Active Hall of Fame QBs

Pretty much agree with that list, not much for me to add, lol.

outside of long shot looking in: brees

accumulating stats in the 4th quarter is different than accumulating those stats in winning efforts imo..

McNabb put up numbers with garbage wideouts pretty much the whole time he was there in a city that boo'd him and boo's him constantly..

Brees has a lil ways to go

Lock
Favre
Manning

On Track
Brady- if his career ended today with 7 full seasons I wouldn't call him a lock. Probably in but would take a few years. Another couple of years at the same level= lock.
Brees- 6.66 full seasons, compare to Brady: COMP% TB 63 DB 63.9, TD/INT TB 197/86 DB 168/99, YDS TB 26446 DB 26258, RATING TB 92.9 DB 89.4
Extrapolate DB numbers since in NO forward 5 years and his stats will surpass TB. The biggest diff? Super Bowls- Brady 4, 3 wins, 2 MVPs, 1 NFL MVP. A Super Bowl or two and Brees goes from longshot/bubble to probable/lock. 5+ more years at the performance level he has had in NOLA with no SB and he gets consideration similar to other non championship QB HOFers (Jurgensen, Fouts, Moon, etc).

Bubble
Warner- I'd vote no if he retires now. 2.75 great seasons with 2SBs and 2 MVPs. Then in the next 5 yrs he only played in 35 games and couldn't win a starting job. Then 2 more top notch years + another SB. 5 years great and 5 years poor is not HOF IMO.
McNabb- closer than Warner to me. 10yrs consistently as a league leader. 4 NFC title games, 1 SB. 3-5 more years statistically will make probable, another SB locks.

Starting Block
Big Ben- only 5 years, but 5 more like the first 5= lock.

NOTE: Better keep Brees in the posts or the thread police will jack this to MSB. I got a PM after posting about FA QBs here (even tho discussing a Brunnell replacement). "Private Message: Please keep the non-Saints threads on the MSB, not the Saints Talk board."

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McNabb- closer than Warner to me. 10yrs consistently as a league leader. 4 NFC title games, 1 SB. 3-5 more years statistically will make probable, another SB locks.

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I would agree with this. The problem with McNabb is he might fall off the face of the earth at any time it seems. IMO, he doesn't keep himself in very good shape so that might shorten his career.

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Brady- if his career ended today with 7 full seasons I wouldn't call him a lock. Probably in but would take a few years. Another couple of years at the same level= lock.

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First ballot lock if he never sets foot on a field again. Its all about the rings.

Brees I don't see happening without a SB or MVP.

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McNabb put up numbers with garbage wideouts pretty much the whole time he was there in a city that boo'd him and boo's him constantly..

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Overcoming boos contributes to Hall votes? Sheesh.

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For God's sake, I don't get the Brett Favre thing. Throwing the most INTs in the history of the game gets you in the Hall? Might as well put me in, too. Except I haven't thrown as many picks as Brett. He's nothing but a media darling

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What are you 15? Go check out what he did in the 90's. Now he is just circus act and attention whore that can't let go, but he's easily one of the best 10-15 QB's in NFL history.

Make sure to give Favre credit for NFL MVP awards also. I liken Favre to Hank Aaron. No one would have said Aaron was the best when he played or one of the best all time, but he played long enough and stayed healthy to compile a very respectable career. And for most of that career he was considered one of the top 5 QB's in the game. 4 NFC title games, 2 Super Bowls, One ring is not too shabby.

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but he played long enough and stayed healthy to compile a very respectable career

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Respectable career? No.

Don Mattingly had a respectable career, Hammering Hank was the all time HR leader. He may not have been the GOAT, but 1 of the best 5-10 hitters of all time is not "respectable", he's an all time great, like Favre.