TB Closing in on Vinny T's record for TD passes to most different receivers

[Patsfanin Philly]

Vinny Testaverde currently holds the record for TD passes to 70 different receivers with Brady in second place, with 6̶3̶ 64 different receivers. Assuming Brady throws TD passes to Cooks, Gillislee and Burkhead this year (not outside the realm of possibility and pretty darn likely) he could be at 66..... Throw in somebody else, maybe Slater on one of those annual bombs or O'Shaunessy, Lucien or Carr if they make the roster and he'll be even closer.

What makes it more remarkable is that Brady has played his entire career with one team while Testaverde played for ( and I had to look this up) eight teams so his potential number of receivers was a great deal higher....

Tom Brady has thrown TDs to a ridiculous 63 different receivers

 

[conway]

Allen seems likely.

 

[Wheelman]

It's 64 in the regular season. Read the article you posted bud.

 

[oldrover]

Vinny is way more ahead of Brady than that, if you count pass-receiving players on the other team.

 

[Wordsmyth]

 

[Digit]

Engel was the 64th during the regular season, so not much more to go.

Bit surprised Develin -still- hasn't caught one.

 

[Wheelman]

Engel was the 64th during the regular season, so not much more to go.

Bit surprised Develin -still- hasn't caught one.

He has in the playoffs though. So just a matter of time.

 

[RelocatedPatFan]

Brady will have difficulty catching Testaverde in one category


interceptions. Vinnie has 115 more that Brady and Brady has never thrown more than 14 in a season (twice I believe). so Brady would have to paly 9 more seasons to beat Vinnie in that category.

Vinnie 275 TDs, 267 INTs
Brady 456 TDs 152 INTs

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

It's 64 in the regular season. Read the article you posted bud.

Mea culpa.. Lengel was #64 from December so he is even closer to the record.....
EDIT- If you're referring to Develin, they don't count playoffs or he's #65....

 

[QuantumMechanic]

Develin should have been #65. Then NE would have been 15-1 and undefeated under Brady in 2016.

 

[brdmaverick]

Engel was the 64th during the regular season, so not much more to go.

Bit surprised Develin -still- hasn't caught one.

Well, what's too bad is that Develin and Solder both caught one from Brady IN A PLAYOFF GAME so that doesn't count. (funny enough it was the same game, 2014/2015 playoff vs Indy)

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

Brady will be at 69 during the last game, when he will purposely throw a ball off his own lineman's helmet, catch it and run it in for a TD, thus breaking the record and proving Giselle wrong, as yes, he can throw and catch it!

 

[brdmaverick]

Since we're talking TDs I have a fun random fact, too!

Think of how amazing this is.........

Troy Brown played his entire career for one team, the Patriots. His tenure spanned from 1995 to 2007. As you know, this time frame was dominated by two quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Drew Bledsoe. That's right, those two combined to start 205 of the team's 208 games played in those seasons.

So here's the fun fact, even though two quarterbacks combined to start 98.5% of the team's games during his tenure, Troy Brown has caught at least one touchdown pass from 6 different passers.

In addition to Brady and Bledsoe, Troy caught a TD pass from the following individuals.....

Adam Vinatieri
Dave Meggett
David Patten
Vinny Testeverde

 

[brdmaverick]

Brady will be at 69 during the last game, when he will purposely throw a ball off his own lineman's helmet, catch it and run it in for a TD, thus breaking the record and proving Giselle wrong, as yes, he can throw and catch it!

Tom Ashworth caught one as an eligible receiver (as noted earlier Solder did as well during a playoff game). So a 'lineman' can catch one without having someone else touch it first, but I see where you are going.

 

[borg]

Vinny Testaverde currently holds the record for TD passes to 70 different receivers with Brady in second place, with 63 different receivers. Assuming Brady throws TD passes to Cooks, Gillislee and Burkhead this year ( not outside the realm of possibility and pretty darn likely) he could be at 66..... Throw in somebody else, maybe Slater on one of those annual bombs or O'Shaunessy, Lucien or Carr if they make the roster and he'll be even closer.
What makes it more remarkable is that Brady has played his entire career with one team while Testaverde played for ( and I had to look this up) eight teams so his potential number of receivers was a great deal higher....

Tom Brady has thrown TDs to a ridiculous 63 different receivers

No hope for Dwayne Allen?

 

[Patsfanin Philly]

No hope for Dwayne Allen?

Brain fart in omitting him but Conway posted about it earlier
so if we start at 65 and add:
Allen
Gillislee
Burkhead
Cooks
maybe Lucien
Carr
O'Shaunessy
Slater??? ( stop laughing)
it's possible this year......

 

[brdmaverick]

Brain fart in omitting him but Conway posted about it earlier
so if we start at 65 and add:
Allen
Gillislee
Burkhead
Cooks
maybe Lucien
Carr
O'Shaunessy
Slater??? ( stop laughing)
it's possible this year......

Why are we starting with 65? Someone mentioned Lengel was 64.

So if we are at 64 it's highly unlikely SIX new people get TDs this year. I would put the over/under at 3.5. After all, Cooks and Allen seem to be locks, but I doubt there will be four others (I'd say 2 others).

Oh, and we'd be right to laugh at Slater...........the guy has ONE career reception. That's right, ONE! There's a greater chance of Tom Brady throwing a TD pass to himself.

 

[jmt57]

Copying and pasting for those that may have missed last week's thread, Tom Brady's 40 Longest TD Throws: You won't believe #4 that touched on this subject.

In case anybody is wondering, here is a list of the players that have caught a Tom Brady touchdown pass:​

1. Sam Aiken (2)
2. Danny Amendola (8, plus 3 post-season)
3. Tom Ashworth (1)
4. Chris Baker (2)
5. Martellus Bennett (6)
6. LeGarrette Blount (1)
7. Brandon Bolden (2)
8. Kyle Brady (2)
9. Deion Branch (24, plus 4 post-season)
10. Troy Brown (15, plus 1 post-season)
11. Reche Caldwell (4, plus 1 post-season)
12. Larry Centers (1)
13. Scott Chandler (4)
14. Cam Cleeland (1)
15. Alge Crumpler (2, plus 1 post-season)
16. Andre' Davis (1)
17. James Develin (1 post-season)
18. Corey Dillon (2)
19. Aaron Dobson (4)
20. Tim Dwight (2)
21. Julian Edelman (24, plus 5 post-season)
22. Marc Edwards (2)
23. Heath Evans (1)
24. Kevin Faulk (10, plus 1 post-season)
25. Christian Fauria (13)
26. Michael Floyd (1)
27. Doug Gabriel (3)
28. Jabar Gaffney (6, plus 3 post-season)
29. David Givens (12, plus 7 post-season)
30. Terry Glenn (1)
31. Daniel Graham (17, plus 1 post-season)
32. Rob Gronkowski (67, plus 9 post-season)
33. Donald Hayes (2)
34. Aaron Hernandez (18, plus 2 post-season)
35. Chris Hogan (3, plus 2 post-season)
36. Michael Hoomanawanui (1)
37. Chad Jackson (3)
38. Bethel Johnson (4, plus 1 post-season)
39. Chad Johnson (1)
40. Charles Johnson (1)
41. Brandon LaFell (7, plus 2 post-season)
42. Matt Lengel (1)
43. Dion Lewis (2, plus 1 post-season)
44. Brandon Lloyd (4, plus 1 post-season)
45. Keshawn Martin (2)
46. Malcolm Mitchell (4)
47. Randy Moss (39, plus 1 post-season)
48. Matthew Mulligan (1)
49. Patrick Pass (1)
50. David Patten (16, plus 1 post-season)
51. Antowain Smith (3)
52. Nate Solder (1, post-season)
53. Donte' Stallworth (4)
54. Brandon Tate (2)
55. David Thomas (1)
56. Kenbrell Thompkins (4)
57. Brian Tyms (1)
58. Shane Vereen (7, plus 2 post-season)
59. Mike Vrabel (8, plus 2 post-season)
60. Dedric Ward (1)
61. Ben Watson (17, plus 3 post-season)
62. Wes Welker (34, plus 4 post-season)
63. James White (9, plus 2 post-season)
64. Jermaine Wiggins (3)
65. Danny Woodhead (4, plus 1 post-season)
66. Tim Wright (6)

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I was asked if I had the TB12 TD list in order from most to least rather than alphabetical; here you go.​

1. Rob Gronkowski (67), plus 9 post-season
2. Randy Moss (39), plus 1 post-season
   
3. Wes Welker (34), plus 4 post-season
   
4. Julian Edelman (24), plus 5 post-season
   
5. Deion Branch (24), plus 4 post-season
   
6. Aaron Hernandez (18), plus 2 post-season
   
7. Ben Watson (17), plus 3 post-season
   
8. Daniel Graham (17), plus 1 post-season
   
9. David Patten (16), plus 1 post-season
   
10. Troy Brown (15), plus 1 post-season
    
11. Christian Fauria (13)
    
12. David Givens (12), plus 7 post-season
    
13. Kevin Faulk (10), plus 1 post-season
    
14. James White (9), plus 2 post-season
    
15. Danny Amendola (8), plus 3 post-season
16. Mike Vrabel (8), plus 2 post-season
    
17. Brandon LaFell (7), plus 2 post-season
    
18. Shane Vereen (7), plus 2 post-season
    
19. Jabar Gaffney (6), plus 3 post-season
    
20. Martellus Bennett (6)
    
21. Tim Wright (6)
    
22. Reche Caldwell (4), plus 1 post-season
    
23. Bethel Johnson (4), plus 1 post-season
    
24. Brandon Lloyd (4), plus 1 post-season
    
25. Danny Woodhead (4), plus 1 post-season
    
26. Scott Chandler (4)
    
27. Aaron Dobson (4)
    
28. Malcolm Mitchell (4)
    
29. Donte' Stallworth (4)
    
30. Kenbrell Thompkins (4)
    
31. Chris Hogan (3), plus 2 post-season
    
32. Doug Gabriel (3)
    
33. Chad Jackson (3)
    
34. Antowain Smith (3)
    
35. Jermaine Wiggins (3)
    
36. Alge Crumpler (2), plus 1 post-season
    
37. Dion Lewis (2), plus 1 post-season
    
38. Sam Aiken (2)
    
39. Chris Baker (2)
    
40. Brandon Bolden (2)
    
41. Kyle Brady (2)
    
42. Corey Dillon (2)
    
43. Tim Dwight (2)
    
44. Marc Edwards (2)
    
45. Donald Hayes (2)
    
46. Keshawn Martin (2)
    
47. Brandon Tate (2)
    
48. Tom Ashworth (1)
49. LeGarrette Blount (1)
50. Larry Centers (1)
51. Cam Cleeland (1)
52. Andre' Davis (1)
53. Heath Evans (1)
54. Michael Floyd (1)
55. Terry Glenn (1)
56. Michael Hoomanawanui (1)
57. Chad Johnson (1)
58. Charles Johnson (1)
59. Matt Lengel (1)
60. Matthew Mulligan (1)
61. Patrick Pass (1)
62. David Thomas (1)
63. Brian Tyms (1)
64. Dedric Ward (1)
65. James Develin (1 post-season)
66. Nate Solder (1 post-season)

Vinny Testaverde hold the NFL record for the most touchdown passes thrown to different players (70), but Brady owns the mark for the most thrown to different players on a single team. By comparison Brett Favre threw touchdowns to 44 different Green Bay Packers, and Peyton Manning threw TDs to 35 different Indianapolis Colts.

Also, here is the playoffs-only listing:​

1. 9 - Rob Gronkowski
2. 7 - David Givens
3. 5 - Julian Edelman
4. 4 - Deion Branch
5. 4 - Wes Welker
6. 3 - Danny Amendola
7. 3 - Jabar Gaffney
8. 3 - Ben Watson
9. 2 - Aaron Hernandez
10. 2 - Chris Hogan
11. 2 - Brandon LaFell
12. 2 - Shane Vereen
13. 2 - Mike Vrabel
14. 2 - James White
15. 1 - Troy Brown
16. 1 - Reche Caldwell
17. 1 - Alge Crumpler
18. 1 - James Develin
19. 1 - Kevin Faulk
20. 1 - Daniel Graham
21. 1 - Bethel Johnson
22. 1 - Dion Lewis
23. 1 - Brandon Lloyd
24. 1 - Randy Moss
25. 1 - David Patten
26. 1 - Nate Solder
27. 1 - Danny Woodhead

 

[brdmaverick]

So not including post season TDs Brady has thrown to 64 different receivers in 16 seasons. Pure average alone says that 4 new receivers a year.

But all seasons should not be treated equal. We should eliminate his first season in which because every receiver represents a new TD target (that is an anomaly).

If we eliminate the 9 TD receivers from 2001 that leaves us with 54 receivers in 15 years for an adjusted expected average of 3.66 per year.

My bet would be four more new TD receivers this year (Cooks, Allen, 1 new RB, and 1 other) leaving him two short at 68 (but in position to break it the year after).

 

[Noexcusesfornumber5]

A perfect time to do a well scripted celebration, Peyton Manning style. Minus the high fives of course.