RobAllan
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Brady = greatest modern day.
Montana = greatest of a different era.
You can never compare and have a greatest of all time since they played in very different eras with very different rules,you can never decisively say we have one greatest QB of all time just many great in their respective eras.Just my opinion.
I'm going to take a moment to derail a senseless thread for hopefully good reason.
I have seen this statement a LOT over the past few years on this message board. I believe I have even made this statement at one time or another.
I have to say after more thought and time, I absolutely don't think it's true. I do think there's a need to define the stats differently, but I don't think it's difficult to compare Montana/Brady/Manning with even a simple eye test or even wins/losses.
Sammy Baugh, for example, played QB, DB, and Punter during his NFL tenure. He was one of the greatest of his era. I also have no idea how he stacks up to today's players because I can't imagine him not playing multiple positions any more than I can imagine Tom or Peyton being a gunner on a kickoff return. The two eras are FAR too different to compare Baugh to a contemporary.
Montana era, though? The position hasn't evolved THAT much. The salary cap has and the rules certainly favor passing more. But I can imagine each of them playing on one another's team and make my own best guess as to what would happen.
So I don't think we can quite separate Montana with Brady via "era" argument. I think there's a reasonable way to make the personal decision whom was better.