![]() Starr lost his first career playoff start … and then reeled off nine wins in a row to finish his career. No quarterback who played at least 10 playoff games did. All of those guys played their games after the turn of the century, with rules favoring the passing game, and none of them won at the rate Starr did. ![]() Kurt Warner, Drew Brees and Matt Ryan are the only other quarterbacks with a rating over 100. Peyton Manning was at 87.4 for his playoff career. Joe Montana retired with a postseason rating of 95.6. Tom Brady’s playoff passer rating sits at 90.5. ![]() That the Packers legend compiled a rating nearly 40 points over the league average against the best competition the league had to offer is remarkable. From 1960 to 1967, which covers Starr’s postseason career in its entirety, the league-average passer rating ranged from 64.0 to 66.6. And he’s the only quarterback in the top-25 who played before the AFL-NFL merger when passing the football was most difficult. We’ll start with the most compelling argument for Starr’s playoff supremecy: His career postseason passer rating of 104.8 ranks as the best in NFL history. ![]() In fact, I’ll take it a step further: Bart Starr was the best playoff quarterback in NFL history. The Hall of Fame quarterback will be remembered for playing a prominent role in the Packers dynasty under Vince Lombardi but he also deserves recognition for being one of the greatest playoff performers in league history. The NFL world lost a legend over the weekend when Bart Starr died at the age of 85. ![]()
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