Sam Bradford is many things: lucky to have earned roughly $78 million in his playing career, unlucky to have experienced multiple serious injuries that have hampered his career, a highly accurate passer under pressure, and a lethal deep-ball passer.

That last part needs to be attributed to Eagles receiver Chris Givens. Apparently Givens selected the Eagles in free agency because he believes his skill set (going deep) matches Bradford's (throwing deep).

"His strengths match my strengths: he can get the ball downfield and I can get downfield," Givens said, per PhillyMag.com.

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Sam Bradford was an accurate passer last year, just not on deep passes. USATSI

OK, so that's not exactly true. According to Pro Football Focus, Bradford "hit the mark on just 40.7 percent of throws downfield," which ranked 15th in the NFL. That's not an awful number, but it hardly represents his strength as a quarterback. Consider he was accurate on 78.1 percent on all of his passes, which tied for the fourth-highest percentage per PFF.

And from that, we can extract the following conclusion: Bradford, last year, was extremely accurate on short and medium throws, and average on deep passes. So no, Bradford's strength as a passer is not his deep ball.

Case in point, this throw from December of last year:


Which led to Mark Sanchez's greatest moment as an Eagle:

In all seriousness, Givens did put up his best numbers -- 42 receptions, 698 yards, and three touchdowns -- with the Rams during his rookie season in 2012. Bradford played in all 16 games during that season.

So that's probably the real reason he signed with the Eagles.