TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers Former QB Tom Brady was the fifth brightest quarterback in the 2022 season, using 102 unique words per 1000 words in his interviews.
The NFL legend helped the Buccaneers to a Super Bowl two years ago and to a top 10 finish in the brainiest NFL teams, ranking at number seven.
Mike Tomlin has been crowned the brainiest boss in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers head coach uses 29 more unique words per 1,000 words spoken than any other coach or QB in the league.
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Betting.com scraped over 3,000 minutes of pre and post-game press conferences on NFL team YouTube channels. Transcripts of these interviews were then analyzed to reveal the number of unique words per 1,000 words used.
Brady makes top 5 brainiest quarterbacks
| Player | Unique words per 1,000 words |
| Derek Carr | 123 |
| Lamar Jackson | 110 |
| Zach Wilson | 109 |
| Jared Goff | 103 |
| Tom Brady | 102 |
Tom Brady ranks in the top five for brainiest quarterbacks, his 102 unique words per 1000 words finishing narrowly behind Detroit Lions star Jared Goff.
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Carr took the top spot with 123 unique words per 1000, the ex-Raiders star impressing the media with his eloquence.
Buccaneers seventh in NFL in unique language used
| Team | Unique words per 1000 words |
| New Orleans Saints | 137 |
| Chicago Bears | 132 |
| Detroit Lions | 132 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 131 |
| Carolina Panthers | 131 |
| Miami Dolphins | 129 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 127 |
| Arizona Cardinals | 126 |
| Cleveland Browns | 124 |
| Las Vegas Raiders | 120 |
The seventh-brainiest team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, used 45% more unique language than the bottom team, the San Francisco 49ers, who only used 88 unique words per 1000 words in their interviews.
Tomlin, the brainiest coach in the NFL
| Coach | Unique words per 1,000 words |
| Mike Tomlin | 138 |
| Lovie Smith | 109 |
| Mike McDaniel | 108 |
| Mike McCarthy | 101 |
| Zac Taylor | 93 |
Using more unique words per 1,000 words than any other coach, quarterback, or team Mike Tomlin is officially the brainiest man in the NFL.
His long tenure as Steelers head coach has meant he has had plenty of practice interacting with the media and, after all these years, is still giving diverse interviews post-game.
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