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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
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.
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Yeah I agree, I would put Rivers behind those guys for sure with Fouts maybe the closest. He was considered a bit of a product of his system, which may not be fair. IIRC he was a first ballot guy. Guys like Kelly and Aikman are also interesting. They won a lot but were on very good teams.
IMO Rivers is better than the QB's closest to him who are not in.