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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Obviously knock on Rivers is no Super Bowl. Never even played in the game. Other HOF QB's without a ring include Marino, Moon, Kelly, Fouts, Tarkenton.
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But again let's also consider the era's in which these guys played.
Marino and Fouts throwing for 4500 to 5000 yards when the number of passing yards throughout the league was much less than it is today. Jim Kelly got his team to 4 straight Super Bowls. Fran Tarkenton again is from a completely different era and did get to the Superbowl.
Warren Moon you could argue is borderline though, hard to say how much credit he get's for his CFL stats. Don't discount that he was also a bit of a trail blazer for African American QB's too. Even 20 years ago there was the racist old boys club who staunchly believed that only good ol Mr White could play the position. Remember Rush Limbaugh on ESPN Countdown crowing about McNabb only being famous because the league is desparate for a star QB who's not white. It's a major reason why he had to come to Canada was because at that time no one in the NFL thought he could be a QB. So I think that should carry some weight because breaking that type of barrier to me is Fame worthy.