The_Crosby_Show wrote:
NNN wrote:
Trueblue23 wrote:
Nah I don't care about that stuff, someone can delete it IDC.
I started this thread because I had a question..
IF the Colts win this game, will Manning be able to claim the place as greatest QB of all-time?
As Manning's biggest fan on this site...no.
Certainly it would put him into the top five, but I think that in general, people are
way too quick to want to believe they're witnessing the best ever and have no real perspective on who came before.
Thank you. Most people now days most don't know who Otto Graham, Bart Starr, Fran Tarkenton, Sammy Baugh, and George Blanda are. These guys in my mind are way better than Manning.
Colts-35
Aints-24
The only quarterbacks I'd put ahead of Manning at this point in time are Graham, Baugh, Luckman, Len Dawson, and Unitas.
Although I'm not going to get into the whole explanation:
Starr - tremendous playoff QB, average to below average in the regular season. When Lombardi went to Washington, he couldn't stop gushing about how an out-of-shape, past his prime Sonny Jurgensen was.
Tarkenton - had the numbers because he was told to pass the ball more than anyone else in the league over his career. Imagine a good quarterback today asked to pass as often as Drew Bledsoe was.
Blanda - horribly overrated, mostly on account of his kicking prowess. A starter for a very short period of time, and what were easily his best years came in two years (60 and 61) when the AFL was on par with the CFL. Once the depth of the league increased, he went back to normal. Also, it's worth noting that he threw 42 interceptions in a 14-game season that still saw Houston end up in the title game...which went to overtime...which they lost...mainly because he threw 5 more (47 in 15 games total).
Scarface wrote:
Steelers beat both of them and win one for the o-ring. Peyton Manning got drunk once in college, therefore he is a p.o.s.
Steelers wouldn't draft someone like that.
Steelers drafted window-punching Santonio "Up In Smoke" Holmes in the first round.
And Manning was never drunk in college.