But then I thought:   who really was the dominant QB of that era when  Marino and Elway played?   It was NOT the  tall, strong armed QB......it was really a shorter, not as strong armed but consummate leader of a team who worked in a system and with a coach who tailored a system  that dominated  the league at that time.   That being Joe Montana and the Bill Walsh 49ers.

And my thought was:    Let's hope we have this era's Joe Montana  that can dominate over this era's versions of Elway and Marino.  That, of course, being Baker Mayfield.    There is no denying the talent of Mahomes and Allen, just as there was no denying Elway and Marino's talent.   But, I think to be honest,  if you are ranking the all time QBs....Montana's name would come before those other two because of his moxy, leadership, accuracy etc.

So, here is hoping we can have that situation here.  Of course, one thing Montana did have that Mayfield doesn't have, so far, was a fairly dominating defense on the other side of the ball.  People obviously remember the prowess of Montana/Rice/Clark/Roger Craig and that SFO offense; but, they often forget how very outstanding that 49ers defense was as well.  You don't win  4 Super Bowls by offense alone.    So the Browns need to shore up their defense to give the Stefanski/Mayfield offense the ability to shine as well.  It does us know good to score 42 pts. if you are giving up 47.