A must-watch video on Jim Zorn

[roth74va]

Wow Zorn sucked! He never completed 60% of his passes, and had a god awful TD/Int ratio. Im surprised he lasted that long in the NFL, but playing for Seattle then was like playing for a high school team apparently.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by roth74va

Wow Zorn sucked! He never completed 60% of his passes, and had a god awful TD/Int ratio. Im surprised he lasted that long in the NFL, but playing for Seattle then was like playing for a high school team apparently.

Yeah I was kind of thinking the same thing. I wouldn't say he sucked, but he sure wasn't very good. His very best season as a pro was 1978, when his numbers looked about the same as Brunell's in 2005. And throwing 30 more career INTs than TDs is paltry to say the least. 27 INTs in 14 games in 1976. Wow. 18+ INTs in 5 different seasons.

Yeah, I'm glad he's our coach and not our QB.

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by GMScud

Yeah I was kind of thinking the same thing. I wouldn't say he sucked, but he sure wasn't very good. His very best season as a pro was 1978, when his numbers looked about the same as Brunell's in 2005. And throwing 30 more career INTs than TDs is paltry to say the least. 27 INTs in 14 games in 1976. Wow. 18+ INTs in 5 different seasons.

Yeah, I'm glad he's our coach and not our QB.

One thing that seems to hold true in football is that your success on the field doesn't necessarily mean that you'll be a good coach. Sometimes it's the worst players that become the best coaches.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by roth74va

Wow Zorn sucked! He never completed 60% of his passes, and had a god awful TD/Int ratio. Im surprised he lasted that long in the NFL, but playing for Seattle then was like playing for a high school team apparently.

He WAS on the expansion Seahawk team. Other than Largent, he had no talent around him in the early years. He actually led them to the playoffs, much sooner than the other '76 expansion team made it. That play where he ran backwards for 30 yards WAS amusing, but it looked like he had to run so much to survive behind that offensive line, or lack of!

I was impressed that he ran for almost 300 a couple of years.

Good or not, he seems to be a very smart QB and hard worker...he's carried it over to coaching. I think he'll actually be a far better coach than QB thankfully. "Those who can't...teach" I guess.

Funny guy too.

[converted seahawk]

expansion teams in '76 were a far cry from the Jacksonville/
Carolina vintage.

They struggled early and he ran for his life. They were always playing from behind in the early years, which may account for a portion the TD/INT ratio.

they played in the AFC west, which meant playing the Raiders Broncos and Chargers twice each. At that time, probably the toughest division in the league. that a tough draw for an expansion team.

Jack Paterra was the head coach, and they ran the 'sprint draw' to death.

JZ was an atheletic QB, no comparison to anyone here,...but always wondered how he may have done in a WC/49er type offense of that time.