04-06-2025, 02:59 PM
(04-02-2025, 11:02 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Go google "NFL Mount Rushmore QBs". Tell me how many of the lists you find have a QB from pre-Super Bowl NFL times on it. I'm sure there's proabably a couple out there, but the VAST majority are going to be guys who played in the Super Bowl era, and with a potential exception of someone who puts Marino on their list, also won a Super Bowl.
Since you brought up Lombadi/The Lombardi... quick! No looking it up, what was the name given to the pre-Super Bowl Championship?
Move the goalposts much?
And who cares what ignorant click-bait oimple faced ibternet clowns think anyway.
The game has changed so much, the rules changed so much, it is so much easier to out up big numbers passing now tgat of course the morons think bigger numbers equals better QB play. But not necessarily so.
If you eant to talk Mt. Rushmore QBs, I think there are around 6-7 that are worthy contenders, and about a dozen more that are reaches.
Legit Consideration:
1. Graham
2. Unitas
3. Montana
4. Marino
5. Elway
6. Manning
7. Brady
Bit of a Reach:
8. Starr
9. Bradshaw
10. Staubach
11. Tarkenton
12. Young
13. Moon
14. Mahommes
15. Brees
16. Baugh
17. Aikman
18. Luckman
Further reaches:
19. Farve
20. Rodgers
21. Dawson
22. Van Brocklin
23. Warner
23. Fouts
24. Layne
25. Jurgensen
Here is a top 25 list (I don't think Big Ben or Wilson belong) with 8/25 having most/all of their careers pre SB era plus 2 more with a lot of time outside the NFL.
https://www.nfl.com/news/top-25-quarterbacks-of-all-time-patriots-tom-brady-leads-list-0ap3000001035041
There are 29 QBs in the HOF:
1) Entirely Pre SB (7). Baugh, Luckman, Waterforld, Graham, Layne, Tittle, Van Brocklin.
2) Stradled (7): Blanda, Unitas, Starr, Dawson, Jurgenson, Tarkenton, Namath.
3) Entire SB but played outside NFL for some (2): Moon, Kelly.
4) Entirely NFL/SB era (13): Griese, Staubach, Bradshaw, Stabler, Fouts, Montana, Elway, Marino, Young, Aikman, Farve, Manning, Warner.
5) Not eligible yet: Brady, Brees, Big Ben, Rodgers, Wilson.
