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**Abebpabeniemo** · 01-28-2010, 06:38 PM

Montana was 16-7.

I think no matter how you measure the two, Montana comes out on top.....right now.

Clearly Manning has better regular season accolades, but its the Superbowls that count the most, right?

See, I think there's a difference between "best quarterback" and "best record".

Clearly, most people use "Number of Super Bowl Rings" as the very first criteria to determine who's who in the pecking order of great QB's.

It's funny, because most other sports don't measure their 'best evers' that way.

I realize that QB's have more control over the outcome of a game than say, your star cleanup hitter, your 30 ppg shooting guard, or whatever, but the fact remains, it's a team sport, and judging a guy's worth based on his teams accomplishments is a fallacy to begin with. Dan Marino can't make the defense better. He can't make the field goals. He doesn't block for the running backs, yet because he has zero rings, he often gets left out of the 'best ever' discussions.

Until Favre left him in the dust, Marino was easily the most prolific passer in the game's history, CLEARLY a better passer than Elway, yet Elway is often mentioned moreso among the greats because he had the good fortune of having Terrell Davis on the Broncos during his last 2 years.

Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

01-28-2010, 06:38 PM	#51
Abebpabeniemo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 430 Senior Member	Montana was 16-7. I think no matter how you measure the two, Montana comes out on top.....right now. Clearly Manning has better regular season accolades, but its the Superbowls that count the most, right? See, I think there's a difference between "best quarterback" and "best record". Clearly, most people use "Number of Super Bowl Rings" as the very first criteria to determine who's who in the pecking order of great QB's. It's funny, because most other sports don't measure their 'best evers' that way. I realize that QB's have more control over the outcome of a game than say, your star cleanup hitter, your 30 ppg shooting guard, or whatever, but the fact remains, it's a team sport, and judging a guy's worth based on his teams accomplishments is a fallacy to begin with. Dan Marino can't make the defense better. He can't make the field goals. He doesn't block for the running backs, yet because he has zero rings, he often gets left out of the 'best ever' discussions. Until Favre left him in the dust, Marino was easily the most prolific passer in the game's history, CLEARLY a better passer than Elway, yet Elway is often mentioned moreso among the greats because he had the good fortune of having Terrell Davis on the Broncos during his last 2 years. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
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