Not surprisingly, Eli Manning and the Giants have played the toughest playoff opponents, including three teams (2007 Patriots, 2008 Eagles and 2011 Packers) that ranked No. Quarterbacks: Postseason Strength of Schedule by DVOA, 1989-2013 (Min. The averages and rankings are also presented for just the opposing defense (AVG DEF DVOA) and then just the pass defenses (AVG PASS DEF). The "AVG RK" is the average season rank in DVOA for the opponents. The smaller the number, the harder the opponent. In the following table the quarterbacks are ranked (Rk) by the average DVOA of their opponents in all playoff starts. I've applied the same concept for opponents of all 42 quarterbacks with at least five playoff starts since 1989. The opponent matters and that's why there's always a ranking of the hardest and easiest schedules in DVOA each season. Not to pile on Denver too much - we have a right to be pissed when the dream Super Bowl became a turd - but obviously playing San Diego and New England was not the same as playing Seattle, the No. It will take some time before we know if Dieter Brock had the worst postseason ever in the 1985 season, but a quarter century of data is a good place to start digging. Do keep in mind this means only partial career data will be presented for the likes of Joe Montana, Dan Marino and John Elway, but we hope to complete their careers at some point. The dig for more DVOA will continue, but going back to 1989 allows us to have full career postseason data for quarterbacks like Brett Favre, Troy Aikman, Kurt Warner and any active great. The free-agency era has helped the best quarterbacks win a ring, which was definitely not the case in the old days for Dan Marino, Dan Fouts and Fran Tarkenton. Does that make them the eight best quarterbacks in the league? Certainly not, but it's close. To start the 2014 season there should be eight active Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks, the most ever. Part II was all about drive stats for the quarterback's offense.
Part I focused on the frivolities of postseason win-loss records and defense-adjusted passer ratings. Some readers have asked about seeing the postseason numbers for these metrics, which is what we're going to do in the final part of our study of quarterbacks in the postseason. Football Outsiders now has 25 complete years of data for DVOA and DYAR.
With the blood of the Denver Broncos, the Seattle Seahawks wrote the final chapter of the 2013 season.
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