The Top Ten
8 repliesAfter all the hard work, here is the top ten – take your guess for number one before you scroll down and see the final results.
#10 Giants – 145 points
| Phil Simms |
| Charlie Conerly |
| Eli Manning |
| Y.A. Tittle |
| Fran Tarkenton |
Comment: Conerly – old timer – threw almost as many TDs as Simms. Manning is overrated.
#9 Chargers – 151 points
| Philip Rivers |
| Dan Fouts |
| John Hadl |
| Stan Humphries |
| Drew Brees |
Comment: Wonder what might have happened had Marty and Brees both stayed in San Diego.
#8 Chiefs – 154 points
| Len Dawson |
| Patrick Mahomes |
| Alex Smith |
| Trent Green |
| Bill Kenney |
Comment: Mahomes only received 38 of 50 points so do not accuse me of favoritism. Dawson had some really good numbers for his era. Smith and Green are both solid. Kenney is more of the afterthought but did decent on some really bad teams.
Tie here
#7 Redskins – 156 points
| Sammy Baugh |
| Joe Theismann |
| Billy Kilmer |
| Mark Rypien |
| Sonny Jurgensen |
Comment: No all time greats here but solid group of five. Baugh is the oldest in the contest.
#6 – Patriots – 156 points
| Tom Brady |
| Steve Grogan |
| Drew Bledsoe |
| Babe Parilli |
| Tony Eason |
Comment: Brady pushes this solid but unspectacular group this high up the rankings.
Another tie
#5 Packers – 158 points
| Brett Favre |
| Aaron Rodgers |
| Bart Starr |
| Lynn Dickey |
| Tobin Rote |
Comment: Favre, Rodgers, and Starr – then a huge drop off in talent to Dickey and Rote.
#4 Colts – 158 points
| Peyton Manning |
| Johnny Unitas |
| Andrew Luck |
| Bert Jones |
| Jim Harbaugh |
Comment: It is criminal what the Colts organization did to Andrew Luck.
#3 Steelers – 159 points
| Ben Roethlisberger |
| Terry Bradshaw |
| Kordell Stewart |
| Neil O’Donnell |
| Bobby Layne |
Comment: I found it hard to believe they were ahead of the Packers and Colts. Basically, the bottom three here beat the bottom two of the Packers and Colts enough to make the difference.
# 2 Niners – 168 points
| Joe Montana |
| Steve Young |
| John Brodie |
| Y.A. Tittle |
| Jeff Garcia |
Comment: Brodie, Tittle, and Garcia were solid enough to leapfrog the prior three teams.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE
#1 Cowboys – 186 points
| Roger Staubach |
| Tony Romo |
| Troy Aikman |
| Danny White |
| Don Meredith |
Comment: They were the only team that all five quarterbacks had a score of thirty or above. The Packers were the only team that had three quarterbacks at forty or above. I do believe that Danny White is overrated but he had the statistics to be there. Staubach had an amazing won loss differential – Tom Brady had the highest. An 18 point win over second place is rather significant. One might argue that they played on some really good teams but you could use that argument for half the quarterbacks on the list.
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I was surprise the Chiefs were as high as they were. Then I remembered that our futility was drafting quarterbacks. We have had some decent one walking around Arrowhead after Lenny Cool, just didn’t draft any of them until this last one – can’t remember his name tho. Maybe someone can spark my memory
These were great to read. Lots of work put into these.
I was surprised to see the
RedskinsFootball Team higher up on the list than the Chiefs, and so I wonder how much of a role team longevity has played into this. You mentioned it on the “cellar dwellers” post that newer teams were expected to be there, but then the Cardinals, Lions, Bears and Packers are among the oldest teams in the league and only one of them breaks into the top ten.Awesome stuff man.
I’m surprised the Chiefs are so high. I guess most teams don’t have the depth of mediocre QBs we do.
We had greatness with Len Dawson and greatness with Mahomes.
Dawson 45 points, Mahomes 38 points, Alex Smith 32 points, Trent Green 29 points, Kenney 10 points Total 154 points
Without Mahomes, we are somewhere around #15 or so.
That makes sense.
Once again, I want to be the first to comment.