:thumbsup

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! :thumbsup

Jim McMahon. All he ever did was win.

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?

Joe Montana above all.


A few other guys worth mentioning (aside from the greats already mentioned here) would be:

Warren Moon -- quite a long and illustrious career both in the CFL and NFL

Doug Flutie -- same descrip as above.

Brett Farve is one of my favorites, next to Montana and Bradshaw:thumbsup

Definitely Joe Montana.

Joe Montana

Jim "Chris" Everet

Joe Montana.

Now making wine and flying private airplanes in Napa area.

The gay dude from the dallas cowboys, i forget his name..

Or j.e yes..

Going from early to more recent:
Theisman
Montana
Elway
Marino
Farve
Vick

Ryan Leaf - made millions without ever throwing a pass!

Now that's good.

:BangBang:

Top three - Joe Montana, Steve Young and John Elway!

Steve Grogan :1orglaugh
ds

Would love to see a poll of football experts/pundits/writers for their thoughts.

I am a NFL expert hershie

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isn't that enough?

Yep same here!

Jerry Rice best REC

Joe Montana / Johnny Unitas

Montana was the best ever

Brett Favre

Dutch Clark

Troy Aikman

Statistically (barring superbowl victories)

Dan Marino, hands down.

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.

Brett Favre :thumbsup

Marino :thumbsup
Montana :thumbsup
Favre :thumbsup

Warren Moon

Roger Staubach
Terry Bradshaw

Boomer is great too:thumbsup

Billy Kilmer

who?:winkwink:

Otto Graham....

[oh wait, this is 2004]
:)

Marino baby!

ownes every record there is. Just never had the supporting cast to win a SB

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.

John Elway wasn't bad either

Someone set up a poll for this..

Beat me. I agree with you. :thumbsup

:1orglaugh

I am voting for Joe Montana again. The touchdown drive against the Bengals that ended in a game winning pass to John Taylor sealed my undying loyalty.

Forgot about him, he was a great one.:thumbsup

And Sammy Baugh

Steve young was great:thumbsup

Joe was the man