Warren Moon or Jim Kelly?

[HuskerOC]

Ima steal from Twitter and ask this amazing question.

Who was better? Warren Moon or Jim Kelly?

 

[Schmoopy1000]

I think Warren Moon was better than a lot of our heros.
If he would have been able to start his career in the NFL. He would be compared with Marino. Who I think is also one of the best passers of all time.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Seeing Moon play all the years he did in Edmonton before heading south, I would say that he threw the best ball on the run in either direction that I’ve seen.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

Seeing Moon play all the years he did in Edmonton before heading south, I would say that he threw the best ball on the run in either direction that I’ve seen.

He also throws some of the prettiest passes downfield.

 

[Clayton]

Voted Moon just off memory.

Those Bills teams were awesome, though.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Voted Moon just off memory.

Those Bills teams were awesome, though.

Awesome at losing the biggest games. It was always nice to watch.

 

[Clayton]

Awesome at losing the biggest games. It was always nice to watch.

Yeah, I don’t think we'll ever see a team like that again.

Cowboys kinda made everyone look bad.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Yeah, I don’t think we'll ever see a team like that again.

Cowboys kinda made everyone look bad.

Wide right was the most satisfactory and that wasn’t Dallas.

Thurman Thomas spurned in round 1 on draft day for good reason apparently. Couldn’t even find his helmet to start a game.

I actually liked Marv Levy when he coached the Montreal Allouettes.

 

[UK Cowboy]

Warren Moon was more talented, Jim Kelly took his team to 4 Super Bowls. Had the Bills not ran into some of the greatest teams of all time in the big game, Kelly would have 2-3 Rings

 

[Kings4OT]

Moon was fun to watch and could throw throw throw, Kelly was ok but he also had more of an all around team, at least from memory

 

[UK Cowboy]

Moon was fun to watch and could throw throw throw, Kelly was ok but he also had more of an all around team, at least from memory

I don't know about that. Kelly certainly had a great team, but those Oiler teams were flat loaded as well

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

lmao what?

Warren Moon is a FAR superior option to Jim Kelly and it's not even fuckin' close. Jim Kelly did some good things, but Warren Moon was a FAR superior QB.

 

[Kings4OT]

I don't know about that. Kelly certainly had a great team, but those Oiler teams were flat loaded as well

You could be right, I remember 4 or 5 HOF's from the bills team but maybe 1 from the oilers...so as I say just my memory

 

[UK Cowboy]

You could be right, I remember 4 or 5 HOF's from the bills team but maybe 1 from the oilers...so as I say just my memory

Oilers had a great OL, Bruce Matthews and Mike Munchak. Had a lot of good players on D. Always had solid WR's, just average RB's though. Certainly not Thurman, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith...but to me 4 Super Bowls is 4 Super Bowls

 

[Clayton]

Oilers had a great OL, Bruce Matthews and Mike Munchak. Had a lot of good players on D. Always had solid WR's, just average RB's though. Certainly not Thurman, Andre Reed, Bruce Smith...but to me 4 Super Bowls is 4 Super Bowls

Just eyeballing the ELO rankings of the two teams in the era and Moon's Oilers really only hit what the Bills were doing at two points while the Bills maintained a high ELO ranking for 3.5 seasons. The Bills were a much better team. Oilers were there with the Chiefs and Chargers and a couple of other teams IIRC.

That said, I'm looking up all time seasons and the Bills peak out at 101, 113, 178, 225. Best Oilers team of that era is 297. This article is from 2015 so more teams have passed them up. I'm giving the Bills team too much credit. They were really solid teams but not all time great teams.

 

[WizardHawk]

Moon was the first college QB I really followed. Was huge in the rise of Washington football and the ascension of Don James.

After he was passed on by the NFL I loosely followed his CFL career before he finally made it to the league.

He was one of the best passers of his era.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Really tough call. Can't go wrong with either. I'll give the edge to Kelly in that he got his team to the Super Bowl four times and Moon never did, although the Bills had better defenses than the Oilers did.

 

[WizardHawk]

Really tough call. Can't go wrong with either. I'll give the edge to Kelly in that he got his team to the Super Bowl four times and Moon never did, although the Bills had better defenses than the Oilers did.

Moon being exiled to the CFL for 6 of his most formidable years had something to do with that. He had one NFL team that wanted him to convert to TE because they couldn't take a black QB, but he said he wasn't athletic enough or good at anything other than throwing the football.

And all he did in the CFL is win 5 straight grey cups while he dominated the league until the Oilers brought him in.

 

[boogiewithstu2007]

Voted Moon just off memory.

Those Bills teams were awesome, though.

Hell yeah they were, they just had some serious bad luck in the BIG game … 4 Super Bowls in a row was still unbelievable!

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Moon being exiled to the CFL for 6 of his most formidable years had something to do with that. He had one NFL team that wanted him to convert to TE because they couldn't take a black QB, but he said he wasn't athletic enough or good at anything other than throwing the football.

And all he did in the CFL is win 5 straight grey cups while he dominated the league until the Oilers brought him in.

That is true. As great as Kelly was in the cold and snow, Moon had to be that as well in the CFL.