Greatest quarterback 's question

[jeff]

Do you feel the qb's pre 1980 are better than todays qb's.
Here is why I think they are.
'80 to currrent qb's are bigger and may have stronger arms ,
but qb's pre 1980 called there own plays , so they had to be leaders.
They also had to deal with their own ego , we all know most qb's want to throw the ball every down. the pre 80 qb's had to do what was best for the team above their own goals.
Qb's before 1980 had to be able to manage the game ..time , down and situation , personel and on and on etc.

What do you think ?

[the french guy]

One word, one answer :


JOE MONTANA


2 words, actually

[5-13 Studios]

Pre 80's qb's also had to deal with the fact that their receivers could be mugged all up and down the field. Less chance of seperation from a DB.

[styx]

Originally Posted by 5-13 Studios

Pre 80's qb's also had to deal with the fact that their receivers could be mugged all up and down the field. Less chance of seperation from a DB.

yes, and qbs took alot more punishment back then,there was no penalty for helmet to helmet or rules to protect the qb.

top five;

johnny unitas

bart starr

peyton manning

joe montana

len dawson

[kotixblack]

I will go by division & let you decide. In the late 70's the QB position was so deep, that the back-ups could easily be starters in most cases. Also, the youngster who took over for the old pro kept the offense moving (business as usual) There are also a few dogs in there (Detroit...WOW).

*COULD START IN MULTIPLE ERAS

AFC WEST
OAKLAND RAIDERS- *Darryl Lamonica/*Ken Stabler
San Diego - *Dan Fouts
Kansas - *Len Dawson
Seattle - Jim Zorn/Dave Kreig/Steve Deberg
Denver - *Craig Morton/*John Elway

AFC CENTRAL
Pittsburgh - *Joe Gilliam/*Terry Bradshaw
Houston - *Dan Pastorini
Cinci - *Ken Anderson/*Boomer Esiason
Cleveland - *Brian Sipe

AFC EAST
Miami - *Bob Grecie/*Dan Marino
New England - *Steve Grogan/Tony Eason
New York - *Joe Namath/Richard Todd
Buffalo - *Joe Ferguson/*Jim Kelly
Balitmore - *Johnny Unitas/*Bert Jones

NFC WEST
49ers - *Joe Montana/*Steve Young
New Orleans - *Archie Manning/Bobby Hebert
Los Angeles - *James Harris/Vince Ferragamo/Pat Haden
Atlanta - *Steve Bartkowski

NFC CENTRAL
Tampa Bay - *Doug Williams/Jack Thompson
Green Bay - *Bart Star/Lynn Dickie
Minnesota - *Fran Tarkington/*Tommy Kramer/Wade Wilson
Chicago - *Vince Evans/Jim McMahon
Detroit - Eric Hipple/Gary Danielson

NFC EAST
Philly - *Ron Jaworski/*Randall Cunningham
Washington - *Joe Theisman
St.Louis - *Jim Hart/*Neil Lomax
Dallas - *Roger Staubach/*Danny White/Gary Hogenboom
New York - *Phil Simms/Scott Brunner/Jeff Hostetler

[mark robin]

in firm agreement with all previous suggestions, BUT

when you are judging something, use correct context also...

it basically is apples and oranges these days. my era will always be the early to late 70's, thats just me.

im partial to Staubach for reasons mentioned by others, but man what a great group the 70's had ay?

[wolverine]

My top 5

1.Tom Brady
2.Joe Namath
3.Dan Manrino
4.Johnny Unitias
5.Dan Fouts

[Reginald Rutledge]

JOHNNY U.

Here's my Top 5 of all time

1. Johnny Unitas
2. Tom Brady
3. Joe Montana
4. Peyton "Can't beat Florida" Manning (Gosh, I can not stand this guy and I am a VOL)
5. Roger Stabauch

Honorable Mention
Dan Marino, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts, Troy Aikman and YA Title

[detroitchild]

Originally Posted by the french guy

One word, one answer :


JOE MONTANA


2 words, actually

What he said!

[Electric Coach]

In my opinion, the 80's QBs are better. I believe that because back then QBs had to operate on their own. An example would be there were no headsets in their helmets. Defenders could tee off on them even though they didn't have the ball. And the referee didn't give them the call unless the hit they took was blatantly deliberate.

Over all the 80's and earlier QBs had more to deal with in regards to operating against opponent defenses. QBs today are spoiled. A lot of things go their way in the calls that they get.

If you will allow me to digress for a moment, the rules have changed to protect the QB of today because the speed and the violence of the game has increased.

Maurice

The Electric Coach