Brian Griese is a career quality starter — a quarterback whose body of work places Griese in the top quarter of all players at the position historically. The Knox model values sustained contribution over flash, and Griese's career arc reflects exactly that kind of reliable professional-grade performance.

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Brian Griese

1× Pro BowlTop 23% all-time QBsHigh-End Starter⚡ Breakout · 1999 🌅 Early Bloomer · 2000 Team Carrier · #158

Career Value · VORP

153 career value over replacement — #634 all-time of 4,695. 15.3/season above a replacement-level QB.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #91 (Rd 3) · DEN · 1998 · +18.5 vs expected KV-H

56actual

37.5 expected · Δ+18.5

💔+65.8 stolen VORP·4.3 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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3 categories · One row per season · Scroll for all statistics

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Passing													Rushing								Receiving
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
1998	23	DEN	1	—	1	3	33.3%	2	0	1	0.0	33.3	0.7	-14.3	0.0	2.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1999	24	DEN	14	—	258	442	58.4%	3,006	14	14	3.2	3.2	6.8	6.0	1.0	76.4	27	44	117	2	2.7	4.5	15	34.1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	25	DEN	10	—	210	330	63.6%	2,606	19	4	5.8	1.2	7.9	8.5	4.8	102.2	17	27	95	1	3.5	3.7	7	25.9	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	26	DEN	15	—	275	451	61.0%	2,827	23	19	5.1	4.2	6.3	5.4	1.2	78.5	38	50	173	1	3.5	2.0	15	30.0	1	1	1	-6	0	100.0%	-6.0	-6.0	—	0
2002	27	DEN	13	—	291	436	66.7%	3,214	15	15	3.4	3.4	7.4	6.5	1.0	85.6	34	37	107	1	2.9	2.7	11	29.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2003	28	MIA	5	—	74	130	56.9%	813	5	6	3.8	4.6	6.3	4.9	0.8	69.2	12	5	15	0	3.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	29	TB	11	—	233	336	69.3%	2,632	20	12	6.0	3.6	7.8	7.4	1.7	97.5	26	30	17	0	0.6	0.0	1	3.3	1	1	1	-4	0	100.0%	-4.0	-4.0	—	0
2005	30	TB	6	—	112	174	64.4%	1,136	7	7	4.0	4.0	6.5	5.5	1.0	79.6	12	13	12	0	0.9	0.0	1	7.7	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	31	CHI	5	—	18	32	56.3%	220	1	2	3.1	6.3	6.9	4.7	0.5	62.0	3	6	-5	0	-0.8	0.0	0	0.0	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	32	CHI	7	—	161	262	61.5%	1,803	10	12	3.8	4.6	6.9	5.6	0.8	75.6	15	13	28	0	2.2	0.0	3	23.1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2008	33	TB	5	—	110	184	59.8%	1,073	5	7	2.7	3.8	5.8	4.7	0.7	69.4	9	5	-1	0	-0.2	0.0	1	20.0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	92	—	1,743	2,780	62.7%	19,332	119	99	4.3	3.6	7.0	6.2	1.2	82.7	193	230	558	5	2.4	2.2	54	23.5	7	2	2	-10	0	100.0%	-5.0	-5.0	—	0

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A quality quarterback with a top 30% among starters — a legitimate starter who contributed meaningfully across their career.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 153 · #634 · High-Value

Worth 153 points of value above a freely-available replacement quarterback — top 14% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 6 of 10 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +25.5 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

6 cleared

4 replaced

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Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+25.5

Avg surplus

peak +32

6 seasons × ~25.5 surplus ≈