In the NFCCG, he was at +130, and in the Super Bowl, he was at +280. Montana didn’t play in the Wildcard round, but he provided 233 ANY of value over expectation - i.e., based on his opponent’s ANY/A allowed during the regular season - in that game. In the postseason, he threw 84 pass attempts. Playing for the 49ers, his *regular season* Relative ANY/A was +3.07, which means he was 3.07 ANY/A above average (that, combined with his scorched earth playoff run, is why he ranks number one here). Let’s use Joe Montana in 1989 as an example, since he had the best playoff run ever. I went ahead and calculated the postseason numbers for the quarterback for the Super Bowl champion in each season. That may not be great, but (1) most Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks have excellent postseasons, and (2) he was one of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL during the regular season! Two years later, Bob Griese was the Dolphins starter in Super Bowl VII, … Continue reading that ranks as the 27th best performance. Among the 49 Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks, In Super Bowl V, Earl Morrall led the Colts on a second half comeback victory over the Cowboys in relief of Johnny Unitas. So throughout the postseason, he was 242 ANY over average. So in the Division Round of the playoffs, Bradshaw was 171 ANY over average in the conference championship game, he was 22 ANY above average, and then in the Super Bowl, he was 49 ANY over average. That’s a 6.50 ANY/A average against a defense that allowed 3.45 ANY/A during the regular season, so Bradshaw gets credit for producing 49 Adjusted Net Yards over average. In the Super Bowl against Minnesota, Bradshaw went 9/14 for 96 yards with a touchdown, no interception, and two sacks for 12 yards.Over 17 attempts, that’s worth 22 ANY over average. That may not sound great, but it translates to a 4.12 ANY/A average, which is better than how the average quarterback fared against Oakland that year (2.82). Bradshaw went 8/17 for 95 yards with one touchdown and one interception and no sacks. The next week, in Oakland, Bradshaw was against above-average.But Bradshaw averaged 11.74 ANY/A over 19 dropbacks, or 171 Adjusted Net Yards over expectation. In the regular season, the Bills pass defense allowed 2.71 ANY/A, making them one of the best in the league. Against Buffalo, Bradshaw completed 12 of 19 passes for 203 yards, with 1 TD and no interceptions, and he was not sacked.He was excellent in the team’s three playoff games, particularly in Pittsburgh’s first win. But that doesn’t mean Bradshaw wasn’t a big part of why Pittsburgh won its first title. That’s the worst of any quarterback who wound up winning the Super Bowl.
Given the league average of 3.91, that means Bradshaw finished the year with a Relative ANY/A of -0.99.
He ranked 25th in ANY/A among the 32 quarterbacks with at least 120 pass attempts. That translates to a 2.92 Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt average, which is terrible even for 1974.
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