For anybody that think Mark Brunell was an average QB, go to 10:15 of this video.

Who knows how he would have finished if he didn’t tear his knee up against NY in that 1997 preseason meaningless game. Or if Minnesota wouldn’t have let the draft clock run out, he could have spent 3 more seasons in Jacksonville. He went to Washington and threw a career high in TD passes. Everybody knows he led the league in passing in 1996, but people forget that he was sacked 50 times that season which was the most in the NFL. Only John Elway had more comeback wins than Brunell in 1996. Brunell passed for more 1st downs (204) than anybody in the NFL in 1996. He was the only QB to throw over 200 1st downs that season.

He missed 2 games in 1997 or he could have possibly led the league in passing yards for the 2nd straight season in a row, but he still finished 9th which was 2 yards behind Troy Aikman. He was 3rd in yards per attempt in ‘97.

1998 only 3 QBs had more game winning drives than Brunell.

1999 led the Jaguars to a team record 14 wins. Made 3 Pro Bowls but he missed 3 games of the 199& season and could have made 4 straight Pro Bowls. Should have been an All Pro in 1996. He made 4 straight playoff games and 2 AFC Championship games within a 4 year period. Never lost double digit games in a single season. If you take out the 2000 and 2001 he never lost more than 7 games in a season. He lost 9 games in 2000 and 2001. Won a Super Bowl as a place holder for the Saints.

Brunell won 63 games as a Jaguar.

At the age of 35, he led Washington to the playoffs and won a playoff game. Which means he led 2 different teams to the playoffs in his 2nd year on each team.

He also was voted Pro Bowl MVP in 1997. Brunell also set an NFL record in 2006 with 22 straight completions, a record that was 66 years old.

In 2017, Mark Brunell held 36 team records. He’s now in the pride of the Jaguars with over 32,000 yards passing, almost 2500 yards rushing along with 184 passing touchdowns and 15 rushing touchdowns, giving one of the all time great Jaguar 199 touchdowns.

Brunell won the National Championship in 1991 with the Washington Huskies as they beat the Michigan Wolverines in the Rose Bowl. As a Washington Husky, Brunell made 3 straight Rose Bowl appearances, 1990,1991,1992 and was voted MVP in 1990 with 2 passing touchdowns and 2 rushing touchdowns.


Brunell was ranked 28th all time in passing yards in 2009 and ranked 19th all time in passes completed at that time. He was also 15th all time in 4th quarter comeback wins as of 2009.



https://youtu.be/xTOGqMx-WgM?si=Op5V3n4m6X-O-DLr

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