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What is RL? I don't live in RL.100%. Better players and a great defense carried him and I will fight you if I ever come across you in RL
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What is RL? I don't live in RL.100%. Better players and a great defense carried him and I will fight you if I ever come across you in RL
Brady
Unitas
Montana
Graham
Staubach
Marino
Thought I’d mix different eras in my ranking
Nope, it’s my list, with my idea of best from different eras....those three are good, but not the best of their era imho....You have to put Favre, Manning and Brees in that mix as well.. as much as there is hesitation to do so.
Brady
Unitas
Montana
Graham
Staubach
Marino
Thought I’d mix different eras in my ranking
He’s probably ripping someone off by having an intern sign his autograph, throwing an interception, and/or saving up all of his luck for a 3rd miracle catch SB victory where our team decides to take the day off again.Why’s Eli in this poll?
Agreed that those players together would be nuts, but we’re in the period of free agency now, so it’s probably doubtful that it would work that way.Brady, Montana, Rodgers, Manning, Unitas, Marino, Brees.
IMO, it's Brady and Montana by a lot. Championships have to mean something.
Imagine Bradshaw playing today with today's rules, with Stallworth, Swann, Bennie Cunningham, Franco Harris AND Rocky Blier running the ball. Unstoppable. Same for the Cowboys with Staubach, Dorsett, Tony Hill, Drew Pearson and Billy Jo Dupree. Montana, Rice, Taylor, Rathman, Craig and Brent Jones. Who's gonna stop them with today's rules? As Mike Singletary would say, "Can't do it."
Brady has been great because 1) he is great. 2) the rules allow him to be great with a less than stellar cast most of the time. Just think about him having premier WRs with Gronk FOR HIS ENTIRE CAREER. Sick.
That's kinda rambling but, it's early, so...
I like the way you think. Just thinking off the top of my head:
2010-present: Brady, Rodgers, Brees, Ben
2000-2009: Brady, Manning, Ben, Brees
1990-1999: Favre, Young, Aikman, Marino, Elway,
1980-1989: Montana, Marino, Elway
1970-1979: Bradshaw, Stabler, Bert Jones!
Manning was so much better than Staubach I'm going to **** my pants right now.
Sure, but in this context that's just a meaningless platitude because to be a great QB you need to also be an exceptional passer. There are too many guys who were both for this to not be a disqualifying factor in the all-time greats discussion. You can argue that guys are better than their stats suggest based on the QB vs. passer distinction, but you can't argue that a guy who was basically a league-average QB in his own era belongs in the GOAT conversation because of that distinction.
Bradshaw had 4 rings because he played in an era where QB play mattered far less than defense and ground game, and benefited from playing opposite arguably the greatest defense ever assembled. You could put any league-average QB from that era on the Steelers and they too would have four rings. Using that as Bradshaw's main (borderline sole) qualification for being on this list is makes even less sense than saying Richard Seymour and Michael Irvin belong in the GOAT conversations for their own positions because of their ring counts. Less sense because Seymour and Irvin were better relative to their peers than Bradshaw ever was.
Compared to everyone else in this discussion, Bradshaw had far lower highs and lower lows. The most generous halfway-reasonable comp you can give him is that he was his era's Troy Aikman, which is inaccurate since Aikman was clearly the better quarterback between the two of them. But even then we all realize that Aikman doesn't belong in this conversation either.
I like the way you think. Just thinking off the top of my head:
2010-present: Brady, Rodgers, Brees, Ben
2000-2009: Brady, Manning, Ben, Brees
1990-1999: Favre, Young, Aikman, Marino, Elway,
1980-1989: Montana, Marino, Elway
1970-1979: Bradshaw, Stabler, Bert Jones!
What is RL? I don't live in RL.