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  • The Gipper The GipperT In Memoriam Very Popular
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    I know a lot of you think the coming draft is full of good potential QBs. I am not so sure, but here is a related topic: A debate has often been held about which QB draft class was the best. The following are the QBs that were taken in the regular draft in many years since 1950. Decent QBs listed. I have bolded the HOF QBs, Italics for certain future HOF.

    1950 Tobin Rote, Eddie LeBaron

    1952 Billie Wade, Babe Parilli, Ed Brown

    1955 John Unitas

    1956 Earl Morrall, Bart Starr

    1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson

    1960 Don Meredith, Charlie Johnson

    1961 Norm Snead, Billy Kilmer, Fran Tarkenton

    1962 Roman Gabriel, John Hadl

    1964 Roger Staubach

    1965 Craig Morton, Joe Namath

    1967 Bob Griese

    1968 Greg Landry, Ken Stabler

    1970 Terry Bradshaw

    1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman

    1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

    1975 Steve Bartkowski, Steve Grogan

    1978 Doug Williams, Bill Kenney

    1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana

    1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino

    1984 Boomer Esiason, Jeff Hostetler, Jay Schroeder

    1985 Randall Cunningham (Bernie Kosar, supplemental)

    1986 Jim Everett, Mark Rypien

    1987 Vinny Testaverde, Chris Miller, Jim Harbaugh, Rich Gannon, Steve Beurelein, Don Majkowski

    1988 Chris Chandler, Stan Humphries

    1989 Troy Aikman

    1991 Brett Favre

    1992 Jeff Blake, Brad Johnson

    1993 Mark Brunell, Elvis Grbac, Trent Green, Drew Bledsoe

    1995 Steve McNair, Kerry Collins, Kordell Stewart

    1998 Peyton Manning, Brian Griese, Matt Hasselbeck

    1999 Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper, Aaron Brooks

    2000 Chad Pennington, Marc Bulger, Tom Brady

    2001 Michael Vick, Drew Brees

    2003 Carson Palmer

    2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub

    2005 Aaron Rodgers, Jason campbell, Kyle Orton, Matt Cassell

    2008 Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco

    2009 Matt Stafford, Mark Sanchez

    2011 Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick

    2012 Andrew Luck, RGIII, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson, Nick Foles

    2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

    2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

    Rank say your top 5 classes of all time from the above list.

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      • 1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino
      • 2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub
      • 1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman
      • 1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson
      • 1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana
      Honorable Mention:

      1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

      TBD

      2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

      2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

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        The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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        My Top 5 I have to rank:

        1983 Three Hall of Famers, plus a very good Ken O'Brien

        1957 Two HOFers, plus Brodie has been borderline but just out. Plum productive career

        2004 Three potential HOF

        1971 Just a bunch of good QBs...No HOF, but a few just below the borderline.

        My #5 is kind of up for grabs. 2012 could be it....Luck/Wilson alone so far puts them at good place.

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          1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino.....everybodies #1, right?

          2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub

          1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman

          1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

          1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana

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            • 1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino
            • 2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub
            • 1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman
            • 1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson
            • 1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana
            Honorable Mention:

            1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

            TBD

            2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

            2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

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            @tour2ma said:

            • 1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino
            • 2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub
            • 1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman
            • 1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson
            • 1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana
            Honorable Mention:

            1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

            TBD

            2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

            2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

            I think I might choose the '73 draft over '79. '79 relies mainly on Joe Cool....but I think '73 had more better QBs. Numbers count some...that is why 1971 is in there.

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              I'd add 2012 as a TBD - with Luck and Wilson alone it's pretty good. Also got Cousins, Tannehill and Osweiler, who could go either way. Oh, and Brandon Fucking Weeden.

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                The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
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                Let's do the other side of the coin: Candidates for the Worst QB draft class. There have been some years actually where a QB was not taken in the first round. I am not including those years. I am looking at years where a number of QBs were taken in Rounds 1 and 2....and they just about all were Bust. Here, again, I am only looking at the first two rounds......and only going back to 1970 (when scouting is supposed to have improved drastically). :

                1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                1980 Marc Wilson, Mark Malone

                1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                1992 David Klingler, Tommy Maddox, Matt Blundin, Tony Sacca

                1994 Heath Shuler, Trent Dilfer

                2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                2010 Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen

                Note: I thought about putting 1991 in here, the year of Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich and Browning Nagle....but that year got eliminated because it also contained Brett Favre.

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                  @tour2ma said:

                  • 1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino
                  • 2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub
                  • 1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman
                  • 1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson
                  • 1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana
                  Honorable Mention:

                  1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

                  TBD

                  2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

                  2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

                  I think I might choose the '73 draft over '79. '79 relies mainly on Joe Cool....but I think '73 had more better QBs. Numbers count some...that is why 1971 is in there.

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                  @the-gipper said:

                  I think I might choose the '73 draft over '79. '79 relies mainly on Joe Cool....but I think '73 had more better QBs. Numbers count some...that is why 1971 is in there.

                  More better? Such grammar! 😉

                  Sure that argument can be made. It's exactly why I have the 1971 class is as high as it is. Also why other, good, two-QB classes were passed over. But there are fewer in the '73 class than the '71, and the weighting of my GOAT with an assist from Sims made my decision for me.

                  Still it was close... thus the honorable mention.

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                  • The GipperT The Gipper

                    Let's do the other side of the coin: Candidates for the Worst QB draft class. There have been some years actually where a QB was not taken in the first round. I am not including those years. I am looking at years where a number of QBs were taken in Rounds 1 and 2....and they just about all were Bust. Here, again, I am only looking at the first two rounds......and only going back to 1970 (when scouting is supposed to have improved drastically). :

                    1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                    1980 Marc Wilson, Mark Malone

                    1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                    1992 David Klingler, Tommy Maddox, Matt Blundin, Tony Sacca

                    1994 Heath Shuler, Trent Dilfer

                    2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                    2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                    2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                    2010 Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen

                    Note: I thought about putting 1991 in here, the year of Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich and Browning Nagle....but that year got eliminated because it also contained Brett Favre.

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                    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                    @the-gipper said:

                    Let's do the other side of the coin: Candidates for the Worst QB draft class. There have been some years actually where a QB was not taken in the first round. I am not including those years. I am looking at years where a number of QBs were taken in Rounds 1 and 2....and they just about all were Bust. Here, again, I am only looking at the first two rounds......and only going back to 1970 (when scouting is supposed to have improved drastically). :

                    1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                    1980 Marc Wilson, Mark Malone

                    1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                    1992 David Klingler, Tommy Maddox, Matt Blundin, Tony Sacca

                    1994 Heath Shuler, Trent Dilfer

                    2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                    2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                    2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                    2010 Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen

                    Note: I thought about putting 1991 in here, the year of Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich and Browning Nagle....but that year got eliminated because it also contained Brett Favre.

                    This is a much more difficult choice. I will eliminate 1994 from the list as Dilfer did take a team to a Super Bowl win. I am debating about 2006 because Cutler has played some very decent football...but those other 4? Blechh.

                    How about:

                    1. 2007

                    2. 1992

                    3. 2010

                    4. 2002

                    5. 1972

                    Moral of the story....for all of you touting this group of QB draft candidates for 2016: look above...it is not beyond the realm of possibility that it could join this list.

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                      @the-gipper said:

                      I think I might choose the '73 draft over '79. '79 relies mainly on Joe Cool....but I think '73 had more better QBs. Numbers count some...that is why 1971 is in there.

                      More better? Such grammar! 😉

                      Sure that argument can be made. It's exactly why I have the 1971 class is as high as it is. Also why other, good, two-QB classes were passed over. But there are fewer in the '73 class than the '71, and the weighting of my GOAT with an assist from Sims made my decision for me.

                      Still it was close... thus the honorable mention.

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                      The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by The Gipper
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                      @tour2ma said:

                      More better? Such grammar! 😉

                      How would you have said it?

                      Sure that argument can be made. It's exactly why I have the 1971 class is as high as it is. Also why other, good, two-QB classes were passed over. But there are fewer in the '73 class than the '71, and the weighting of my GOAT with an assist from Sims made my decision for me.

                      Would you not then have to have gone with 2000? Brady/Montana, pretty close. Simms though may beat out Pennington.

                      Still it was close... thus the honorable mention.

                      Edit: How about this matchup:

                      Montana and Simms or Peyton and Hasselbeck

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                      • The GipperT The Gipper

                        Let's do the other side of the coin: Candidates for the Worst QB draft class. There have been some years actually where a QB was not taken in the first round. I am not including those years. I am looking at years where a number of QBs were taken in Rounds 1 and 2....and they just about all were Bust. Here, again, I am only looking at the first two rounds......and only going back to 1970 (when scouting is supposed to have improved drastically). :

                        1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                        1980 Marc Wilson, Mark Malone

                        1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                        1992 David Klingler, Tommy Maddox, Matt Blundin, Tony Sacca

                        1994 Heath Shuler, Trent Dilfer

                        2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                        2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                        2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                        2010 Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen

                        Note: I thought about putting 1991 in here, the year of Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich and Browning Nagle....but that year got eliminated because it also contained Brett Favre.

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                        Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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                        @the-gipper said:

                        1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                        Pass on the effort, but will offer a comment...

                        Interesting that since 1970, "when scouting improved", you came up with 9 candidates for a worst list, but 30 candidate classes for your best list.

                        I like the odds...

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                        • The GipperT The Gipper

                          Let's do the other side of the coin: Candidates for the Worst QB draft class. There have been some years actually where a QB was not taken in the first round. I am not including those years. I am looking at years where a number of QBs were taken in Rounds 1 and 2....and they just about all were Bust. Here, again, I am only looking at the first two rounds......and only going back to 1970 (when scouting is supposed to have improved drastically). :

                          1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                          1980 Marc Wilson, Mark Malone

                          1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                          1992 David Klingler, Tommy Maddox, Matt Blundin, Tony Sacca

                          1994 Heath Shuler, Trent Dilfer

                          2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                          2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                          2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                          2010 Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen

                          Note: I thought about putting 1991 in here, the year of Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich and Browning Nagle....but that year got eliminated because it also contained Brett Favre.

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                          MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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                          Hard to pick who is the worst, so to speak.....so Im gonna base mine on the most highly touted flops.....

                          @the-gipper said:

                          2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                          1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                          2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                          2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                          1991 Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich, Browning Nagle....even with Farve, Ill still take '91....McGwire and Marinovich were monumental fails...

                          @tour2ma said:

                          More better? Such grammar! 😉

                          Im waffling on this....may be acceptable in context...?

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                            @the-gipper said:

                            Let's do the other side of the coin: Candidates for the Worst QB draft class. There have been some years actually where a QB was not taken in the first round. I am not including those years. I am looking at years where a number of QBs were taken in Rounds 1 and 2....and they just about all were Bust. Here, again, I am only looking at the first two rounds......and only going back to 1970 (when scouting is supposed to have improved drastically). :

                            1972 Jerry Tagge, John Reaves, Pat Sullivan

                            1980 Marc Wilson, Mark Malone

                            1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                            1992 David Klingler, Tommy Maddox, Matt Blundin, Tony Sacca

                            1994 Heath Shuler, Trent Dilfer

                            2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                            2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                            2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                            2010 Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen

                            Note: I thought about putting 1991 in here, the year of Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich and Browning Nagle....but that year got eliminated because it also contained Brett Favre.

                            This is a much more difficult choice. I will eliminate 1994 from the list as Dilfer did take a team to a Super Bowl win. I am debating about 2006 because Cutler has played some very decent football...but those other 4? Blechh.

                            How about:

                            1. 2007

                            2. 1992

                            3. 2010

                            4. 2002

                            5. 1972

                            Moral of the story....for all of you touting this group of QB draft candidates for 2016: look above...it is not beyond the realm of possibility that it could join this list.

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                            @the-gipper said:

                            This is a much more difficult choice. I will eliminate 1994 from the list as Dilfer did take a team to a Super Bowl win. I am debating about 2006 because Cutler has played some very decent football...but those other 4? Blechh.

                            How about:

                            1. 2007

                            2. 1992

                            3. 2010

                            4. 2002

                            5. 1972

                            Moral of the story....for all of you touting this group of QB draft candidates for 2016: look above...it is not beyond the realm of possibility that it could join this list.

                            And it could also join the list of best draft classes?

                            Whatever point you were trying to make failed.

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                              I know a lot of you think the coming draft is full of good potential QBs. I am not so sure, but here is a related topic: A debate has often been held about which QB draft class was the best. The following are the QBs that were taken in the regular draft in many years since 1950. Decent QBs listed. I have bolded the HOF QBs, Italics for certain future HOF.

                              1950 Tobin Rote, Eddie LeBaron

                              1952 Billie Wade, Babe Parilli, Ed Brown

                              1955 John Unitas

                              1956 Earl Morrall, Bart Starr

                              1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson

                              1960 Don Meredith, Charlie Johnson

                              1961 Norm Snead, Billy Kilmer, Fran Tarkenton

                              1962 Roman Gabriel, John Hadl

                              1964 Roger Staubach

                              1965 Craig Morton, Joe Namath

                              1967 Bob Griese

                              1968 Greg Landry, Ken Stabler

                              1970 Terry Bradshaw

                              1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman

                              1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

                              1975 Steve Bartkowski, Steve Grogan

                              1978 Doug Williams, Bill Kenney

                              1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana

                              1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino

                              1984 Boomer Esiason, Jeff Hostetler, Jay Schroeder

                              1985 Randall Cunningham (Bernie Kosar, supplemental)

                              1986 Jim Everett, Mark Rypien

                              1987 Vinny Testaverde, Chris Miller, Jim Harbaugh, Rich Gannon, Steve Beurelein, Don Majkowski

                              1988 Chris Chandler, Stan Humphries

                              1989 Troy Aikman

                              1991 Brett Favre

                              1992 Jeff Blake, Brad Johnson

                              1993 Mark Brunell, Elvis Grbac, Trent Green, Drew Bledsoe

                              1995 Steve McNair, Kerry Collins, Kordell Stewart

                              1998 Peyton Manning, Brian Griese, Matt Hasselbeck

                              1999 Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper, Aaron Brooks

                              2000 Chad Pennington, Marc Bulger, Tom Brady

                              2001 Michael Vick, Drew Brees

                              2003 Carson Palmer

                              2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub

                              2005 Aaron Rodgers, Jason campbell, Kyle Orton, Matt Cassell

                              2008 Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco

                              2009 Matt Stafford, Mark Sanchez

                              2011 Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick

                              2012 Andrew Luck, RGIII, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson, Nick Foles

                              2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

                              2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

                              Rank say your top 5 classes of all time from the above list.

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                              @the-gipper said:

                              I know a lot of you think the coming draft is full of good potential QBs. I am not so sure, but here is a related topic: A debate has often been held about which QB draft class was the best. The following are the QBs that were taken in the regular draft in many years since 1950. Decent QBs listed. I have bolded the HOF QBs, Italics for certain future HOF.

                              1950 Tobin Rote, Eddie LeBaron

                              1952 Billie Wade, Babe Parilli, Ed Brown

                              1955 John Unitas

                              1956 Earl Morrall, Bart Starr (giving Morrall credit for playing most of 1972 Dolphins seasons)

                              1957 John Brodie, Len Dawson, Milt Plum, Sonny Jurgenson

                              1960 Don Meredith, Charlie Johnson

                              1961 Norm Snead, Billy Kilmer, Fran Tarkenton

                              1962 Roman Gabriel, John Hadl

                              1964 Roger Staubach

                              1965 Craig Morton, Joe Namath

                              1967 Bob Griese

                              1968 Greg Landry, Ken Stabler

                              1970 Terry Bradshaw

                              1971 Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Ken Anderson, Joe Theisman

                              1973 Bert Jones, Ron Jaworski, Dan Fouts, Joe Ferguson

                              1975 Steve Bartkowski, Steve Grogan

                              1978 Doug Williams, Bill Kenney

                              1979 Phil Simms, Joe Montana

                              1983 John Elway, Jim Kelley, Ken O'Brien, Dan Marino

                              1984 Boomer Esiason, Jeff Hostetler, Jay Schroeder

                              1985 Randall Cunningham (Bernie Kosar, supplemental)

                              1986 Jim Everett, Mark Rypien

                              1987 Vinny Testaverde, Chris Miller, Jim Harbaugh, Rich Gannon, Steve Beurelein, Don Majkowski

                              1988 Chris Chandler, Stan Humphries

                              1989 Troy Aikman

                              1991 Brett Favre

                              1992 Jeff Blake, Brad Johnson

                              1993 Mark Brunell, Elvis Grbac, Trent Green, Drew Bledsoe

                              1995 Steve McNair, Kerry Collins, Kordell Stewart

                              1998 Peyton Manning, Brian Griese, Matt Hasselbeck

                              1999 Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper, Aaron Brooks

                              2000 Chad Pennington, Marc Bulger, Tom Brady

                              2001 Michael Vick, Drew Brees

                              2003 Carson Palmer

                              2004 Eli Manning, Phil Rivers, Ben Roethlisbeger, Matt Schaub

                              2005 Aaron Rodgers, Jason campbell, Kyle Orton, Matt Cassell

                              2008 Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco

                              2009 Matt Stafford, Mark Sanchez

                              2011 Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick

                              2012 Andrew Luck, RGIII, Ryan Tannehill, Russell Wilson, Nick Foles

                              2014 Blake Bortles, Teddy Twatwater, Derek Carr

                              2015 Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota

                              Rank say your top 5 classes of all time from the above list.

                              Above I have highlighted all QBs who have won a championship....for what that's worth.

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                                Hard to pick who is the worst, so to speak.....so Im gonna base mine on the most highly touted flops.....

                                @the-gipper said:

                                2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                                1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                                2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                                2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                                1991 Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich, Browning Nagle....even with Farve, Ill still take '91....McGwire and Marinovich were monumental fails...

                                @tour2ma said:

                                More better? Such grammar! 😉

                                Im waffling on this....may be acceptable in context...?

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                                @mudfly said:

                                Hard to pick who is the worst, so to speak.....so Im gonna base mine on the most highly touted flops.....

                                Im waffling on this....may be acceptable in context...?

                                It is indeed.

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                                  @the-gipper said:

                                  This is a much more difficult choice. I will eliminate 1994 from the list as Dilfer did take a team to a Super Bowl win. I am debating about 2006 because Cutler has played some very decent football...but those other 4? Blechh.

                                  How about:

                                  1. 2007

                                  2. 1992

                                  3. 2010

                                  4. 2002

                                  5. 1972

                                  Moral of the story....for all of you touting this group of QB draft candidates for 2016: look above...it is not beyond the realm of possibility that it could join this list.

                                  And it could also join the list of best draft classes?

                                  Whatever point you were trying to make failed.

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                                  @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

                                  And it could also join the list of best draft classes?

                                  Whatever point you were trying to make failed.

                                  It didn't fail....it was a precautionary point. We just don't know the future of this future draft class. It could join either camp.....you don't have a fucking clue what will happen. Neither do I.

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                                    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

                                    And it could also join the list of best draft classes?

                                    Whatever point you were trying to make failed.

                                    It didn't fail....it was a precautionary point. We just don't know the future of this future draft class. It could join either camp.....you don't have a fucking clue what will happen. Neither do I.

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                                    @the-gipper said:

                                    It didn't fail....it was a precautionary point. We just don't know the future of this future draft class. It could join either camp.....you don't have a fucking clue what will happen. Neither do I.

                                    Lets hope it joins the best class group...and we don't end up looking back and crying because we're the ones who drafted JP Losman.

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                                      @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

                                      And it could also join the list of best draft classes?

                                      Whatever point you were trying to make failed.

                                      It didn't fail....it was a precautionary point. We just don't know the future of this future draft class. It could join either camp.....you don't have a fucking clue what will happen. Neither do I.

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                                      Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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                                      @the-gipper said:

                                      It didn't fail....it was a precautionary point. We just don't know the future of this future draft class. It could join either camp.....you don't have a fucking clue what will happen. Neither do I.

                                      Exactly... It's all about the odds... and 3:1 ain't bad...

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                                        Hard to pick who is the worst, so to speak.....so Im gonna base mine on the most highly touted flops.....

                                        @the-gipper said:

                                        2007 Jamarcus Russell, Brady Quinn, Kevin Kolb, John Beck

                                        1990 Jeff George, Andre Ware

                                        2002 David Carr, Joey Harrington, Patrick Ramsey

                                        2006 Vince Young, Matt Leinert, Jay Cutler, Kellen Clemens, Tavaris Jackson

                                        1991 Dan McGwire, Todd Marinovich, Browning Nagle....even with Farve, Ill still take '91....McGwire and Marinovich were monumental fails...

                                        @tour2ma said:

                                        More better? Such grammar! 😉

                                        Im waffling on this....may be acceptable in context...?

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                                        @mudfly said:

                                        Im waffling on this....may be acceptable in context...?

                                        I consulted my English teacher wife and she says that it was incorrect as originally written. She's in agreement with Tour. I told her that makes her one sick puppy. 😆

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                                          @the-gipper said:

                                          It didn't fail....it was a precautionary point. We just don't know the future of this future draft class. It could join either camp.....you don't have a fucking clue what will happen. Neither do I.

                                          Lets hope it joins the best class group...and we don't end up looking back and crying because we're the ones who drafted JP Losman.

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                                          @bbedward said:

                                          Lets hope it joins the best class group...and we don't end up looking back and crying because we're the ones who drafted JP Losman.

                                          We did that in 2012.

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