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Is Kurt Warner a top 10 qb of all time?

Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:45 pm
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:45 pm
2 MVPs, 3 Super Bowl appearances, 1 Championship, 1 Super Bowl MVP, 3-0 in conference championship games. Took two underwhelming franchises to the superbowl. Never had a dominant defense


Hot take: Warner > Rodgers
Posted by KCRoyalBlue
Member since Nov 2020
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:49 pm to
More like a top 20-25. Maybe.
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 9/20/26 at 11:53 pm to
No way you can name 20 QBs with better resumes unless you are throwing out some longevity numbers with QBs that stuck around for 20+ years on 8-8 teams
Posted by genro
Member since Nov 2011
62749 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:03 am to
Dan Marino was the worst quarterback of all time
Posted by GoShoughYourself
Member since May 2026
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:15 am to
No

Not Top 20 either, if we’re being honest
Posted by NoMercy
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:16 am to
No. You realize how limited top 10 is?
Posted by NoMercy
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:17 am to
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Posted by NoMercy
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:19 am to
quote:

Hot take: Warner > Rodgers


I will die on the hill that Rodgers is one of the most overrated QBs of all time.

Man had the skills but he squandered so many home field advantages. It became a yearly ritual to lose a playoff home game and it’s not like he didn’t have defenses. But hey give him more MVPs.
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:44 am to
No. As much as I like Warner, he got into the HOF way too soon.

According to Pro Football Reference, the most similar players to him are Rich Gannon and Jeff Garcia.

Incidentally, the only seasons where Warner started every game, he made the Super Bowl, which is actually pretty remarkable. However, that also means he got injured or was benched in every other season of his career.
Posted by KCRoyalBlue
Member since Nov 2020
2327 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:50 am to
Patrick Mahomes
Tom Brady
Joe Montana
Peyton Manning
Steve Young
Ben Roethlisberger
Aaron Rodgers
Brett Favre
Terry Bradshaw
Johnny Unitas
Drew Brees
Dan Marino
John Elway (ugh)
Otto Graham
Bart Starr
Fran Tarkenton
Warren Moon
Len Dawson
Jim Kelly
Russell Wilson (ugh ugh)
Roger Staubach
Sammy Baugh
Troy Aikman (ugh ugh ugh)
Sid Luckman
Norm Van Brocklin

There's 25. I'm almost assuredly missing a couple. Your turn.
Posted by RemouladeSawce
Uranus
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:57 am to
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Never had a dominant defense
Is Top 5 dominant? That’s what the Rams D was for his only championship

He had some great years but not many, and even fewer outside of the Mike Martz offense. Only 4 years overall with more than 3500 yards. He also got benched 4 times. He got replaced by Marc Bulger and cut by STL with 3 years left on his contract, benched for an Eli Manning who wasn’t ready to be starting (in an era when teams did not rush young QBs into action, but his average play didn’t warrant delaying it), and benched for both Josh McCown and Matt Leinart after mediocre runs in AZ

It’s not a career compatible with Top 10 talk and the notion is way closer to laughable. He should arguably still be waiting for Canton, he got in way earlier than deserved because he’s a well-liked media personality
This post was edited on 9/21/26 at 8:36 am
Posted by SOCAL TIGER
SOCAL
Member since Jan 2005
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 12:58 am to
No!
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
22674 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 5:20 am to
All time horrible take
Posted by weptiger
Georgia
Member since Feb 2007
11932 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 5:58 am to
Warner packed a lot of accomplishment into 116 regular season games. And the three Super Bowls weren’t simply three appearances with the same dynasty. Warner reached two with the Rams, disappeared from NFL relevance for a few years, and then came back and took the Cardinals to one. Pretty solid.
Posted by paulb52
Member since Dec 2019
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:29 am to
Ken Stabler
Joe Namath
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
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Posted on 9/21/26 at 6:50 am to
quote:

As much as I like Warner, he got into the HOF way too soon.


He isn't in yet. He should be.

When he gets in the 2009 Saints will have every playoff win be against a HOF quarterback.
Posted by Tiger1955
Bossier City
Member since Sep 2007
796 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:45 am to
No he’s not. Good, but not great.
Posted by Chaz95
Dallas, Texas
Member since Nov 2007
19725 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 8:54 am to
There are very few professional athletes whose careers could genuinely provide enough material for a great movie script. Kurt Warner is one of them. His journey from stocking grocery-store shelves and playing Arena Football to becoming an NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Famer almost sounds too improbable to be true. It’s a story of rejection, perseverance, faith, opportunity, and ultimately greatness.

Even if Kurt Warner's statistics and accolades on the field do not rank him in the top-10 of all time because of his late start to his NFL career, I think his story is top-5.
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
Reseda
Member since Feb 2007
20266 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 9:01 am to
No

Warner needed to be surrounded by superstars to even be decent

Look how he did with the Giants

Those Rams teams still performed well with Trent Green and Marc Bulger when Warner got hurt

When he did have the best receiving corps in football to work with, he was great, but so was everyone else in his position

Posted by ChanceOfRainIsNever
Far from Louisiana
Member since Oct 2016
3050 posts
Posted on 9/21/26 at 9:44 am to
quote:

I will die on the hill that Rodgers is one of the most overrated QBs of all time.


I’ll raise you Lamar Jackson, at least Rogers has a ring and won playoff games.
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