Marino? Montana? Manning? Elway? Fouts? Brady? Another?
2007-01-21 13:32:24 · 22 answers · asked by Import Car Salesman 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Marino is clearly the best, but because of publicity in his early career, he was never given the support system required for true public recognition. In the early days, the Dolphins were great because of team effort, led by the competant but not spectacular Greise. Along comes the media darling, and everybody yapped about his incredible hand-eye coordination. It was the green monster, not a lack of ability, that kept Marino from being widely recognized as the World's Greatest Quarterback, as his team-mates held back, just a little, to make certain the Golden Boy didn't get too fat of a head.
Look at the stats from the answer above . That tells the whole tale, all emotions notwithstanding.
2007-01-22 00:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brady is still playing, and I think it is quite early to be talking about him as all time best.
Montana - guts and abilities to win late
Marino - records and stats.
Elway - leadership and best fourth quarter QB
Kelly - Never won the big one, but made it 4 in a row.
Favre - probably the most impressive streak in professional sports.
2007-01-21 21:46:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Montana is the best in the last 20 years
2007-01-21 21:48:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joe Montana.
2007-01-21 21:35:28 · answer #4 · answered by Jukeboxster 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My opinion is Elway
here is how I would rated them
1 Elway
2 Montana
3 Brady
4 Favre
5 Marino
2007-01-21 21:36:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Today - I'd have to go with Montana.
Could change to Brady in the not to distant future.
2007-01-21 21:35:45 · answer #6 · answered by Fester Frump 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Favre
2007-01-21 21:39:41 · answer #7 · answered by kelsey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let's look at the stats:
1. Marino played in 242 NFL regular season games, completed 4,967 out of 8,358 pass attempts, threw for 61,361 yards, threw 420 touchdown passes and 252 interceptions. Marino has made nine appearances in the Pro Bowl, and won the MVP award in 1984.
2. Joe Montana played in 192 NFL regular season games, completed 3,409 out of 5,391 pass attempts, threw for 40,551 yards, threw 273 touchdown passes and 139 interceptions. Montana has made eight appearances in the Pro Bowl, and won the MVP award in 1989 and 1990.
3. John Elway played in 234 NFL regular season games, completed 4,123 out of 7,250 pass attempts, threw for 51,475 yards, threw 300 touchdown passes and 226 interceptions. Elway has appeared in the Pro Bowl nine times, and won the MVP award in 1987.
4. Johnny Unitas played in 211 NFL regular season games, completed 2,830 out of 5,186 pass attempts, threw for 40,239 yards, threw 290 touchdown passes and 253 interceptions. Unitas appeared in the Pro Bowl ten times, and won the MVP award in 1957, 1959, 1964, and 1967.
5. Fran Tarkenton played in 246 NFL regular season games, completed 3,686 out of 6,467 pass attempts, threw for 47,003 yards, threw 342 touchdown passes and 266 interceptions. Tarkenton appeared in nine Pro Bowl games, and won the MVP award in 1975.
2007-01-21 21:45:18 · answer #8 · answered by danny_boy_jones 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
montana for super bowl rings
and marino for stats, and what about favre?
2007-01-21 21:37:01 · answer #9 · answered by Michael 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Gotta go with an oldie. Johnny Unitas.
2007-01-21 21:40:03 · answer #10 · answered by bennyjoe81 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋