does anybody know any quarterbacks that were known for throwing into coverage but completes the pass anyway?

Answer 1

they didnt call him "The Snake" for nothing Kenny Stabler

Answer 2

Dan Fouts and Brett Favre, as well as Rex Grossman (when his receivers have a good game)

Unless you have great receivers, you are gonna throw interceptions throwing into coverage. That's why most of the elite QBs tend to throw shorter passes whenever routes are open. That's what Peyton Manning did in the playoffs against the Cover 2. If you throw short passes to just move the chains against the Cover 2 defense, you're going to wear down the defense and leave them with leg cramps by the late 3rd quarter. Then you can score at will upon them in the 4th Quarter. That's how Peyton Manning led his comeback against the Patriots and that's how he beat the Bears.

That's also why the Run & Shoot failed. Run & Shoot teams would get a big lead early, but the other team would wear out their defense and beat them late because they didn't hold onto the ball long enough.

Answer 3

DAN MARINO hands down!

the Dolphins won and lost so many games on his arm. How many QB's can say they always threw the ball from 1st to 3rd down.

Coverage was always tight against the fish cause there wasnt any Ricky Williams back then to keep the Defense honest.

Answer 4

Brett Favre was notorious for this in his younger days, many times he would throw to a receiver who had two guys coming in between and it miraculously would go through them. Nowadays his receivers don't catch it or run the route as well, or he throws it off so he doesn't do it as much. I suggest you look at some of his old videos.

Answer 5

Elway was one of the best at throwing into coverage with pinpoint accuracy. That cannon he called an arm helped him squeeze a lot of passes into very tight spaces.

Answer 6

Drew Brees when he was throwing to Gates, all those passes were into coverage, Gates knew how to box out.

Answer 7

Joe Namath

Answer 8

Favre. In his prime, he was incredible. But, its also why he's struggling now. He can't turn it off. If he would turn himself into a good game manager, he would still be a solid QB. He can't though, and so he makes way too many mistakes now. He needs to hang it up.

Answer 9

Doug Flutie in college, was the best covered completed pass ever

Answer 10

there's no such ingredient as a forward lateral by using a QB, until he's previous the line of scrimmage. by using rule, any forward bypass that's no longer overhand is assessed as a shovel bypass, so sure that could be a shovel bypass, you may no longer argue that that isn't any longer. Like others have pronounced, any non-overhand throw that's no longer caught, in spite of the place it lands, is governed a fumble. that is all assuming the QB did no longer have his arm or hand touched interior the action of throwing. if he did, that is going to be governed incomplete. Brett Favre is legendary for his erratic underhanded passes. seem up very nearly any video of him and you will see him do it.

Answer 11

Brett Farve was good at it. So was Drew Bledsoe, except his completions were to the defense