Re: USA Today's 100 Greatest NFL Players of All Time
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 12:21 pm
Love that image of Gene Upshaw they used. Looks like he's playing with taped lobster claws
fwiw I don't compare QB's across eras. The position is so radically different that it's just not worth it. Maybe Peyton is the best of all time, or maybe it's Brady or perhaps Marino. And while championships help...I mean if you put Brees on New England and pair him with Belichick is it so unfathomable that he wins the same as Brady. Would it be any different with Rodgers subbed in for Brady? If Brady played for a franchise like N.O. who for a lot of years had a sieve defense would he drag them to 6 Super Bowl titles? Doubtful. He may end up just like Brees has. A great QB with a respectable but not quite good enough infrastructure around him.
And forget about comparing Unitas to anybody today. Heck nobody who called their own plays, got hit, and went against actual defense should be compared to todays video game stats era.
fwiw I don't compare QB's across eras. The position is so radically different that it's just not worth it. Maybe Peyton is the best of all time, or maybe it's Brady or perhaps Marino. And while championships help...I mean if you put Brees on New England and pair him with Belichick is it so unfathomable that he wins the same as Brady. Would it be any different with Rodgers subbed in for Brady? If Brady played for a franchise like N.O. who for a lot of years had a sieve defense would he drag them to 6 Super Bowl titles? Doubtful. He may end up just like Brees has. A great QB with a respectable but not quite good enough infrastructure around him.
And forget about comparing Unitas to anybody today. Heck nobody who called their own plays, got hit, and went against actual defense should be compared to todays video game stats era.