Factoid
Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo tended to throw the longest touchdowns last year – their TD passes came from the longest distances, on average. Chad Henne, Carson Palmer and Brett Favre, meanwhile, tended to throw the shortest touchdowns.
The complete list is below. It shows the average distance of TD passes for all quarterbacks who threw at least 10 TD passes last year.
AVERAGE LENGTH OF TD PASSES, 2009
(10 TD passes minimum).
Avg
26.2 Aaron Rodgers, G.B.
25.4 Tom Brady, N.E.
24.9 Donovan McNabb, Phil.
24.8 Tony Romo, Dall.
23.9 Eli Manning, NYG
23.2 Joe Flacco, Balt.
20.9 Philip Rivers, S.D.
20.9 Ben Roethlisberger, Pitt.
20.8 Matthew Stafford, Det.
20.8 Drew Brees, N.O.
20.7 Vince Young, Tenn.
19.7 Matt Ryan, Atl.
19.5 Mark Sanchez, NYJ
19.4 Alex Smith, S.F.
19.3 David Garrard, Jac.
18.9 Kyle Orton, Den.
18.3 Matt Schaub, Hou.
18.2 Peyton Manning, Ind.
16.0 Matt Hasselbeck, Sea.
15.7 Josh Freeman, T.B.
13.0 Matt Cassel, K.C.
13.0 Jay Cutler, Chi.
12.9 Kurt Warner, Ariz.
12.6 Jason Campbell, Wash.
12.1 Brett Favre, Minn.
11.0 Carson Palmer, Cin.
10.9 Chad Henne, Mia.
—Ian Allan
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