This was an interesting topic posted on another board. I'll like the opinions of the "older" crowd as many of us don't think the NFL did not exist before
1990.
Here is my list:
1. Dan Marino 2. Joe Montana 3. Roger Staubach 4. Johnny Unitas 5. John Elway 6. Steve Young 7. Fran Tarkenton 8. Joe Namath 9. Sammy Baugh 10. (tie) Terry Bradshaw, Dan Fouts and Y. A Tittle.
Close but not quite: Jim Kelly, George Blanda
Knocking on the door and could be there in 3 years: Peyton Manning and Tom Brady
If you want to pick only top 5, go right ahead.
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Thread: Top Ten Quarterbacks Of All Time
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11-28-2006, 03:34 AM #1Registered User
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Top Ten Quarterbacks Of All Time
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11-28-2006, 04:06 AM #2GOOOO COCKS!!!!!
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1) Terry Bradshaw
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Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Joe Namath (Brian golfed with him and said he's a super-nice guy), Roger Staubach, etc. (People you listed.
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Oooh, and extra votes for Steve Young's good looks.
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1. Joe Montana
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Roger Staubach
4. Fran Tarkenton
5. Steve Young
6. Bart Starr
7. Bob Griese
8. Ken Stabler
9. Dan Marino
10. John ElwayRacism is completely irrational.
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11-28-2006, 04:21 AM #4Architect of Aggression
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Best of all time...NO ORDER
Joe Theisman
Kordell Stewart
Jeff Garcia
Jim McMahon
Koy Detmer
Steve Beuerlein
Trent Dilfer
Kerry Collins
Aaron Brooks
Heath Shuler
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11-28-2006, 04:37 AM #5God wannabe
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1. Joe Montana
2. Dan Marino
3. Johnny unitas
4. Fran Tarkenintan
5. John Elway
6. Roger Stabach
7. Brett Favre
8. Terry Bradshaw
9. Warren Moon
10. Dan Fouts
Honarable mention: Doug FlutieSig = not worth the petty B.S.
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1. Joe Montana
2. Roger Staubach
3. John Elway
4. Johnny Unitas
5. Brett Favre
6. Dan Marino
7. Terry Bradshaw
8. Kenny Stabler
8. Tom Brady
9. Steve Young
10. Fran Tarkenton
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11-28-2006, 06:31 AM #7Registered User
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Joe Namath
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11-28-2006, 08:43 AM #8
1. Dan Marino
2. Roger Staubach
3. John Elway
4. Terry Bradshaw
5. Peyton Manning
6. Terry Bradshaw
7. Troy Aikman
8. Brett Favre
9. Joe Montana
10. Dan Fouts
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11-28-2006, 09:28 AM #9When in doubt, mumble
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Dan Marino
Joe Montana
Sammy Baugh
Brett Favre
YA Tittle
Fran Tarkenton
John Elway
Steve Young
Terry Bradshaw
John Brodie
Dan Fouts
Nobody is listing the old timers. I can't remember most of them, other than the 2 above, but there were some other really good ones back in the day.Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
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11-28-2006, 09:30 AM #10Mr Prawo Jazdy
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LMAO at BeurleinOriginally Posted by One Man Army
Russell Wilson, the first QB in NFL history to throw a game-winning interception.
"So you got fired again eh?" "Yeah, they always freak out when you leave the scene of an accident."
Spiders are like offensive linemen, the best ones do their job and you never notice them.
An obvious example of New Math.
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11-28-2006, 09:32 AM #11Mr Prawo Jazdy
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1. Johnny Unitas
2. Roger Staubach
3. Joe Montana
4. John Elway
5. Brett Favre
6. Dan Marino
7. Steve Young
8. Sammy Baugh
9. Terry Bradshaw
10. Bart StarrRussell Wilson, the first QB in NFL history to throw a game-winning interception.
"So you got fired again eh?" "Yeah, they always freak out when you leave the scene of an accident."
Spiders are like offensive linemen, the best ones do their job and you never notice them.
An obvious example of New Math.
"It was a 2% tax hike, dumbass. From 3% to 5%"-NRKF84
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11-28-2006, 09:54 AM #12When in doubt, mumble
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How could I leave off Johnny U or Bart Starr???? I will replace anybody on my list with them.
Some old guys I remember reading about, don't know how good they were, maybe some older guys can tell us:
Norm Van Brocklin, Sid Luckman, Otto Graham, Bobby LayneYorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
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Ryan LeafOriginally Posted by One Man Army
Billy Joe Hobert
Mike Vick / Ron Mexico
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LOL ... this must be a typo .....Kordell Stewart?Originally Posted by One Man Army
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11-28-2006, 10:27 AM #15Mr Prawo Jazdy
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Originally Posted by Sasquatch
Gino Torretta. Jim Druckenmiller.Russell Wilson, the first QB in NFL history to throw a game-winning interception.
"So you got fired again eh?" "Yeah, they always freak out when you leave the scene of an accident."
Spiders are like offensive linemen, the best ones do their job and you never notice them.
An obvious example of New Math.
"It was a 2% tax hike, dumbass. From 3% to 5%"-NRKF84
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You forgot Cade McNown.Originally Posted by Sasquatch
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11-28-2006, 10:32 AM #17Orthopaedic Trauma
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Originally Posted by One Man Army
worst talent to ever have a ring. and lol at ur list
edit* oops didnt see this was over 35, clicked on it from main page, no wonder i didnt see many peyton votes
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1. Steve Young
2. Roger Staubach
3. John Elway
4. Joe Montana
5. Dan Marino
6. Johnny Unitas
7. Peyton Manning
8. Fran Tarkenton
9. Roger Staubach
10. Brett Favre, Bradshaw, Aikman
I think Brees and Brady will be in this in a few years. But there have been some really great quarterbacks.Everyone has to start somewhere!!!
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Why doesn't anyone acknowledge Broadway Joe as a great?
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Marino
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Elway (Before he won Super Bowls)
I didn't used to watch NFL in my younger days. But any Sunday I was flipping channels and came upon a Broncos game with 2-3 minutes left, you had to watch because no lead was safe.
With that being said, although I hate the Colts, Peyton Manning has a good shot of being the best if he stays healthy, and gets a running game or trade somewhere they have a running game.
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11-28-2006, 03:33 PM #22Texas Aggie
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Joe Montana
Johnny Unitas
Dan Marino
Terry Bradshaw
Jim Plunkett
Ken Stabler
Steve Young
John Elway
Bart Starr
Joe Nameth
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11-28-2006, 04:51 PM #23Registered User
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Assuming we're talking NFL:
Starr
Unitas
Marino
Tarkenton
Peyton Manning
Montana
Elway
Namath
Favre
Fouts
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Ken Anderson needs to be in there too.
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11-29-2006, 01:38 PM #25The Physique Architect
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finally, someone with half a brain mentions manning.Originally Posted by RBEliminator
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11-29-2006, 01:58 PM #26When in doubt, mumble
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Yeah, Manning ought to be there. But it's funny how we all see the greats through our own generational lenses. The 65 year olds would say Bart Starr and Johnny U were the best. My age group says Marino and Montana, and my kids age group says Brady and Manning.
It's definitely interesting. Right now, I think Manning is kind of like Marino, considered great by many, but many would say, they haven't won a Super Bowl, so how great can they really be?
I happen to think Marino is the best, but that's because I am a Miami fan.Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
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11-29-2006, 02:30 PM #27Mr Prawo Jazdy
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Originally Posted by str8flexed
For what????? He may end up in the Top 10 at the end of his career, but I wouldn't put him there now. He reminds me of a Marino, an All-Pro every season, but not a guy who will win a title. How many times has he choked in the playoffs now? This is just like in college, where he couldn't get UT to win the national title, but the year after, the team led by Tee Martin pulled it off.
Guys like Montana, Aikman, Favre, Young, Namath and so on, those were prime time playoff performers, they stepped their games up in the playoffs, so far Manning has had some good games, and some downright awful games when his team needed him most. I wouldn't take Manning over Tom Brady at this point. Brady has been a primetime playoff performer, which is a big deal when talking about the greats of all time.
There have been plenty of quarterbacks with outstanding regular season numbers, but then suddenly vanishing in the playoffs. Until Manning shows he can lead his team to a victory in a bigtime game, he's never going to compare with any of these other guys.
If this was only a ranking for best regular season quarterbacks, hell yeah, I'd put Manning in the top 5.Last edited by ElMariachi; 11-29-2006 at 02:33 PM.
Russell Wilson, the first QB in NFL history to throw a game-winning interception.
"So you got fired again eh?" "Yeah, they always freak out when you leave the scene of an accident."
Spiders are like offensive linemen, the best ones do their job and you never notice them.
An obvious example of New Math.
"It was a 2% tax hike, dumbass. From 3% to 5%"-NRKF84
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11-29-2006, 02:45 PM #28When in doubt, mumble
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I don't think you could say Marino choked in the playoffs. I don't recall that-I recall his team never having a single good running back his entire career. I think they had one guy rush for 1,000 yards one season (Sammy Smith maybe?). Actually I just looked, and they had zero backs rush for 1000 yards during his career
When you get to the playoffs and have no running back, it's kind of hard to win, no matter who your quarterback is.Last edited by namtrag; 11-29-2006 at 02:48 PM.
Yorkshireman I: Right! I had to get up in the morning, at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, eat a lump of cold poison, work twenty-nine hours a day down mill and pay mill-owner for permission to come to work, and when we got home, our dad would kill us and dance about on our graves, singing Hallelujah!
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11-29-2006, 02:50 PM #29The Physique Architect
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people said the same thing about elway.Originally Posted by ElMariachi
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11-29-2006, 02:51 PM #30Mr Prawo Jazdy
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Originally Posted by namtrag
I never called Marino a choker, but Manning has had James and Marvin Harrison. He literally had moments that he did choke. Marino was just always faced with better teams, but Manning has had moments where he has just choked up in the face of pressure.
Nobody will ever criticize Manning either, looked what happened to their kicker when he did that. Its the fastest ticket out of town, but the guy has been in some games where he had no excuse for losing.
Fair or not, until he wins a title, he will never truly belong with that top echelon of quarterback's, either that or he keeps this up for another decade or so, but ultimately, it took winning 2 titles for Elway to be really pushed up the ladder, he was always a great quarterback, but a choker, until he finally got the Lombardi, now he's a shoo-in for any top 10 list.
Fair or not, until he wins a title, Manning will be held on a perch below Tom Brady.Russell Wilson, the first QB in NFL history to throw a game-winning interception.
"So you got fired again eh?" "Yeah, they always freak out when you leave the scene of an accident."
Spiders are like offensive linemen, the best ones do their job and you never notice them.
An obvious example of New Math.
"It was a 2% tax hike, dumbass. From 3% to 5%"-NRKF84
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