Dan Orlovsky All-Time QB list

[KeLLy1278]

4 minutes ago, Airseven said:

The top 2 are Brady followed by Montana. After that, you can reorder the rest of the top 10 all day.

Agree.  It gets messy after that.  I would put Unitas at number 3 but that’s just me.

[LOVEMESOMEBILLS]

 

 Joe Montana is easily #2 on the QB all-time list, going 4-0 in Super Bowls. But it not just the 4-0 record that's impressive. In his last 3 Super Bowl appearances ranging from the 84 season through 89 he was 69/100, 69%, 985 yards, 10 tds, 0 ints and a QB Rating of 134. He had a QB Rating of at least 100.0 in all 4 Super Bowls. That's in a time period where defenses could get away with alot more in both defending WRs and crushing the QB. 

 

 

 

 

[chongli]

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Edited February 3, 2023 by chongli

[peterpan]

Brady is a huge cheater and shouldn’t be on the list 

[KeLLy1278]

5 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

If it wasn't for the Bills, then Marino probably has a ring or two. The Dolphins could never get past the Bills. The Kelly-Marino years were some of the best battles in the NFL at that time.

“If”.. Marino would have been demolished by The Giants, Redskins & Cowboys had complete teams typical of what gave Marino trouble. Kelly outplayed him many times head to head both in the reg season & playoffs.

Marino was the best regular season QB of the 80s stats wise.  That’s where the compliments end for him from me.. everyone has an opinion.  
 

Steve Young had a tremendous run after Montana left.. if it wasn’t for the stacked Cowboy teams, Steve would have won three rings.  It is what it is.

[Gregg]

4 minutes ago, KeLLy1278 said:

“If”.. Marino would have been demolished by The Giants, Redskins & Cowboys had complete teams typical of what gave Marino trouble. Kelly outplayed him many times head to head both in the reg season & playoffs.

Marino was the best regular season QB of the 80s stats wise.  That’s where the compliments end for him from me.. everyone has an opinion.  
 

Steve Young had a tremendous run after Montana left.. if it wasn’t for the stacked Cowboy teams, Steve would have won three rings.  It is what it is.

 

I think they could have gotten by the Giants. The Bills SHOULD HAVE but didn't. The Redskins and Cowboys probably beat the Dolphins.

[KeLLy1278]

8 minutes ago, chongli said:

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1)Tom Brady 

2)Joe Montana

3)Johnny U

 

After that I truly don’t know..  you can make a case for many players rounding out the top 5 or 10.  One thing that I just remembered is the most talented arm I have ever seen in the NFL.  Jeff George.

talk about wasted talent.  I saw him throw 

65 yards across the field into the wind vs the Jets once.  The guy had an effortless cannon for an arm.  Best I have ever seen as far as arm strength.  That’s would be a fun thread all it’s own.

 

5 minutes ago, Gregg said:

 

I think they could have gotten by the Giants. The Bills SHOULD HAVE but didn't. The Redskins and Cowboys probably beat the Dolphins.

Agree.  Buffalo was the better team. The Bills should have beaten Dallas in their second SB meeting too.  Instead of that, they literally fell apart and Dallas picked up the pieces.  I do stand by my post though.  The Dolphins weren’t good enough to win against any of those teams imo.

[Irv]

Any all-time QB list excluding Brian Brohm is essentially pointless.   

[thenorthremembers]

4 hours ago, Draconator said:

Brady was a product of a system. He also lost Superbowls. Montana never lost a Superbowl. Montana should be #1. 

So why has that system never worked with any other QB?

[Real McClappy]

Such different era though.

 

How well do Brady, Mahomes and Peyton survive in the 80-90's versus Elway, Marino and Montana that did? QB position is so different now. About the only QB today that could survive in that age is honestly Josh Allen IMO. 

[US Egg]

What? No mention of 3x SB loser Fran Tarkenton?

 

Only the best QB to host a non sports TV show. That’s Incredible.

[thenorthremembers]

If you look at stats, both regular season and playoffs, and average them out by total games, then also factor in win% for both, total playoff wins, super bowl wins, and MVPS the list would look something like this.

 

1. Tom Brady
2. Peyton Manning
3. Patrick Mahomes
4. Brett Favre
5. Ben Roethlisberger
6. Drew Brees
7. Aaron Rodgers
8. John Elway
9. Joe Montana
10. Dan Marino

Incredible to think Mahomes has done this much in such a short period of time.  

 

 

 

[Golden*Wheels]

He really stepped out of the end zone on this one.

 

(I love to rep Uconn guys who make the NFL as a CT native, we don't get a lot to the pros...but man am I sick of this guy.)

[Rico]

40 minutes ago, KeLLy1278 said:

“If”.. Marino would have been demolished by The Giants, Redskins & Cowboys had complete teams typical of what gave Marino trouble. Kelly outplayed him many times head to head both in the reg season & playoffs.

Marino was the best regular season QB of the 80s stats wise.  That’s where the compliments end for him from me.. everyone has an opinion.  
 

Steve Young had a tremendous run after Montana left.. if it wasn’t for the stacked Cowboy teams, Steve would have won three rings.  It is what it is.

Steve Young had a tremendous run for 1 year, and that’s it. Great regular season QB though. It is what it is.

[StHustle]

1 hour ago, boyst said:

rodgers will be a footnote in the history of the nfl in 12-15 years like kelly, favre, testeverde, and many others.

 

i'd rank eli over him because eli could perform when it mattered.

brady rode a defense for another ring. 

a lot of people suffering from recency bias i see

[NewEra]

Elway top 3 🤣 

 

I thought Steve Young was 10X better than Elway.  Not sure if Elway would be in my

top 10 tbh

[Gregg]

Another one to remember is Terry Bradshaw. Granted those Steelers teams were loaded. Great defense, Franco, Swann, Stallworth. He did QB them to 4 championships.

[B-Large]

While a fun post season column topic, I think its nearly impossible to compare players from 30 years ago, to players today.  Its a very different game for a variety of reasons.  

[Chicken Boo]

4 hours ago, StHustle said:

Left Rodgers off??? Dan Marino was not better than Aaron Rodgers…smh

 

Absolutely. 

 

Hate Rodgers, the man, all you want.  Rodgers, the QB, is best I've ever seen from a talent perspective. Release, accuracy, velocity, ball placement and efficiency - there's no one better.

[Chicken Boo]

4 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:

I think Mahomes could eventually be #2 and potentially even #1, but there's no chance he is now. 1 Super Bowl win and if they lose next week and his knee bends backwards and he never played again I don't even think he's top 10

 

Mahomes is already a Hall of Famer, 6 years into his career.  How many QBs in history can you say that about?  Certainly not 10.