Best QB you have ever seen play football

[Nosferatu]

They would have been better with Tavaris Jackson.

AD was the reason they were anything, not Favre.

This is just silly, stop it!

 

[H2S]

have lived long enough...gotten to enough games to

see all except Tom Brady. (will see him in ATL later this month.)

agree with pumpkinhead re: Marino, in his prime, was laser-sure...awesome arm

1. Elway
2. Montana
3. Manning
4. Favre
5. Unitas
6. Brady
7. Young
8. Marino
9. Tarkenton
0. Staubach

Athlon top-10 QBs of all time

 

[cwood]

see all except Tom Brady. (will see him in ATL later this month.)

agree with pumpkinhead re: Marino, in his prime, was laser-sure...awesome arm

1. Elway
2. Montana
3. Manning
4. Favre
5. Unitas
6. Brady
7. Young
8. Marino
9. Tarkenton
0. Staubach

Athlon top-10 QBs of all time

Why Elway at #1? He was the third best quarterback during his best decade behind Favre and Young.

 

[Nosferatu]

I don't honestly understand all the love for Elway, in 10 of his 16 seasons he failed to throw 20 TD's. He is simply known for the drive and winning a couple Super Bowls before retiring, Super Bowls he would not have won without Terrell Davis... He is not even top 5 IMO...

 

[Jonas_steven]

I have seen aikmen, young, Marino and Elway play at one time or another live. My personal favorite, and one of my top three favorite players, to watch live was warren moon! I saw him play three times and each time he lit my team up. I had the privilege to meet him just a few years ago when my pastor, who played for the oilers, invited him to give his testimony.

 

[H2S]

most pleasurable.

Grandma H. Her nickname was 'Queenie.' Born in 1900 and lived a comfortable life in Honolulu until she passed in 1999...her favorite football player was Joe Montana ("...oh, that man, he's just something!"). We popped out to San Francisco in 1987 when she was visiting relatives there...took her to the Niners/Falcons game - saw Montana > Rice at their best...she glowed like a peach. Is one of my sweetest memories.

aloha Queenie!

 

[Steelboy84]

see all except Tom Brady. (will see him in ATL later this month.)

agree with pumpkinhead re: Marino, in his prime, was laser-sure...awesome arm

1. Elway
2. Montana
3. Manning
4. Favre
5. Unitas
6. Brady
7. Young
8. Marino
9. Tarkenton
0. Staubach

Athlon top-10 QBs of all time

There is no way I could ever put Elway over Montana.

 

[H2S]

Why Elway at #1? He was the third best quarterback during his best decade behind Favre and Young.

Elway might top Athlon's list (The NFL's 25 Greatest Quarterbacks of All-Time | AthlonSports.com) but he was always a first class schmuck imo. Hell, I just googled 'best QBs' and used Athlon's latest shit.

Trying to evaluate and compare a player from the 1940s with one from 2013 is like comparing apples with oranges. It's virtually impossible. So when Athlon Sports ranked the greatest 25 NFL quarterbacks of all-time based on championships, statistical production, personal and team records, overall physical talent and longevity, it's hard to know where names like Sonny Jurgensen, Bobby Layne, Norm Van Brocklin and Y.A. Tittle belong relative to their peers. These four and others like Vinny Testaverde, Len Dawson, Randall Cunningham, Boomer Esiason, Jim Plunkett, Bob Griese and Phil Simms just missed making the cut as one of the 25 greatest professional signal-callers

 

[France_Steve]

Besides being outplayed by a rookie, Rodgers had multiple oppurtunities to put Luck away and couldn't do it. That's what separates Luck from Rodgers. Luck is clutch, Rodgers isn't.

I cant believe someone is actually arguing one of the points you are arguing, let alone all three. Specifically that Luck (0 playoff wins) is more clutch than a SB MVP, that head to head record in one meeting has any significance, or that comeback wins are somehow better than other wins. Even more shocking is that you think that Rodgers isn't just less clutch than Luck, but that he is not clutch at all. "missing the clutch gene."
If you look at all the stats (not just comeback wins) you will see that Rodgers is far and away better in basically every aspect of the game. Luck is good but he is nowhere near Rodgers.

 

[Breaker99]

Never have been a Notre Dame fan, but Montana almost converted me.

I SO wanted to see the Patriots find a way to get the 1st pick in the draft that year so they could et him. I ended up just being glad he didn't go to a New York or LA team. Even then I was sure he'd win Super Bowls unless he got stuck on a team with a dimbulb front office.

Montana was a third round draft pick.

 

[Brahmsian]

Fran Tarkington and Joe Montana

I believe it was "Tarkenton", rather than "Tarkington", but he was good whatever the spelling.

 

[BF4L]

see all except Tom Brady. (will see him in ATL later this month.)

agree with pumpkinhead re: Marino, in his prime, was laser-sure...awesome arm

1. Elway
2. Montana
3. Manning
4. Favre
5. Unitas
6. Brady
7. Young
8. Marino
9. Tarkenton
0. Staubach

Athlon top-10 QBs of all time

Johnny Bucktoothe over Montana

 

[Nosferatu]

Johnny Bucktoothe over Montana

Yeah, that's phuckin' stoopid!

 

[Jims_Doors]

Johnny Bucktoothe over Montana

Not as bad as you saying that Elway and Favre doesn't belong in the same sentence with Steve Young

 

[BF4L]

Not as bad as you saying that Elway and Favre doesn't belong in the same sentence with Steve Young

They dont

Thanks

 

[Jims_Doors]

They dont

Thanks

You obviously didn't see their careers.

Sorry.

 

[Nosferatu]

If I have to choose between Steve Young, John Elway and Brett Favre in their prime for one year, I take Young... I liked Favre and he would be up there but Elway wouldn't be top 10 for me...

 

[NinerSickness]

It appears Kurt Warner remains grossly unappreciated for how great he was.

Maybe it's because of the length of his career. I suppose if he had more starting seasons where he was one & done in the playoffs he'd be more appreciated for some reason.

Warner > Marino, Favre & Elway IMO.

 

[SEC Official]

Charlie Ward. Of course I'm a much bigger college fan than the pros.

Charlie was the Tebow of the 90's, with the important exception that he was smart enough not to even try the NFL...

 

[RoboticDreams]

I really cannot believe that Elneigh is in the discussion. Terrell Davis saved him from ending his career without a Super Bowl.

He's not even close to Marino, who never won a ring.