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Here are the quarterback road records in NFL playoff history:
6-4: Joe Flacco.
5-1: Eli Manning.
4-1: Len Dawson, Jake Delhomme, Roger Staubach
4-2: Mark Sanchez.
3-1: Tony Eason, Earl Morrall, Ben Roethlisberger.
3-2: Tom Brady, John Elway, Vince Ferragamo, Steve McNair, Aaron Rodgers.
3-4: Mark Brunell, Donovan McNabb.
3-7: Brett Favre.
2-1: Trent Dilfer, Jim Plunkett, Bart Starr, Richard Todd.
2-2: Dan Fouts, Jim Harbaugh, Otto Graham, Craig Morton, Dan Pastorini, Jay Schroeder.
2-3: Terry Bradshaw, Jim Everett, Mark Rypien.
2-4: Randall Cunningham.
2-5: Peyton Manning, Joe Montana.
1-0: Chris Chandler, Colin Kaepernick.
1-1: Steve Beuerlein, George Blanda, Bubby Brister, John Brodie, Marc Bulger, Elvis Grbac, Pat Haden, Jeff Hostetler, Stan Humphries, Jack Kemp, Bobby Layne, Chris Miller, Bill Nelsen, Babe Parilli, Tobin Rote, Fran Tarkenton, Russell Wilson, Jim Zorn.
1-3: Troy Aikman, Joe Ferguson, Bob Griese, Brad Johnson, Jim Kelly, Jake Plummer, Phil Simms.
1-4: Ken Stabler, Warren Moon, Danny White.
1-6: Dave Krieg, Dan Marino.
0-0: Sonny Jurgensen, Joe Namath.
0-1: Aaron Brooks, Ty Detmer, Boomer Esiason, Doug Flutie, Trent Green, John Hadl, James Harris, Rob Johnson, Bert Jones, Joe Kapp, Byron Leftwich, Andrew Luck, Ken O’Brien, Neil O’Donnell, Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, Tim Tebow, Joe Webb, Marc Wilson, T.J. Yates.
0-2: Ken Anderson, Steve Bartkowski, Pete Beathard, Kerry Collins, Charlie Conerly, Andy Dalton, Gus Frerotte, Roman Gabriel, Jeff George, Steve Grogan, Jim Hart, Ron Jaworski, Scott Mitchell, Milt Plum, Frank Ryan, Y.A. Tittle, Norm Van Brocklin.
0-3: Drew Brees, Steve DeBerg, Jeff Garcia, Bernie Kosar, Daryle Lamonica, Don Meredith, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Young.
0-4: Matt Hasselbeck, Billy Kilmer.
6-4: Joe Flacco.
5-1: Eli Manning.
4-1: Len Dawson, Jake Delhomme, Roger Staubach
4-2: Mark Sanchez.
3-1: Tony Eason, Earl Morrall, Ben Roethlisberger.
3-2: Tom Brady, John Elway, Vince Ferragamo, Steve McNair, Aaron Rodgers.
3-4: Mark Brunell, Donovan McNabb.
3-7: Brett Favre.
2-1: Trent Dilfer, Jim Plunkett, Bart Starr, Richard Todd.
2-2: Dan Fouts, Jim Harbaugh, Otto Graham, Craig Morton, Dan Pastorini, Jay Schroeder.
2-3: Terry Bradshaw, Jim Everett, Mark Rypien.
2-4: Randall Cunningham.
2-5: Peyton Manning, Joe Montana.
1-0: Chris Chandler, Colin Kaepernick.
1-1: Steve Beuerlein, George Blanda, Bubby Brister, John Brodie, Marc Bulger, Elvis Grbac, Pat Haden, Jeff Hostetler, Stan Humphries, Jack Kemp, Bobby Layne, Chris Miller, Bill Nelsen, Babe Parilli, Tobin Rote, Fran Tarkenton, Russell Wilson, Jim Zorn.
1-3: Troy Aikman, Joe Ferguson, Bob Griese, Brad Johnson, Jim Kelly, Jake Plummer, Phil Simms.
1-4: Ken Stabler, Warren Moon, Danny White.
1-6: Dave Krieg, Dan Marino.
0-0: Sonny Jurgensen, Joe Namath.
0-1: Aaron Brooks, Ty Detmer, Boomer Esiason, Doug Flutie, Trent Green, John Hadl, James Harris, Rob Johnson, Bert Jones, Joe Kapp, Byron Leftwich, Andrew Luck, Ken O’Brien, Neil O’Donnell, Matt Ryan, Matthew Stafford, Tim Tebow, Joe Webb, Marc Wilson, T.J. Yates.
0-2: Ken Anderson, Steve Bartkowski, Pete Beathard, Kerry Collins, Charlie Conerly, Andy Dalton, Gus Frerotte, Roman Gabriel, Jeff George, Steve Grogan, Jim Hart, Ron Jaworski, Scott Mitchell, Milt Plum, Frank Ryan, Y.A. Tittle, Norm Van Brocklin.
0-3: Drew Brees, Steve DeBerg, Jeff Garcia, Bernie Kosar, Daryle Lamonica, Don Meredith, Vinny Testaverde, Steve Young.
0-4: Matt Hasselbeck, Billy Kilmer.
Eli Manning quarterbacked the Giants to victory in Super Bowl 46. It would be fitting if Joe Flacco did the same for the Ravens in Super Bowl 47. They have something in common. They raise their games when their teams need it most:
1. In the playoffs.
2. On the road.
Last season, Manning set the NFL quarterback record for playoff road victories. That record was tied on Jan. 13, when Flacco quarterbacked the Ravens past Denver, then broken last Sunday, when Flacco quarterbacked Baltimore over New England.
Flacco is an amazing 6-4 in NFL road playoff games, even though he’s been in the league just five years and is only 28 years old (and was 27 when he beat Denver; his birthday is Jan. 16).
That’s an amazing feat, to just get to 10 road playoff games in your first five years in the NFL. Brett Favre quarterbacked 10 road playoff games – and he played 20 years. Peyton Manning still is playing despite a squish neck; Joe Montana wouldn’t quit, even after back surgery. They each quarterbacked just seven road playoff games. Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw and John Elway each quarterbacked just five road playoff games in his career. Troy Aikman, Jim Kelly and Bob Griese each quarterbacked just four road playoff games. Drew Brees has quarterbacked just three road playoff games, the same as Drew Bledsoe, Johnny Unitas and Kurt Warner.
Neither nor Sonny Jurgensen and Joe Namath ever quarterbacked a road playoff game.
Flacco has at least twice as many road playoff victories than all but five quarterbacks in NFL history.
Sure, the playoffs are expanded from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Sure, some great quarterbacks didn’t get a chance to win a bunch of playoff road games. John Hadl only played one playoff road game. Ken Anderson, Roman Gabriel, Kerry Collins, Charlie Conerly, Jim Hart and Ron Jaworski only got two. And they lost them all.
Y.A. Tittle and Norm Van Brocklin each quarterbacked just two playoff road games. And both went 0-2.
Don Meredith, Daryle Lamonica and Steve Young each quarterbacked just three playoff road games. And all three went 0-3.
The playoffs expanded to three rounds when the Super Bowl era arrived in 1966, then to four rounds in 1978. So that’s 35 years of four rounds, with the only expansion from 10 playoff teams to 12 in 1991. And that means 22 seasons of the same number of playoff games as we have now, and nobody’s won six road playoff games.
Flacco has won a playoff game in each of his five NFL Seasons, and he’s won on the road in four of those years.
Flacco already has won playoff games in five road stadiums – Miami, Tennessee, Kansas City, Denver and New England twice. He’s danged near won in Foxborough thrice – Flacco beat the Patriots 33-14 three years ago, 28-13 last Sunday and lost 23-20 last January at Gillette Stadium when Lee Evans dropped a game-winning pass in the final minute of the AFC championship game.
Flacco and Manning could stage a duel for this record over the next decade. The record had been four, held by Len Dawson, Jake Delhomme, Staubach and Mark Sanchez.
Yep, Sanchez. The beleaguered Jet quarterback is 4-2 in playoff road games? Does that neutralize the importance of this issue? Or does that mean we need to take another look at Sanchez? I’d say the latter.
But I digress. This is about Flacco. An amazing quarterback. Underrated. Underappreciated. Not even under contract for next season. He gets Baltimore to the playoffs and wins when he gets there, often in the toughest of circumstances.
1. In the playoffs.
2. On the road.
Last season, Manning set the NFL quarterback record for playoff road victories. That record was tied on Jan. 13, when Flacco quarterbacked the Ravens past Denver, then broken last Sunday, when Flacco quarterbacked Baltimore over New England.
Flacco is an amazing 6-4 in NFL road playoff games, even though he’s been in the league just five years and is only 28 years old (and was 27 when he beat Denver; his birthday is Jan. 16).
That’s an amazing feat, to just get to 10 road playoff games in your first five years in the NFL. Brett Favre quarterbacked 10 road playoff games – and he played 20 years. Peyton Manning still is playing despite a squish neck; Joe Montana wouldn’t quit, even after back surgery. They each quarterbacked just seven road playoff games. Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw and John Elway each quarterbacked just five road playoff games in his career. Troy Aikman, Jim Kelly and Bob Griese each quarterbacked just four road playoff games. Drew Brees has quarterbacked just three road playoff games, the same as Drew Bledsoe, Johnny Unitas and Kurt Warner.
Neither nor Sonny Jurgensen and Joe Namath ever quarterbacked a road playoff game.
Flacco has at least twice as many road playoff victories than all but five quarterbacks in NFL history.
Sure, the playoffs are expanded from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Sure, some great quarterbacks didn’t get a chance to win a bunch of playoff road games. John Hadl only played one playoff road game. Ken Anderson, Roman Gabriel, Kerry Collins, Charlie Conerly, Jim Hart and Ron Jaworski only got two. And they lost them all.
Y.A. Tittle and Norm Van Brocklin each quarterbacked just two playoff road games. And both went 0-2.
Don Meredith, Daryle Lamonica and Steve Young each quarterbacked just three playoff road games. And all three went 0-3.
The playoffs expanded to three rounds when the Super Bowl era arrived in 1966, then to four rounds in 1978. So that’s 35 years of four rounds, with the only expansion from 10 playoff teams to 12 in 1991. And that means 22 seasons of the same number of playoff games as we have now, and nobody’s won six road playoff games.
Flacco has won a playoff game in each of his five NFL Seasons, and he’s won on the road in four of those years.
Flacco already has won playoff games in five road stadiums – Miami, Tennessee, Kansas City, Denver and New England twice. He’s danged near won in Foxborough thrice – Flacco beat the Patriots 33-14 three years ago, 28-13 last Sunday and lost 23-20 last January at Gillette Stadium when Lee Evans dropped a game-winning pass in the final minute of the AFC championship game.
Flacco and Manning could stage a duel for this record over the next decade. The record had been four, held by Len Dawson, Jake Delhomme, Staubach and Mark Sanchez.
Yep, Sanchez. The beleaguered Jet quarterback is 4-2 in playoff road games? Does that neutralize the importance of this issue? Or does that mean we need to take another look at Sanchez? I’d say the latter.
But I digress. This is about Flacco. An amazing quarterback. Underrated. Underappreciated. Not even under contract for next season. He gets Baltimore to the playoffs and wins when he gets there, often in the toughest of circumstances.
). Its an impressive record regardless. Road playoff games are the more hostile environment and winning on the road can never be downplayed or scoffed at.
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