cage Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) Top 10 list,... not sure I agree with all these, however it does demonstrate how difficult it is to find too many great rivalries. In order to be a real rivalry, i think they have to be in the same conference in order to meet several times in the course of a career. I also think that they both need to be HOFers and finally there need to be multiple playoff meetings with everything on the line... With that, vote on the subset, call out any that I missed. I included Bradshaw / Staubach even though they played in opposite conferences as they met in multiple SBs I'll play the homer and vote for Kelly / Marino as they were division rivals so have the largest body of work. Those games were always electric 2 and sometimes 3x per year! Edited January 17, 2014 by cage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 I think it's gotta be Manning/ Brady. More big games. And was the Kelly/ Marino battles really a rivarly? We owned Danny boy. We were simply a better team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 My heart says Starr/Unitas. My choice of these pics is Stabler/Bradshaw. My favorite was Dawson/Namath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Marino/Montana? They played in opposite conferences and rarely played each other. Unitas/Namath? Unitas was an old man by the time Namath was a star. That is more like a list of rivalries invented by sportswriters with nothing better to write about. Brady/Manning is clearly the answer. Both had teams on top for their entire careers, they played each other almost every year, several playoff match-ups, both first ballot HOFers, both SB winners, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cage Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Marino/Montana? They played in opposite conferences and rarely played each other. Unitas/Namath? Unitas was an old man by the time Namath was a star. That is more like a list of rivalries invented by sportswriters with nothing better to write about. Brady/Manning is clearly the answer. Both had teams on top for their entire careers, they played each other almost every year, several playoff match-ups, both first ballot HOFers, both SB winners, etc. I agree they were stretching some of these... but that just makes the point of how few really intensive QB rivalries there are. That's why I dropped several of these from the poll Next up and coming one could Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick.... this is the 2nd straight year they're meeting in the playoffs, NFC Championship and division rivalry. Could join this list in a few more intensive years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRT88 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Bradshaw vs Stabler, how many years did these guys meet in the playoffs? Kelly and Marino played twice I remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Lamonica & Dawson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Manning v. Brady is probably the best overall story line in NFL history. It should win this poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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