Of all the hundreds of NFL QBs (721 that have started a game since 1966), there have only been 7 of their sons that have also played NFL QB. That is less than 1 percent of fathers and even less than that of sons since the NFL QBs on average have likely had more than 1 son.

There have only been 6 families with 8 sons that have had a father/son duo both play NFL QB at any time. Garrett Nussmeier would be the 7th if he makes it as Doug played in 5 NFL games and was 0-2 as a starter.

There has never been a grandfather/grandson NFL QB duo. It will probably happen one day with Arch just because of who he is whether he improves significantly in college or not.

Archie Manning / Peyton Manning
35-101-3 as starter and 151 games / 200-92 as starter and 293 games

Archie Manning / Eli Manning
35-101-3 as starter and 151 games / 125-121 as starter and 248 games

Bob Griese / Brian Griese
98-61-3 as starter and 173 games / 45-38 as starter and 93 games

Phil Simms / Chris Simms
101-68 as starter and 174 games / 7-10 as starter and 24 games

Oliver Luck / Andrew Luck
3-6 as starter and 20 games / 57-37 as starter and 94 games

Phil Simms / Matt Simms
101-68 as starter and 174 games / 195 yards and 4 games

David Whitehurst / Charlie Whitehurst
16-20-1 as starter and 55 games / 2-7 as starter and 25 games

Emery Nix / Kent Nix
6 starts and 565 yards in 15 games / 4-14 as starter and 46 games

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35-101-3 as starter

Man, the Saints with Archie were terrible - especially on defense.

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Posted by OWLFAN86

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 9:03 pm to NorthEndZone

cant put any of that on Arch

He was as underserved a QB by his team as any QB in the NFL

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Posted by NorthEndZone

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 9:09 pm to OWLFAN86

I agree. Maybe I worded that incorrectly. I loved Archie and the Saints offenses of the late 70s - 1980. Without Archie they would probably have won only 20 games instead of 35 over that period.

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Posted by Tigertown in ATL

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 9:43 pm to OWLFAN86

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cant put any of that on Arch

Guy gets a pass more than any player in NFL history.

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Posted by lepdagod

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 9:52 pm to Tigertown in ATL

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Guy gets a pass more than any player in NFL history.

He does… Archie was an inaccurate quarterback who never learn to play from the pocket

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Posted by AUCE05

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 10:10 pm to NorthEndZone

The Simms boys were awful.

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Posted by QuantraviousJefferso

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 10:18 pm to NorthEndZone

Archie was 35-101. Wow, sons were a lot better than him.

I get maybe bad defense, but that's still bad QB play. Like the people defending Rattler now on Instagram. He's a bottom 5 NFL QB.

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Posted by NorthEndZone

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 10:21 pm to AUCE05

They were but they are still in that less than 1 percent that played in NFL games out of the dozens to hundreds who probably tried.

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Posted by NorthEndZone

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 10:25 pm to QuantraviousJefferso

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I get maybe bad defense

There was no maybe about it.

Not sure how old you are but Tommy Myers at free safety led the NFL in tackles or was in the top 5 for multiple seasons at a time when running plays were about 60 percent of NFL offense.

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Posted by TigerintheNO

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Posted on 10/4/25 at 10:47 pm to NorthEndZone

NFL films summed up Archie's career perfectly-

"Best of the Worst"

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Posted by ElderTiger

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Posted on 10/5/25 at 7:38 am to OWLFAN86

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He was as underserved a QB by his team as any QB in the NFL

If you think Joe Burrow is underserved in Cincinnati, and he is, you should have seen the Arching Manning-era Saints…

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Posted by Stealth Matrix

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Posted on 10/5/25 at 8:44 am to NorthEndZone

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Archie Manning
35-101-3 as starter and 151 games

I knew it was bad, but wow.

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Posted by Dadren

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Posted on 10/5/25 at 8:58 am to NorthEndZone

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That is less than 1 percent of fathers and even less than that of sons since the NFL QBs on average have likely had more than 1 son.

Just more proof that who your dad was has little to no bearing on how good you will be. And my guess is that this is true for every position.

We really need to stop anointing guys like Manning, Sanders, and I’ll throw in Max Johnson (who was a five star I believe) based on the rungs up their family trees.

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