Thank God other people realize Michael Vick has the potential to go far. He may be a running quarterback, but the guy has an amazing arm when it's needed!
Brett Favre definitely was good, but he was like a candle in the wind. He was an unknown quantity and that's what fuelled his success. He was unpredictable, but eventually got figured out. Still a damned good QB though.
Elway, a.k.a. Mr Ed, was a master strategist. What he lacked in pure talent he made up for in being a "thinking" QB. He's up there on my list but probably not in my top 10 all time.
Bob Greise was fucking amazing. There isn't any more to say.
Dan Marino was the perfect replacement to Greise. He was a machine. How many knee surgeries did he endure? And STILL kept fighting and winning. I remember watching that Quarterback Challenge that ESPN, or whoever, used to do and here he was in a kneee brace kicking the shit out of all the other QBs. That is called HEART.
Roger Stauback (sp?) was a great QB as well, even though I hated the Cowboys then (still do, lol). He was the only one out there that could match the skill and tenacity of the Steelers chaired by Terry Bradshaw.
Joe Thiesman. A true blue god of the game. He was on an incredible rise to the pinacle of greatness when that morbidly horrid leg break happened. That's one clip that I'll never ever forget, as it is permanently etched into my retinas.
Jim Kelly was good, definitely. But when push came to shove (e.g. playoffs and superbowls) he lost his edge that made him a great one. Sorry, not on my top 10.
Payton Manning. Hmm... The jury is still out for me on him. He shows potential but I'm not convinced that he's "got IT" yet. He seems easily daunted when the defense consistently runs the rush against him and he seems really timid about getting hit. Time will tell, I guess.
Troy Aikman. Well, he had a marquee team for the majority of his carreer and I really think that's what made him stand out. Yes, a good QB, and able to make it through multiple concussions without becoming a new Mohammed Ali, but a "great" QB? I dunno.
Fran Tarkenton. OY! I remember him, he was good, but damned if I have anything intelligent to say about him. :o
Joe Namath! There's one for my top 10 for sure. Aside from his brilliant work on the field he was damned sexy in those Leggs ads. LOL
Steve Young? ROFL! He is/was and always will be Montana's tool.
I'm too young to comment on the greatness of Johnny Unitas though I would give my eye teeth to have a chance to go back in time and watch him do his magic.
Ok, I think I've babbled on enough for now on this subject...
Definately Montana, during his SF years and his KC years. He may have been lucky to have had the receiving corps he did, but what would those receiving corps been without him as well. He played with a lot of heart and helped to make those guys who they were.
Besides Montana I ahve to give credit to Joe namath for being the ballsiest man to ever walk on a football field for doing what he did with Super Bowl 3 and for doing pantyhose ads.
Marino, Elway, and Kelly all were very good, but none were as successful as Montana at keeping their cool and serving as a leader of their team and rallying the troops. Montana bowed out of the 49ers for the benefit of the team to eliminate controversy, would any of these guys do that?
I don;t know much about Bradshaw besides the fact that he will sell his soul for just about any price. How can you respect a man and consider him one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time when he sponsors everythign from 1010220 to Janitorial services?
When life gives you lemons, squirt them in the eyes of your enemy.
Originally posted by shermsshack Thank God other people realize Michael Vick has the potential to go far. He may be a running quarterback, but the guy has an amazing arm when it's needed!
Yes, he's got a bazooka on his shoulder - but shit man, lets see what he can do with it. One of the strongest throwing arms I ever saw was Browning Nagle with the Jets.
Browning Nagle
let that sink in
Browning Fucking Nagle
You need more than physical skills to be great at QB. Vick had last year lost, so it is tough to say how he progressed. Now he's got new coaches - that might wind up hurting him.
Originally posted by Veterans Day Jim Kelly was one tough motherfucker who just played on and on. Got to give him that. If they would have won the superbowls they could be considered one of the top3 teams of all time. But since they didnt noones gives them any recognition, sad to cause they had serious hall of fame talent.
I was a serious Bills fan in those days. Took a lot of abuse over the SB losses.
But no quarterback has ever taken his team to four straight superbowls. Probably never happen again.
Sucks huge they didn't win one; they deserved better.
And their fans did, too. Bills fans are the best fans in the country.
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