Neil O'Donnell

Neil Kennedy O'Donnell

Position: QB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 228 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: July 3, 1966 in Morristown, NJ
College: Maryland (school history)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 3rd round (70th overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 59 (1041st overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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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...

4/27 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Draft QB Landry Jones of Oklahoma in 4th: On day 3 of the 2013 NFL Draft the Pittsburgh Steelers did something that they have not done since their now maligned 2008 draft,...
4/20 Steel Curtain Rising: James Harrison Signs with Cincinnati Bengals: What does James Harrison share with Neil O’Donnell not to mention John Jackson, Myron Bell, Oliver Gibson, and Jamain Stephens?If...
4/16 FootballPerspective.com: Do NFL teams properly value age when drafting quarterbacks?: For the most part, age is rarely discussed when talking about college quarterbacks. Outside of the Brandon Weedens and Chris Weinkes...
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...

3/13 FootballPerspective.com: What veterans did the eventual Super Bowl Champs add in the prior offseason?: Happy New Year to the NFL, which opened for business at 4PM yesterday. It’s been a busy couple of days, as the Seahawks...
3/11 FootballPerspective.com: Quarterback Age Curves: Last summer, I looked at the age curves for running backs in an attempt to find out if there is a magical cliff at age 30 (there...
3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

2/20 FootballPerspective.com: Comparing rookie quarterbacks to their team’s prior year’s stats: Since 1990, there have been 48 rookie quarterbacks that threw at least 224 pass attempts, the necessary amount to qualify for...

1/27 FootballPerspective.com: Is good luck driving the low interception rates of Joe Flacco and Colin Kaepernick?: In September, I started a post by asking you to make this assumption: Assume that it is within a quarterback’s control as to...
1/22 FootballPerspective.com: The Manning Index (and The Brady Effect): Eight years ago — almost to the day — our old PFR colleague Doug Drinen wrote a Sabernomics post about “The...
1/21 FootballPerspective.com: Is Joe Flacco elite?: Just a guess, but I think that question will be asked quite a few times over the next couple of weeks. While the inanity of the...
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...
1/4 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...

11/23 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: A different starting quarterback in three straight games: Ben Roethlisberger started the first nine games of the season, but things are getting ugly quickly in Pittsburgh. After suffering...
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....
11/17 Steel Curtain Rising: Ravens to Test Steelers Philosophy on Quarterbacks, Injuries: There are many differences between Mike Tomlin and Bill Cowher, just as there are many differences between Kevin Colbert and Tom...

10/18 FootballPerspective.com: When should the Jaguars give up on Blaine Gabbert?: One of the most difficult decisions an organization has to make is when to admit its mistakes. The Jaguars drafted Blaine Gabbert...
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...

7/1 Steel Curtain Rising: Watch Tower: Calling Out Mike Florio, Revisiting Mike Tomlin and Kordell Stewart, and Taking Our Own Medicine: NBC Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio attracts attention to himself. Last month Florio drew the ire of Steelers Nation by taking...

6/13 Steel Curtain Rising: Tomczak to be Pittsburgh (Power) Offensive Coordinator: Former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mike Tomczak is returning to coach offense in Pittsburgh. No, he’s not joining Todd Haley's...
6/7 Steel Curtain Rising: Understanding the Rise, Fall, Resurrection and Ultimate Undoing of Kordell Stewart: Kordell Stewart has officially retired as a Pittsburgh Steeler. That’s a strange thing to say for someone who threw his last...

5/31 paullebowitz.com: Melky Cabrera’s Dream Season Is Just That: Melky Cabrera’s batting average on balls in play (BAbip) is .413 and that’s not going to continue. It won’t. So forget it....
5/9 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Sign Ta’amu, Rainey, Clemons: My how times have changed. The 2012 NFL Draft was nary two weeks ago, yet the Steelers have already agreed to terms with three...