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Originally Posted by Sowa
Maybe he was talking about the Chief's version of Montana? Because Montana should be top 3 on anybody's list.
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Montana is not on my top 3 list...and i endured watching him his entire career.
The problem with rating QB's and narrowing it down to a top X number of players, is that the game has evolved so much from even 20 years ago.
Take Fran tarkenton as an example....guy was unbelievable, as evidenced by all his trips to the SB....even though he was on the losing side of all of them. He didnt have the luxury of an offensive co-ordinator making every call, he made the calls himself. As did all the QB's in by-gone eras. Terry Bradshaw won 4 freaking super bowls, yet many will ignore him on such a list.
Dan Marino is another good study in this argumnet...dude was phenomenal. Simply one of the most accurate and strongest passers to ever play the game and easily the quickest release ever seen. Yet he won nothing major as far as team awards go. Jim kelley is another one.
Go back further. Bart Starr, Johhny Unitas, norm van Brocklin,etc etc, but since most of us never saw them play, we omit them. Doesnt mean they werent as good or better than many we list however.
My top 10 QB's of all time will most assuredly have Brett Favre at the top, and who could argue it? yet if someone sees Elway or Montana or Manning there, how can i argue with them?
Its way to subjective to just pass over someones opinion of a top 10 without exteremely direct and rigid parameters.
Just for fun though my top 10
1. Favre
2. Elway
3. Manning
4. Brady
5. Aikman
6. Bradshaw
7. Montana
8. Tarkenton
9. Kelley
10. Marino
All guys i got to see play, so thats all i have to go by, yet i am sure that my list is not correct simply because so many others say Unitas etc were better than several on that list.