Bob Griese

Robert Allen Griese

Position: QB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 190 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 3, 1945 in Evansville, IN
College: Purdue (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 1st round (4th overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 104 (109th overall since 1950)

Relatives: Father of Brian Griese
8-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1990, finalist in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989

News -- May 2013

5/1 FootballPerspective.com: Where Does Tim Tebow Rank in the Pantheon of Great Quarterbacks: With the Jets releasing Tim Tebow, it appears that his NFL career may be over. If that’s the case, it’s time to reflect...

4/13 FootballPerspective.com: Fourth Quarter/Overtime Game-Winning Passing Touchdowns: Yesterday, I looked at the career leaders in 4th quarter (and overtime) game-winning touchdowns from scrimmage. Today I will do...

3/16 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of March 16, 2003: Kordell Stewart, Brian Griese and Jake Plummer are the latest examples of wildly fluctuating QB stock. The discomfort between...
3/1 FootballPerspective.com: Can you name the last non-first ballot HOF Quarterback?: Kurt Warner will be eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2 years, making him a potential member of the Class of 2015. Warner is an...

2/13 FootballPerspective.com: Happy Valentine’s Day to The Quarterback in Your Life: There have been 35 quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for at least 30,000 yards. Given enough time, you could probably guess...
2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Super Bowl History: Now that the Super Bowl matchup is set, I thought I’d start the two-week period with some Super Bow history. The table below...
1/20 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia: Name the last team to start different QBs in consecutive conference championship games: In 2011, San Francisco made it to the NFC Championship Game with Alex Smith at quarterback; today, the 49ers will face the Falcons...
1/9 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing Matt Ryan to the previous Mayors of Chokesville: For the second time in three years, the Atlanta Falcons are the NFC’s number one seed. Just like in 2010, the Falcons started...
1/4 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career passing stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses; today I will do the same but for quarterbacks. I looked at...

11/22 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Best Thanksgiving Performances: Stump your family with some Football Perspective trivia today. The tables below show the leaders in various categories in all...
11/17 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: QB Playoff Wins by College: Watching Matt Barkley today against UCLA, I tweeted that Mark Sanchez is responsible for 4 of the 9 playoff wins by USC quarterbacks....
11/3 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, November 3rd: On Sunday, Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger will meet for the first time since Manning picked up his second Super Bowl ring....

10/4 FootballPerspective.com: Quarter-by-Quarter Team Win Probability Added: A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a method of calculating a team’s win probability at the end of any given quarter, given...

9/24 FootballPerspective.com: Interceptions per Incompletion (or POPIP): I leave the baseball analysis to my brothers at baseball-reference.com, but I know enough to be dangerous. There’s a stat...

8/16 FootballPerspective.com: Joe Namath has become football’s most misunderstood quarterback: A couple of years ago, my colleague Jason Lisk explained why Joe Namath is a legitimate Hall of Famer. With each passing year,...

7/26 FootballPerspective.com: Tebow-Sanchez doomed to fail because two quarterbacks never work: I’ll be spending the weekend in Cortland, New York, covering Jets training camp. The big story there, of course, will be...

6/20 FootballPerspective.com: Cleveland Browns: Through 13 seasons, where do they rank among expansion teams?: Thirteen years ago, the Cleveland Browns were preparing for their return to the NFL. The Browns were the dominant team of the...