Great quarterbacks is something open to what a person thinks. Many focus on the yards, completions, percentages, and interceptions; these are tangables that are easily understood and make a great athelete playing a position. A great quarterback has intangables that aren’t or are difficult to measure; leadership, team responsibility, presence, and others. It’s difficult to measure the intangables if you haven’t seen the quarterback play.
For sheer guts and durability, and an uncanny knack of pulling a team out of a dumpster fire, I have always liked George Blanda, who proved – before Brady – that there was life after 40 in the NFL.
Ravenswing about 5 years ago
Yep, recentism is. Probably not too many votes these days for Otto Graham or Johnny Unitas, either.
Need coffee about 5 years ago
Man, how soon we forget Peyton Manning.
ForbesField about 5 years ago
Showing my age here, but don’t forget Johnny Unitas.
ksu71 about 5 years ago
I suppose if you are talking QB’s the above names are all in play. But for me the football goat will always be Jim Brown.
Pohka about 5 years ago
Great quarterbacks is something open to what a person thinks. Many focus on the yards, completions, percentages, and interceptions; these are tangables that are easily understood and make a great athelete playing a position. A great quarterback has intangables that aren’t or are difficult to measure; leadership, team responsibility, presence, and others. It’s difficult to measure the intangables if you haven’t seen the quarterback play.
Linguist about 5 years ago
For sheer guts and durability, and an uncanny knack of pulling a team out of a dumpster fire, I have always liked George Blanda, who proved – before Brady – that there was life after 40 in the NFL.
fusilier about 5 years ago
Joe Thiesmann.
fusilier, who can’t post his opinion of the guy as a person, but…
James 2:24
timbob2313 Premium Member about 5 years ago
and conversely, who gives a rip about social media of any kind
corpcasselbury about 5 years ago
Don’t forget Ken Stabler and Joe Kapp.
Plods with ...™ about 5 years ago
So sad….sigh