Comments on: The Ebb and Flow of the NFL Passing Game Since 1932 http://www.footballperspective.com/the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-nfl-passing-game-since-1932/ NFL History and Stats Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:57:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Best Quarterbacks of the Decade: The 1950s – The Quarterback Project http://www.footballperspective.com/the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-nfl-passing-game-since-1932/#comment-355116 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:57:52 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=47#comment-355116 […] Y.A. Tittle and Otto Graham.  And it was the decade in which quarterbacks began to complete more than 50% of their passes on a regular basis.  It’s also the decade in which the single-game passing record of 554 yards was set (and still […]

]]> By: Best Quarterbacks of the Decade: The 1970s – The Quarterback Project http://www.footballperspective.com/the-ebb-and-flow-of-the-nfl-passing-game-since-1932/#comment-345909 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 18:49:30 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=47#comment-345909 […] 2,803 passing yards in ’77, only a hair over 200 yards per game.  But in 1978, crucial rule changes hindered defensive backs’ abilities to bump and harass receivers during their routes.  The result was a much more open passing game at the end of […]

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