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Which is the better QB era?
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:03 pm
Unitas
Graham
Baugh
Luckman
Starr
Staubach
Tarkenton
Namath
Bradshaw
Stabler
Montana
Marino
Elway
Fouts
Moon
Favre
Aikman
Kelly
Young
Bledsoe
Brady
Manning
Brees
Rodgers
Roethlisberger
I bring it up because Bill Polian recently said he believes the last 15 years of QB play may be the best he's ever seen, naming Manning, Brady & Brees.
It was also kind of difficult for me to group an "era" considering some of these guys careers spanned multi-eras, like Elway & Favre and arguably played their best ball later on.
Graham
Baugh
Luckman
Starr
Staubach
Tarkenton
Namath
Bradshaw
Stabler
Montana
Marino
Elway
Fouts
Moon
Favre
Aikman
Kelly
Young
Bledsoe
Brady
Manning
Brees
Rodgers
Roethlisberger
I bring it up because Bill Polian recently said he believes the last 15 years of QB play may be the best he's ever seen, naming Manning, Brady & Brees.
It was also kind of difficult for me to group an "era" considering some of these guys careers spanned multi-eras, like Elway & Favre and arguably played their best ball later on.
This post was edited on 7/4/18 at 9:45 pm
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Posted on 7/4/18 at 9:22 pm to LSUFreek
quote:
Manning, Brady & Brees.
Will hold ALL of the records when it over. The last 20 years have been the Golden Age of NFL QB play.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 10:14 pm to LSUFreek
I'd say 80's era was better qbs. last 15 years just looks so good bc of rules to help passing game.
Posted on 7/4/18 at 11:02 pm to LSUFreek
I think brees, manning, and Brady have been phenomenal.
That being said, the Marino, Montana, Elway era was better.
It was a completely different era where it was harder to throw, yet they had numbers and efficiency that would be elite in today's game.
That being said, the Marino, Montana, Elway era was better.
It was a completely different era where it was harder to throw, yet they had numbers and efficiency that would be elite in today's game.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 12:47 am to LSUFreek
quote:you still need to include Favre in this group too
Brady
Manning
Brees
Rodgers
Roethlisberger
Posted on 7/5/18 at 3:19 am to LSUFreek
quote:
Montana
Marino
Elway
Fouts
Moon
Due to the offensive-oriented rules changes and greater emphasis on passing proficiency, the current QB era is better statistically but I err to the quoted 80s-early 90s era: the era of Joe Montana and Dan Marino, so many moments and games that defined the league and are still being referred to today like The Drive, The Catch, etc, the first realization of the intent of the seminal 1978 rules changes in terms of offensive stats, QBs still played under tons of defensive pressure to an extent compared to today so the window was smaller and consequently accuracy wasn't as brilliant across the board and physical toughness was a romanticized QB attribute, awesome vintage uniforms, first instance multiple NFL games could be consumed per TV with the advent of cable so opportunity for greater exposure, so many tough and athletic QBs with rocket arms this era was great
Posted on 7/5/18 at 10:15 am to LSUFreek
quote:
Montana
Marino
Elway
Fouts
Moon
That's a stout group.
Protect them like today and this could be the group everyone would pick
Posted on 7/5/18 at 1:32 pm to LSUFreek
Groups 2 and 4–no way
Group 1 spans 40 years. Seems kinda ridiculous.
3 and 5 are equally good.
Group 1 spans 40 years. Seems kinda ridiculous.
3 and 5 are equally good.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 7:51 pm to LSUFreek
Why would Aikman be in the era after Elway when he retired just 2 years after Elway and Elway made his last pro bowl in ‘98 while Aikman’s last was ‘96?
Posted on 7/5/18 at 7:52 pm to LSUFreek
Sonny Jurgensen should be in there somewhere. He was a hell of a passer.
Posted on 7/5/18 at 8:05 pm to LSUFreek
Baugh
Luckman
Starr
Unitas
Brodie
Jurgensen
Namath
This is a little better, IMO.
Luckman
quote:
Graham
Layne
Starr
Unitas
Brodie
Jurgensen
Namath
quote:
Staubach
Tarkenton
Greise
Bradshaw
Stabler
quote:
Montana
Marino
Elway
Fouts
Moon
quote:
Favre
Aikman
Kelly
Young
Bledsoe
quote:
Brady
Manning
Brees
Rodgers
Roethlisberger
This is a little better, IMO.
Posted on 7/7/18 at 11:25 pm to LSUFreek
quote:
Montana
Marino
Elway
Fouts
Moon
I guess I'll always remember this group fondly, along with Jim Kelly, Randall Cunningham, and Boomer Esiason.
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