Mike Tomczak

Michael John Tomczak

Position: QB
Height: 6-1 Weight: 202 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: October 23, 1962 in Chicago, IL
College: Ohio St. (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 44 (1976th overall since 1950)

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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...

4/17 Johngy's Beat: On the Beat with Mike Tomczak: The last time Mike Tomczak and I were on a football field together was in 1980 at Gately Stadium on Chicago's south side. Tomczak...
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...

3/10 Steel Curtain Rising: Steelers Likely to Part Ways with Byron Leftwich: Mike Tomlin likes Byron Leftwich. It is easy to see why. Sure, Leftwich is immobile and has an irregular release.But he’s got...
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...

2/28 Lombardi Ave: Sterling Sharpe: ‘The Day the Game Died”: In my mind, today is known as “The day the game died” – for on this date in 1995, the Green Bay Packers released...
2/11 BearsHistory.com Blog: Jim Harbaugh Chicago Bears Super Bowl: Such mixed emotions seeing Jim Harbaugh lead the San Francisco 49ers into Super Bowl 47. The 49ers, a team I hated from around...

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...
1/4 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...

11/17 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...

10/25 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Josh Freeman is three parts Steve Grogan, one part Eli Manning: Have you taken a look at a passing leaderboard lately? Here’s the PFR passing leaderboard sorted by ANY/A; as always, all...
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...