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Most 4th Quarter passing touchdowns since 2007: Tony Romo (62) Drew Brees (57) Eli Manning (55) Phillip Rivers (51) Peyton Manning (51)
— NFL Access (@NFL_Access) June 21, 2014
Here's a summary of the leaderboard the data in the Tweet above is taken from. The table below shows the Top 20 active QBs as ranked by their 4th quarter TDs. The table is sortable, just click on the blue column headers to sort to your heart's delight. The full list with the 130 players who threw at least one 4th quarter TD between 2007 and 2013 can be found at Pro Football Reference.
| 4th Quarter Passing, 2007-2013 |
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| Player | Games started |
CMP | ATT | CMP% | YDS | TD | INT | TD/INT Ratio |
Y/A | Passer Rating |
| Tony Romo | 98 | 596 | 943 | 63.2% | 7,618 | 62 | 23 | 2.70 | 8.1 | 100.2 |
| Drew Brees | 111 | 713 | 1145 | 62.3% | 8,254 | 57 | 34 | 1.68 | 7.2 | 88.2 |
| Eli Manning | 112 | 563 | 988 | 57.0% | 6,960 | 55 | 40 | 1.38 | 7 | 80.6 |
| Philip Rivers | 112 | 568 | 937 | 60.6% | 7,006 | 51 | 33 | 1.55 | 7.5 | 87.2 |
| Tom Brady | 97 | 531 | 870 | 61.0% | 6,385 | 51 | 19 | 2.68 | 7.3 | 94 |
| Peyton Manning | 96 | 507 | 803 | 63.1% | 5,997 | 51 | 16 | 3.19 | 7.5 | 98.7 |
| Jay Cutler | 99 | 491 | 848 | 57.9% | 5,804 | 46 | 35 | 1.31 | 6.8 | 79.7 |
| Aaron Rodgers | 87 | 418 | 663 | 63.0% | 5,320 | 46 | 16 | 2.88 | 8 | 101.1 |
| Carson Palmer | 92 | 571 | 985 | 58.0% | 6,353 | 40 | 35 | 1.14 | 6.4 | 76 |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 102 | 514 | 849 | 60.5% | 6,245 | 39 | 27 | 1.44 | 7.4 | 85.2 |
| Matt Ryan | 94 | 573 | 944 | 60.7% | 6,218 | 36 | 28 | 1.29 | 6.6 | 80.5 |
| Joe Flacco | 96 | 451 | 750 | 60.1% | 5,161 | 34 | 23 | 1.48 | 6.9 | 83.2 |
| Matt Cassel | 68 | 361 | 656 | 55.0% | 4,227 | 34 | 25 | 1.36 | 6.4 | 76.2 |
| Matthew Stafford | 61 | 423 | 767 | 55.1% | 5,001 | 33 | 21 | 1.57 | 6.5 | 78.1 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | 74 | 421 | 721 | 58.4% | 4,482 | 33 | 37 | 0.89 | 6.2 | 70.5 |
| Josh Freeman | 60 | 365 | 646 | 56.5% | 4,290 | 27 | 20 | 1.35 | 6.6 | 77.9 |
| Matt Schaub | 88 | 499 | 819 | 60.9% | 5,521 | 26 | 26 | 1.00 | 6.7 | 78.3 |
| Jason Campbell | 72 | 395 | 675 | 58.5% | 4,377 | 24 | 16 | 1.50 | 6.5 | 79.8 |
| Matt Hasselbeck | 72 | 382 | 646 | 59.1% | 4,190 | 22 | 26 | 0.85 | 6.5 | 73 |
| Alex Smith | 67 | 294 | 517 | 56.9% | 3,083 | 22 | 15 | 1.47 | 6 | 76.4 |
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Conventional wisdom says DeMarco Murray because when he gets 20 carries in a game, the Cowboys win. I hate that stat. If it really means what it says it means, then Murray should get the ball on the first 20 plays of every game. We all know it doesn't work that way. But I'm also of the opinion that the running back position has been devalued. I think the Cowboys could get by without Murray. Would they be as good? No, but they would not be lost.
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