Intended air yards(avg):
Tom Brady - 9.2 yards per pass attempt
Mahomes - 8.5 yards per pass attempt
Rodgers - 8.1 yards per pass attempt
R. Wilson - 8.5 yards per pass attempt
D. Brees - 6.2 yards per pass attempt
Completed air yards(avg):
Tom Brady - 7.0 yards per completed pass
Mahomes - 6.3 yards per completed pass
Rodgers - 5.5 yards per completed pass
R. Wilson - 6.4 yards per completed pass
D. Brees - 5.4 yards per completed pass
As you can see Brady throws the ball deeper than all these quarterbacks, and he completes more of these deep throws as well. Yet some of these players have better y/a than Brady. This is explained by the following stat, YAC:
Mahomes - 2256 YACs(1st)
Rodgers - 2141 YACs (2nd)
Brady - 1612 YACs (15th)
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... vanced.htm
What makes all this deep passing from Brady even more impressive is the fact that Brady has less time to throw than both Mahomes and Rodgers:
Mahomes - 2.89 secs to throw on average
Rodgers - 2.72 secs to throw on average
Brady - 2.57 secs to throw on average
https://nextgenstats.nfl.com/stats/pass ... e-to-throw
Of course advanced metrics like PFF has noticed Brady's excellence as well, he is currently graded as the 2nd best QB in the entire league only behind Rodgers:
1. Rodgers - 94.5
2. Brady - 91.9
2. Watson - 91.9