Hopeful Historical Comparison
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In watching some of the sports talk on TV this morning there was talk about the upcoming matchup between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen who each came into the league only a year apart. They are both strong armed, extremely talented players, and it was reminiscent to me of the contrasts and comparison of two other strong armed, extremely talented QBs of the past: John Elway vs. Dan Marino.
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.
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Top 25 All Time QBs per Elliott Harrison, NFL.com as of July 2019:
1. Tom Brady
2. Joe Montana
3. Peyton Manning
4. John Unitas
5. Otto Graham
6. Drew Brees
7. Dan Mariono
8. Roger Staubach
9. John Elway
10. Aaron Rodgers
11. Sammy Baugh
12. Brett Favre
13. Bart Starr
14. Troy Aikman
15. Steve Young
16. Sid Luckman
17. Terry Bradshaw
18. Russell Wilson
19. Ben Roethlisberger
20. Kurt Warner
21. Jim Kelly
22. Warren Moon
23. Fran Tarkenton
24. Len Dawson
25. Norm Van Brocklin
Any beefs with this list?
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My own ideas:
1. As far as "old timers" is concerned, I might put in Bob Waterfield/Bobby Layne/Arnie Herber ahead of Van Brocklin
2. I might put in Plunkett and Stabler in over Moon.
And, I don't know....is Joe Flacco getting short shrift? He is 10-5 in the postseason. He has more postseason wins that the likes of Dan Marino, Steve Young, Kurt Warner, Jim Kelly, Bob Griese, and others.
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While I’m no fan of that horsetooth idiot from Denver. I would take him of Roger Staubach all day
And I would take Aaron Rodgers over horseface 100 out of 100 times
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