NFL History: 50 greatest quarterback-wide receiver tandems in NFL history

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The 20th greatest quarterback-wide receiver duo in NFL history: Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann

Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann may have been Hall of Fame players but in all fairness, their individual careers weren’t exactly impressive.

Despite playing nine years in the NFL, Swann never recorded a season in which he had at least a thousand receiving yards. That could be because Bradshaw wasn’t the most accurate quarterback in the world. For his career, Bradshaw’s completion percentage is horrific, standing at just 51.9%. To make matters worse, Bradshaw had a propensity to give the ball away. For his career, Bradshaw threw 212 touchdowns and 210 interceptions.

For the most part, this list is constructed with duos who put up monster numbers together. In this case, Bradshaw and Lynn are here due to their team success. In seven of their nine seasons together, the Pittsburgh Steelers made a playoff run. Even more impressive, in four of those seven seasons, the Steelers lifted the Lombardi trophy.

They may not have the gaudy numbers of the other duos on this list, but almost no other pair in history have their collective hardware.

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