazing that year was for the Quarterbacks. To see three Quarterbacks throw for 5,000+ yards and seven throw for 4,000+ that season was truly remarkable.
hurts knowing Brees had back to back 460+ yards in the playoffs just for his defense to give the game away against SF. Easily would have beaten the Giants and would have set up a legendary Super Bowl against Brady. Brees could’ve beaten Peyton Manning and possibly Tom Brady in a span of 3 years. now it’s a simple “what if…?”
“Easily would’ve beaten the Giants” seriously bro? 🤦♂️🤦♂️ ppl thought the Packers would derail the Giants in 2007 nfc title game and guess who ended up winning, highly doubt the saints would be different lol
@@low_instinct_ the saints used to own the giants in the 2000s and 2010s with Brees. Plus the NFCCG woulda been in Nola where the saints had just beaten the giants 49-24 weeks earlier. Check the scores from when the saints played the giants back then and you’ll see.
Sadly my Bears were part of that miraculous run. I have to say, I remember how painful that Broncos offense was during that stretch. Tebow would turn it on out of nowhere in the final minutes after doing nothing all game.
Tebow is a Heisman winner and 2 time national championship in his second year in the nfl making his first starts. It was not surprising per say that he was able to lead the team to wins and playoffs.
People will forever overlook the greatness of Eli Manning in this season... especially the postseason. The people who say that he got carried by his defense to a super bowl title are some of the dumbest sports fans you can find.
This year was so good for QBs, even Eli Manning was able to capitalize on it. The clutch plays and comebacks he pulled off during that season were insane.
That year in 2011 was a resurgence for us in Carolina. And we’ve signed an 2 FAs and ppl think they were gonna be something without Cam. They were hell wrong since they didn’t live up to the hype.
Romo was also the only one on here with a garbage oline, put up 31-10 td-int in 15 games with laurent Robinson having to be his main receiver for a large amount of the season. Because Austin had hamstring issues all year and Dez was either missing games or playing injured. Plus Romo had that punctured lung and broken ribs. Would have been interesting to see what Romos stats would have been with him and the receivers healthy.
That Packers-Saints opener ended with Sean Payton's inexplicable decision to run the ball on the final play of the game and talking it out of Brees's hands.
That Matt Flynn game against the lions is the reason the Seahawks gave him a huge contract the next season. He never played a single game for them because he got beat out for his job in the preseason by guess who? Round 3 draft pick Russell Wilson.
@@finchborat you just proved that Romo is the most underrated player. You just said the guy chokes and pisses games away, even though the guy had the most comeback wins from 06-15, and statistically the most clutch in nfl history at a 127 start game mark. He's the reason why Romo never had a losing record even on teams that were statistically worse than the 0-16 browns and 0-16 Detroit in every way but passing.
@@thecensoredmuscle563 Too bad he couldn't be clutch or get any comeback wins in the playoffs or week 17 win and your in games. Plus, I seem to remember him having a losing record in 2010. And if he was as great as you say, not only would he be better in the playoffs, but he would've had winning records every year. He's nothing more than my generation's Danny White.
@@finchborat he played like 5 games in 2010 so I'm talking about seasons where he played most of the season lol. That should have obvious. And yes he did have winning records every year besides the years his team were statistically worse than the 0-16 browns and 0-16 detroit. I mean he went 8-7, 8-8, and 8-7 in years with the third worse defense in nfl history, worst run games for cowboys since the 1960, injury prone receivers, and a garbage oline. Just the fact that he was able to win 8 games and put up great stats with that. Is freakishly amazing. And what do you mean he could not win week 17? Every single week 17 that was needed to be in playoffs he played in or at least played healthy in he won. 06 made playoffs, 07 made playoffs (only played like a quarter or 2 without starters week 17), 08 had a broken throwing hand, 09 beat 11-4 eagles week 17 in a must win then beat them the next week in wild card, out 2010, 2011 had to throw with a softball sized throwing hand that was injured and knocked him out of the week 16 game at the start of the 1st. still played solid though, but defense was trash, 2012 broke multiple ribs in that week 16 shootout so he was playing pretty injured week 17, 2013 did not play week 17 but did play week 16 and with a back he injured in the 4th that needed surgery, he finished the game drove down and threw the game winning td to keep playoffs for cowboys alive. 2014 he had one of the greatest December's of all time for a qb. And that's it. Also he actually did have comeback win in playoffs, even in a playoff game getting sacked 6 times and still came back with the game winning td. That same season of course the refs had to prevent Romo from going to the nfc championship. That had to keep that narrative that dummys like you eat up. Also his playoff stats are solid even though his receivers dropped many big plays and tds in playoffs.
@@thecensoredmuscle563 He played for half the season in 2010. Romo still couldn't get the Cowboys over the hump. Tom Brady had horrible defenses and no-name receivers at times and he still found a way to make deep playoff runs. He had no weapons in '06 and 2013 and made it to the AFC Title Game, almost winning the '06 title game at the end. In 2011, the Patriots had the worst defense in football and the GOAT guided them to a Super Bowl appearance. The o-line was abused in the 2015 AFC title game and the GOAT was a 2-pt conversion away from Super Bowl 50. He had that cut on his hand in the playoffs and he made Super Bowl 52. He threw for 500 yards in that Super Bowl and had a shot to win at the end despite no Edelman and losing Cooks early in the game.
A part of me wonders if the lockout played a part in offenses putting up video game-type numbers (no normal offseason; no OTAs or minicamps). Outside of the Texans and 49ers, hardly anyone was playing consistent defense in 2011.
It's pretty fitting too that the most prolific passing season in NFL history would be followed by one of the deepest QB drafts in NFL history. Luck, RGIII, Tannehill, Russ, Captain Kirk, Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles, Brock Osweiler, and even Case Keenum as an undrafted free agent.
Brock Osweilet tho? You sure lol....
@@thecoolbro77 lol. Well Brock was a major free agency bust once he left Denver, but he was actually a pretty decent backup at a critical time when the Broncos needed it in 2015. Brock went 5-2 in a season they'd go on to win the Super Bowl, so that's mainly why I put him there. And also because the Brocktober meme. 😂
@@derpmcgerp8062 ok got you bro lol
They all suck, too
@@thecoolbro77 Your comment rules
The fact that Stafford threw for 5,000 yards and 41 touchdowns and still didn’t make the pro bowl is just criminal.
No his 0 playoff wins are criminal where was all that arm when it mattered. Can’t throw a ton of your going to get figured out in the playoffs, and getting caught eyeing down Johnson like vs saints in the playoffs didn’t help either.
@@calcaleb7041 since when do QBs win games? Here I was all this time thinking teams do, silly me.
@@sabishiihito you do know the biggest QB stat is wins right? Lmao
@@sabishiihito QBs have the biggest impact on a win. Wins are a QB stat.
@@dannyhantx your statement is just stupid dude, lol
1995 was the year of the Wide Receiver
*Receiving Yard Leaders*
1848 Jerry Rice
1781 Issac Bruce
1686 Herman Moore
1603 Michael Irvin
1497 Robert Brooks
1488 Brett Perriman
1371 Cris Carter
1342 Tim Brown
1307 Yancey Thigpen
1301 Jeff Graham
2015 as well
Jerry Rice Is My Favorite Wide Receiver As The Greatest.
Those numbers are so impressive! Especially considering that during that era, throwing for 3500+ yards was a great season statistically. Those guys had to be hovering 40-50% of their teams passing offense that year. Crazy!
With 9 players over 100 receptions and three over 120.
Holy hell I started watching football in 03 and havent ever heard of half of these guys lol.
This was generally one of the greatest NFL seasons of all time. A great SB, two great championship games, some great storylines, nice teams, and of course these crazy QB stats.
The 49ers vs Saints was probably the game that made me fall in love with football. What a year
That was one helluva game! Even though we came up on the losing end I had nothing, but mad respect for the opponent cuz of how hard both teams played to win!
Im a Saints fan and that is still the best game I have ever watched
All time great playoff game, final 2 minutes of that game was insane.
as a saints fan that game might have been the first time i hated that i fell in love with football lol
Hope you didn't watch the next week when the 49ers went bye bye
Does anyone else remember that back in 2011, ESPN declared it the Year of the Quarterback so they started releasing a bunch of QB-related content? They aired documentaries on Tom Brady, Todd Marinovich, Tim Tebow, and more. They also finally started airing an Elite 11 series, highlighting the best high school quarterbacks in the country, featuring Jameis Winston. I'm not mentioning everything, but it somehow all seems perfectly timed for this NFL season to be so prime for quarterbacks. 2011 indeed was the Year of the Quarterback!
The Elite 11 existed from 1999, not 2011
@@nachoalvarez7171 Were they airing it on TV? I know they were doing the Elite 11 for a while before 2011, but I'm not sure it was on television
@@imnotsumitnagar no i don't think so
@@nachoalvarez7171 That's what I meant to say. I'll edit the comment to make that clearer
I remember that. They started that at the very beginning of 2011 (as in New Years Day 2011). The decision to make 2011 the year of the QB aged VERY WELL by the time 2011 ended.
25 years ago, 3,200 yards and 28 touchdowns was enough to put you in the MVP conversation. We're getting to the point where 4,000 yards and 35+ touchdowns is *expected* out of a lot of the league. I fully expect the single season pass yards and pass TDs record to get broken, again, within the next five years, especially now that there's an extra game.
yes. I agree. It's getting too saturated.
Plus the league has catered to offense more and more every year while handicapping the defenses
In 2002 Tom Brady (age 25) led the NFL in TD passes with 28
19 years later and Tom Brady leads the NFL with 30 TD Passes and there’s still 6 games left
@@Terror832 Brady Is Still My All Time My Favorite Quarterback
@@tyreepowell8367 I like all the QBs equally
I don’t really have a specific one that I favor.
*Passing Yard Leaders (2011)*
5,476 Drew Brees
5,235 Tom Brady
5,038 Matthew Stafford
4,933 Eli Manning
4,643 Aaron Rodgers
4,624 Philip Rivers
And all but one has at-lest one playoff win
And Rogers didn't play the last game when his backup put up 400+ yards
@@Jaykey-mj2mp to be fair that was the lions dog water defense and Rodgers probably would’ve too if he was playing
@@cookedsalami yeah that's what I mean it would have been 4 5000 yard passers
@@Jaykey-mj2mp crap I didint mean to send that to you I meant the other guy
I drop everything for NFL Throwback. Especially these Explained videos 😅
I love the explained videos
I started to watch NFL during the 2012 season. I missed one great season in 2011. Being French, it's not uncommon to start loving American sports at 17.
I still witnessed the Butt Fumble, so there's this good memory from that season along with Seahawks vs Falcons in playoffs.
My first season watching football at age 6. I still remember crying when Michael vick was hurt and the eagles ""Dream Team"" season went down as an utter failure.
I had Vick on one fantasy team and DeSean Jackson in another. Both were underwhelming.
This is that random season I review on Wikipedia all of the time specifically for this reason. Remember having just started high school thinking someone would eclipse 6000 yards by 2015. I was way off but just goes to show how insane 2011 was.
I love how in a season with so much exceptional quarterback play, Aaron Rodgers won his first MVP. 122.5 QBR is incredible!
I've seen good quarterbacks throw four interceptions in a bad game, he threw four all season!
Passer Rating*. QBR is a completely different stat made by espn but yeah.
@Akbar Shabazz-Jenkins nah Brady threw 4 in the 2010 season.
One of my favorite seasons ever, even though my team lost the division crown to the eventual super bowl champions. Just electric matchups atop electric matchups every week. The offenses were excellent
@Keith Cousins I really don’t care. Why you keep self promoting videos no one wants to watch?
You a Dallas fan I see
@@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly yup :)
I love how after this season, we only had the greatest season a running back had in the last decade and won the mvp sheesh 2010-2012 was amazing
I am not a Saints fan yet I liked Drew Brees because he was a quarterback that gave his receivers a chance to separate from his defenders for a massive amounts of yardage after the catch.
If arod didn't sit out week 17 and he didn't sit out all of those 4th quarters their would've been 4 5000 yard passers
He could’ve broke 60 with the way he was playing
Eli Manning only came about 70 yards away too
Plus Eli was a couple good passes away from 5k!
There would've been 5 if Rodgers played in Week 17 and Peyton wasn't out with the neck injury.
It’s hard to say bc football is so situational with who’s scoring the TDs but I believe he would have broke 50 TDs if he didn’t sit as well. I mean 5 more isn’t inconceivable esp with about 2 more full games worth of playing missed
the year Eli was on top of his game..boy were those late 4th quarter comebacks and that playoff run amazing to watch!
God bless Eli he was amazing!!!!
Throwback ideas for Saints/Cowboys tomorrow:
1988 Week 5 MNF
1991 Week 14 (late December NFC important game)
1994 Week 15 MNF (Larry Allen runs down a defender)
Or Week 13 2018
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Yes Larry Allen caught Darion Conner from behind.
@Keith James Cousins *Jared Goff is Getting Payed More Than Rodgers New Contract.*
That was a fun season to watch for sure it made you forget about the lockout that happened in the offseason
i literally looked at the 2011 passing yards list earlier today for no reason and i open youtube just rn and see this on my recommended
Defensive rules were changing and defenses hadn’t adjusted yet. A year later the legion of boom was born and a few years after that the no fly zone in Denver.
That Lions vs Packers game should definitely get a video soon
They already have the highlights for that game posted on this channel
@@ibanks87 oh damn you’re right. Appreciate that, I remember the day the game happened but never got to see much of the plays.
So glad this channel exists
Wow this was a great video
Oh hello
What this video wanted me to come away with : QBs were insane in 2011
What I actually came away with: no one played defense in 2011
Been waiting for this video! And that year not only led to what the nfl is now, but that entire season was phenomenal in general
2011 was an amazing year for offenses. If only peyton never got knocked out for the season.
Ok thank you for clarifying because I’m like where the hell is Peyton. He probably was still on Indianapolis
@@dillondonovan6467 believe he had a neck injury which shutdown is 2011 season and then moved to denver the next season.
We needed this season after that continuous lockout.
2011 was the year of the QB and Peyton Manning WAS OUT all season! Imagine what 2011 would have been if he was there too.
He would of definitely passed for 6000 yards
As a Saints fan I always think about that bc we played the Colts on SNF that year and it was suppose to be the first rematch of SB 44 but instead we blew the Colts out 62-7 lmao
We would've had four 5,000 yd QBs if he played.
@Ian eh it wouldn't been a blowout tbh
@@trippingkanga134 that’s what I’m saying. It would have been a good game if Peyton played but since he didn’t, we blew the Colts out 62-7. Like that was the actual score of that game without Peyton
Imagine being one of those people to shit on Brees’ legacy for not having an MVP when he has multiple seasons like this
Unfortunately he played in a dome. He's all time Great for sure. But rodgers played in the green bay elements.
@@CesarPerez-it8xy people never said that about Manning when he was on the colts.
In retrospect it was extremely fitting that Tim Tebow's one year in the Sun had to be 2011.
Matthew Stafford is amazing, too bad he never set social media on fire.
Philip Rivers throwing 4,624 yards and 7.9 yards per attempt and the Chargers still missing the playoffs is SO Chargers. At least they have the excuse of "well, look at everybody ELSE this year, I dunno what to tell you."
Never knew how exciting that season was I actually started watching the NFL that postseason lol
I've never seen someone throw in windows as tight as Aaron Rodgers did
He was like Dan Marino with running ability that year. If the Packers 2011 season came out on home video I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
“Pulling victories out of Denver’s thin air.” 👏
2011 was a magical season for every Giants fan. You couldn't write a better script.
Yeah it was beautiful beat packers and falcons and 49ers then we was the underdogs and all the game that we beat the teams will and then we beat led Tom Brady team New England and beat them
Eli Manning clutch!!!!
And it was the season my 49ERS returned to the playoffs as a division champ after nine years
To bad we lost to the Giants in the NFC champ game
And Alex Smith was starting to live up to his potential.
@@official.nathan2099 😔😭
Please keep this type of content coming
That Broncos clip gave me chills. RIP Demaryius Thomas
It's funny you mention that week 3 game against Buffalo. Prob one of my favorite games of all time even though the outcome wasn't what I wanted! Welker went off that day with 16 catches, 217 yards, and 2 tds. Went up 21-0 and thought we had it in the bag. And those 4 ints Tom threw caused him to cut his hair the following day lol. Crazy shootout!
probably the best season in nfl history no cap
Green Bay's offense was so good Aaron sat out the equivalent of 1.5 Games, had Aaron played all 16 games he was on pace for 378/554 68.2 CMP% 5123 yards 49 TDs 6 INTs 122.4 passer rating, thats the reason why Aaron won MVP over Brees
I think they should have been co-MVPs.
@@blakeriley1600 you have a huge point
@@blakeriley1600definitely couldve signed off on that. good take mr. blakerius herbert rileson!
Crazy thing is that i wouldnt even say defenses were bad that year. Teams like the niners, ravens, texans,etc. all had great defenses but the qbs were just insane and making great throws. That was really prime brady, brees and rodgers that year.
That NFC divisional round game between the Saints and 49ers is still the best football game I have ever seen
And had the Saints won, we would've had a Brady-Brees Super Bowl.
So what I learned from this video is that in 2011, there was 5 or 6 guys whom had seasons that would have, in any other season, gotten them the nod for MVP?
It is a good day when I get a notification for an NFL Explained video. Stay Gold, NFLTB 💜
The fact Aaron Rodgers got 48/50 votes for MVP in the year of the QB, shows how dominate he was. That year was special.
That just goes to show how valuable Rodgers was that year that he won MVP after all those great performances!
Yeah that 9ers-Saints game was insane! Still one of the best playoff games I’ve seen.
The only thing about this is that one quarterback that reached that plateau went to the Super Bowl and lost to the New York Football Giants, and we all know who that QB was
Yeah the GOAT. The GOAT wasn't the only QB to lose to those Giants. The league MVP of that year with a 15-1 team lost on his own field to those Giants too.
@@ShizawnSanders GOAT? Jerry Rice didn’t play QB.
@@veracity5977 Jerry Rice conceded. Would you like the video of him doing it to Tom Brady? I can post a link.. Not to mention i was talking about the GOAT at QB.
@@ShizawnSanders lol Brady is not the GOAT, just the most accomplished. And so what if Rice “conceded”? He’s literally paid to push a narrative towards the media. Everybody lies to the media everyday.
@@veracity5977 too bad the majority of HOF players like Jerry Rice say otherwise. It must make you mad so many HOF players, coaches and respective annylist have a different opinion than yours. When Rice said what he said it was on a small talk radio show. It wasn't even really media. It wasn't a rehearsed response or a politically correct one. Just a bunch of guys sitting around talking shit.
I was at work sneaking away every 30 minutes to catch the saints/9ers playoff game. Sucks the saints lost but a helluva game
This has to be the year with the most collective passing yards in a season no? That’s a stat I can’t find anywhere but it seems like it has to be this year.
Lol Matt Flynn. Got a wild contract the following year because of those 6 TDs, but in Seattle. Then lost the starting job in preseason lmfaoo What a country.
This really was the peak of the previous generation of QBs. you had rodgers, brady, Roethlisberger, brees, hell, even cam newton. Imagine if we have a season where mahomes, lamar, josh allen, kyler murray, justin herbert, and baker mayfield all go off and have great seasons.
Yeah…I don’t know what you were thinking putting Baker there.
- Mahomes
- Lamar
- Allen
- Herbert
- Dak Prescott
- Russell Wilson
- Deshaun Watson*
*if he’s allowed to play; he’s gonna leave Houston if he is.*
@@anthonydeshields9613 Why you put Russell Wilson in there then? He’s the middle child. Too old for those other QBs and too young for the Brady, Arod, Roethlisberger era of QBs.
@@anthonydeshields9613 Wilson doesn't fit in here too old. And you forgot Murray and Burrow
Brady’s and brees not in they’re generation they just played a long time brady and brees generation is the 2000s Rothlisberger Rogers and Stafford are all 2010s
@@JPK169 huh? Ben was drafted 2 years after Drew so they werent that far apart
And Madden 12 was created . That year was just phenomenal
The last ever Madden that was made for the PS2. The decision to stop making Madden games for the PS2 is what forced me to get a PS3.
I recall how amazing that year was for the Quarterbacks. To see three Quarterbacks throw for 5,000+ yards and seven throw for 4,000+ that season was truly remarkable.
hurts knowing Brees had back to back 460+ yards in the playoffs just for his defense to give the game away against SF. Easily would have beaten the Giants and would have set up a legendary Super Bowl against Brady. Brees could’ve beaten Peyton Manning and possibly Tom Brady in a span of 3 years. now it’s a simple “what if…?”
“Easily would’ve beaten the Giants” seriously bro? 🤦♂️🤦♂️ ppl thought the Packers would derail the Giants in 2007 nfc title game and guess who ended up winning, highly doubt the saints would be different lol
@@low_instinct_ the saints used to own the giants in the 2000s and 2010s with Brees. Plus the NFCCG woulda been in Nola where the saints had just beaten the giants 49-24 weeks earlier. Check the scores from when the saints played the giants back then and you’ll see.
love these videos
3:50 rip dt88
Tebowmania was such a miracle run by the broncos. Like who would have known Tim Tebow pushed for a playoff berth?
Sadly my Bears were part of that miraculous run. I have to say, I remember how painful that Broncos offense was during that stretch. Tebow would turn it on out of nowhere in the final minutes after doing nothing all game.
Tebow is a Heisman winner and 2 time national championship in his second year in the nfl making his first starts. It was not surprising per say that he was able to lead the team to wins and playoffs.
And at the end of the year my GMEN and Eli were champs lol
I swear every other game was like a Madden game or a Pro Bowl in 2011
Yeah there was just a lot of good and great QBs in the league at this time. Kinda crazy.
And ESPN promoting the year of the QB theme at the start of 2011 (not the start of the season, the start of the calendar yr) aged VERY WELL.
That’s insane I was Fr just watching the year of the RB vid when this uploaded
People will forever overlook the greatness of Eli Manning in this season... especially the postseason. The people who say that he got carried by his defense to a super bowl title are some of the dumbest sports fans you can find.
The Giants defense in both super bowl years was below average especially 2011 Eli carried that team that's the reality
@@barbaracaroll They were great in both postseason runs. That's all that matters.
my favorite QB of all time is Dan Marino.
Crazy to see the numbers Brees put up in 2011 and not make 1st team all pro. That means it was definitely a crazy QB year.
There is a problem with your Eli Manning yards in a post season in 2011. He did that in 4 games. What Brady did in 2016 and 2017 he did in 3 games.
Okay so.. after watching this.. im not AS mad that Drew Brees didn't get MVP.. because I had no idea that year was THAT fuckin ridiculous for QBs.
Left handed Qbs are my favorite to watch I'm left handed and they are sort of unorthodox
That 49ers/Saints game was unreal.
The only thing that bums me out from that year was that Eli was 77 yards away from hitting the 5k mark alongside Brees, Brady & Stafford 🤬
I remember that year It was electric with QBs and I remember most of the game back then ‼️
This year was so good for QBs, even Eli Manning was able to capitalize on it. The clutch plays and comebacks he pulled off during that season were insane.
That year in 2011 was a resurgence for us in Carolina. And we’ve signed an 2 FAs and ppl think they were gonna be something without Cam. They were hell wrong since they didn’t live up to the hype.
can y'all ask this a series and talk about the 2007 season
These guys are so quick.
The season I feel in love with football and Tebow mania plus madden12 was out best year of my life 😭
And that was the final year Madden had a game for the PS2. As a result, I opted to get a PS3 for my birthday in 2012.
So of the top 5 most passing yards the only one who didn’t throw for a least 4,900 won the MVP
14-1 it's called MVP and there's a lot of criteria, but a lot has to do with the team record and what he contributed to it.
He was extremely efficient and threw the lowest amount of picks of that group.
Tony Romo was the only undrafted QB in this video. Respect for my guy!🙏
Romo was also the only one on here with a garbage oline, put up 31-10 td-int in 15 games with laurent Robinson having to be his main receiver for a large amount of the season. Because Austin had hamstring issues all year and Dez was either missing games or playing injured. Plus Romo had that punctured lung and broken ribs. Would have been interesting to see what Romos stats would have been with him and the receivers healthy.
Why would anyone bring up Romo he doesn't belong on any great QB list you can wish he did but no
Vintage NFL was so much better
That Packers-Saints opener ended with Sean Payton's inexplicable decision to run the ball on the final play of the game and talking it out of Brees's hands.
17:08 "...tale of legendary signal callers"
*shows JAY CUTLER and JEFF GEORGE*
Nicely done, guys. Subtle, yet bold. Chef's kiss.
What a beautiful Video of pure facts!!!
That Matt Flynn game against the lions is the reason the Seahawks gave him a huge contract the next season. He never played a single game for them because he got beat out for his job in the preseason by guess who? Round 3 draft pick Russell Wilson.
Damn Tony Romo is one of the most underrated and under appreciated football players of our time
What happens when you choke and piss away games.
@@finchborat you just proved that Romo is the most underrated player. You just said the guy chokes and pisses games away, even though the guy had the most comeback wins from 06-15, and statistically the most clutch in nfl history at a 127 start game mark. He's the reason why Romo never had a losing record even on teams that were statistically worse than the 0-16 browns and 0-16 Detroit in every way but passing.
@@thecensoredmuscle563 Too bad he couldn't be clutch or get any comeback wins in the playoffs or week 17 win and your in games.
Plus, I seem to remember him having a losing record in 2010. And if he was as great as you say, not only would he be better in the playoffs, but he would've had winning records every year. He's nothing more than my generation's Danny White.
@@finchborat he played like 5 games in 2010 so I'm talking about seasons where he played most of the season lol. That should have obvious.
And yes he did have winning records every year besides the years his team were statistically worse than the 0-16 browns and 0-16 detroit. I mean he went 8-7, 8-8, and 8-7 in years with the third worse defense in nfl history, worst run games for cowboys since the 1960, injury prone receivers, and a garbage oline. Just the fact that he was able to win 8 games and put up great stats with that. Is freakishly amazing.
And what do you mean he could not win week 17? Every single week 17 that was needed to be in playoffs he played in or at least played healthy in he won. 06 made playoffs, 07 made playoffs (only played like a quarter or 2 without starters week 17), 08 had a broken throwing hand, 09 beat 11-4 eagles week 17 in a must win then beat them the next week in wild card, out 2010, 2011 had to throw with a softball sized throwing hand that was injured and knocked him out of the week 16 game at the start of the 1st. still played solid though, but defense was trash, 2012 broke multiple ribs in that week 16 shootout so he was playing pretty injured week 17, 2013 did not play week 17 but did play week 16 and with a back he injured in the 4th that needed surgery, he finished the game drove down and threw the game winning td to keep playoffs for cowboys alive. 2014 he had one of the greatest December's of all time for a qb. And that's it.
Also he actually did have comeback win in playoffs, even in a playoff game getting sacked 6 times and still came back with the game winning td. That same season of course the refs had to prevent Romo from going to the nfc championship. That had to keep that narrative that dummys like you eat up.
Also his playoff stats are solid even though his receivers dropped many big plays and tds in playoffs.
@@thecensoredmuscle563 He played for half the season in 2010.
Romo still couldn't get the Cowboys over the hump.
Tom Brady had horrible defenses and no-name receivers at times and he still found a way to make deep playoff runs. He had no weapons in '06 and 2013 and made it to the AFC Title Game, almost winning the '06 title game at the end. In 2011, the Patriots had the worst defense in football and the GOAT guided them to a Super Bowl appearance. The o-line was abused in the 2015 AFC title game and the GOAT was a 2-pt conversion away from Super Bowl 50. He had that cut on his hand in the playoffs and he made Super Bowl 52. He threw for 500 yards in that Super Bowl and had a shot to win at the end despite no Edelman and losing Cooks early in the game.
A part of me wonders if the lockout played a part in offenses putting up video game-type numbers (no normal offseason; no OTAs or minicamps). Outside of the Texans and 49ers, hardly anyone was playing consistent defense in 2011.
RIP DT
This is goat content
10:42 broooooo number 74 was movin !
If Vick would have started his rookie year don't think Cam wouldnt have those rookie records
2011 season damn i was a senior high school
I was a sophomore in college. My high school won its 3rd straight state title that year.
Brees decimation of the team that shall not be called the colts was timeless #Ravens
Stafford is so damn underrated
6:54 clear holding 😂😂
12:21 My ninja SuperCam... 💪🏾🏈👍🏾
I don’t remember this season as a great offensive season. Mainly because I was stuck watching the Rams who averaged 10 points a game.
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@@NFLVault man I love your explained videos I wonder what's the next explained video🤔
@@NFLVault what about explaining the history of NFl equipment or NFl rivalries and divisions?
Alex smith was so fucking clutch!!! I still can’t believe we got rid of him for Colin Capernick !!!
damn when manning started to tear up. enough to make a grown man cry