RecoveringCowboy
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I disagree. I'll take Brady, Manning, Ben, and Rodgers over Montana, Young, Elway, Marino and Kelly.
Luck, Wilson, Newton, Goff and Wentz?
I'm glad you're so confident because that's a tough call for me. I think I would also give a slight edge to the former in your post simply because I'd probably take Brady alone vs the whole pack. LOLI disagree. I'll take Brady, Manning, Ben, and Rodgers over Montana, Young, Elway, Marino and Kelly.
I disagree. I'll take Brady, Manning, Ben, and Rodgers over Montana, Young, Elway, Marino and Kelly.
I disagree. I'll take Brady, Manning, Ben, and Rodgers over Montana, Young, Elway, Marino and Kelly.
Brady > Montana
Manning > Elway
Marino > Rogers
Kelly > Ben
So I'd call that a draw, but I think one of the key reasons why I agree with @BobDigital here is that after you get through the cream of the crop there's a much bigger drop off in the 2000s than there was in the 80s and 90s. There's a lot of people not listed who are heads and shoulders above everyone currently playing and not in your list other than probably Rivers and Cam.
Moon, Favre, Cunningham, Young, hell even Testaverde and Everett.
I have a hard time ranking Manning above Elway.
Elway would have been garbage if he had been paid under the salary cap. The science proves it. 0 SBs while not cheating, 2 SBs while cheating.I get it, it's close. Elway wins jack **** without Terrell Davis. Say what you want about Manning being lucky enough to play the Bears (shoulda been us damnit) but I do believe he was the primary reason they won that year.
I'm also old enough to hate Elway more than Manning because at least we beat Manning a lot. ****ing Elway being undefeated against us will always get my goat. GODDAMNIT HUGH MILLEN
Brady > Montana
Manning > Elway
Marino < Rogers
Kelly > Ben
Each era has its own flavor.
Staubach, Bradshaw, Stabler etc...
Staubach reminds me of Brady in that he was cerebral and clutch.
Elway, Young, Montana, Marino and Kelly were every bit as good as Brady, Manning, Ben and Rodgers.
Brady getting to 6 SB's and winning his first in 2001 and his latest in 2015 sets him apart from the rest among other things IMO.
With that aside, I think the concussion issue will limit how long current players will stay in the league. I don't think we will see too many more 15- 20 year QB's. So although we will still see great QB matchups, we probably won't see the same career achievements such as 6 SB appearances.
I've never really seen comparisons of Brady to Staubach (usually Brady is compared to Montana), but it is an apt comparison. I would add toughness and character as ways that Staubach and Brady are similar.
Staubach has been and will be for at least a while my #3 QB behind Brady and Montana. the dude was great.
He is a lot closer to Montana in style than Brady. Staubach had the bad break of being in the same era as some very powerhouse teams otherwise he would have done better than 2 championships and 4 appearances in the big show.