O'Donnell played for the Bengals, Jets and Titans after his time in Pittsburgh. Could Orton be on the presidential ticket one day? Hell, it wouldn't be that much of a stretch to put Rivers ahead of Namath right now but it's hard to bump Joe down too far, even if I would bump him out of the Hall of Fame left to my own devices. Kilmer is another guy that makes me glad I did my diligence. He was a perfect 2-0 in Super Bowl appearances, winning MVP honors in both games. 2) Joe Montana. Copyright 2019-2023. Only two starting quarterbacks for Washington have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Sammy Baugh (1937-1952) and . Ferguson wore the No. Graham's record as a starter was 57-13-1 (.810), good for the best winning percentage all time among quarterbacks. He did win a Super Bowl ring, but it came while he was backing up Staubach in Super Bowl XII. He only made one Pro Bowl, but playing with the Bungles it's hard to make a lot of those A former No. Fouts never made it to the Super Bowl, which obviously hurts his overall stock to some degree, but his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993 speaks volumes. However, Young also changed while he was playing the game. He appeared in two Pro Bowls: the first with the Los Angeles Rams, who drafted him with the "bonus" draft pick that no longer exists in today's NFL draft, and the latter during his title season with the Bears. Manning became the first to start two Super Bowls with multiple franchises, with different head coaches each time (Dungy, Caldwell, Fox, and Kubiak). Of course, you can also do better, and that's why he's only No. After starting only 2 games in his first 5 NFL seasons, Delhomme joined the Carolina Panthers and immediately took over the starting job. At the beginning of his career, Van Brocklin split quarterbacking duties with Bob Waterfield, but soon took over the starting job himself. Bert Jones was selected second overall in the 1973 NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts to be the eventual successor to all-everything QB Johnny Unitas, and he played at Memorial Stadium for eight seasons. In fact, Kolb never played another snap in the NFL after the Cardinals released him in 2013 and he retired following a concussion sustained in preseason with the Bills. After a stellar career at the University of Florida, Rex Grossman entered the NFL as the #22 pick of the 2003 NFL Draft, being selected by the Chicago Bears. On one level, it's hard to believe that the quarterback in charge of the great Miami Dolphins dynasty of the 1970s isn't the greatest in franchise history. The longtime Indianapolis Colts QB joined the Denver Broncos in 2012 following his release from the team after drafting Andrew Luck. My opinions are not scientific, and while I have done a fair amount of research in putting this list together, I am 100 percent sure that no one else on this planet would have exactly the same list as mechiefly because not everyone will use my criteria. Know primarily for his long run with the Green Bay Packers, Favre caused ire with fans after announcing his retirement in 2008 and then joining up with the New York Jets soon after. He is second all-time in career wins (regular season and postseason) with 200. Many people believed that the Cardinals and Matt Leinart were a perfect combination after he fell to them at the #11 pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. It was a different time- there weren't as many teams in the NFL as there are today, and there wasn't the same kind of parity. Culpepper wasn't fundamentally sound, occasionally throwing across his body or into traffic, but he had a great supporting cast headlined by Moss, and so he did pretty well for himself. Jackson was clearly in a dark place and hopefully he finds his way out of whatever hole he is in. Tough break, John. He spent all 12 of his professional seasons in Dallas, where he would become the Cowboys' all-time career leader in wins, pass attempts and completions. The defending Super Bowl champion Broncos entered the game with an AFC-best 142 regular season record. Prior to last season, there is no way that Brees would rank this highly in the top 100. In two successive AFC championships, Kosar's Browns lost to the Denver Broncos, first thanks to The Drive, when John Elway drove the Broncos 98 yards for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter, and then thanks to The Fumble, when Earnest Byner lost the ball on Denver's three-yard line. After eventually losing the starting gig to Garrard, Leftwich went to Pittsburgh and served as the backup to Big Ben until 2012. Careers for NFL players are notoriously short, so playing past age 30 is an accomplishment. Stats for active players are through the 2021 regular season. The first quarterback to start in Super Bowls with two different teams was Craig Morton, who appeared in the 1970 big game with the Dallas Cowboys and did the same in 1977 with the Denver Broncos. Clausen was touted as being a competitive, arrogant gunslinger when he was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2010. Even without his CFL career numbers added on, Moon's statistics are still impressive; until Brett Favre broke Moon's major passing records in 2007, Moon held the NFL record for passing touchdowns and passing completions. Gannon had a successful career but was never able to actually win a Super Bowl championship. Please enjoy. Once he had finally been named the starter, he never looked back and led the Panthers to the Super Bowl in his first season. The bottom line is that he is a winner, and the reason why he is a winner is that, when the chips are down, he's going to make it all go. Brady has long said that his goal was to play until . Better known these days as the head coach for the Stanford Cardinal, Jim Harbaugh played for 15 seasons in the NFL before beginning his coaching career. If you are looking for an offense that could score at will, this could be it. Griese played in the actual Super Bowl that year. Does that mean a return to the Buccaneers is off the table? He also was elected to six Pro Bowls during his career and is widely recognized as the most prolific passer of his era. Yet his two seasons outside the top 10 in overall grade were all the way down at 17 th (2015) and 25 th (2012), something that we never saw from Rodgers, Brees, and Brady ahead of him. For a long time, it was Joe Montana and then everybody else in the greatest quarterback of all time conversation. Marino was named NFL Rookie of the Year in 1983 and NFL MVP in '84. He is commonly seen on the pre and post game coverages of Pac-12 games. He played for the Jets, Cowboys, Patriots, and Panthers after his time in Baltimore. However, his final throw of the game and his career was a two-point conversion late in the game. A virtually-unknown and even-more overlooked coming out of Eastern Illinois University, Tony Romo went totally undrafted in 2003, and went from becoming a backup quarterback who caught the attention of several NFL teams, to being handed the starting job of America's most famous (or infamous) team in place of a struggling Drew Bledsoe. Still, there's not a lot of space for him in the San Francisco sports pantheon, so Brodie is often overlooked. He also was named to four Pro Bowls. News on all your favorite celebs, reality TV, and movies. Morrall started for injured Dolphins QB Bob Griese during the 1972 season for the Miami Dolphins and was part of the league's only undefeated team in history, though he was benched in favor of Griese during the team's playoff run. Brunell had a fantastic connection with wideouts Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell. Because AFL/NFL stats don't always translate exactly, his strong career winning percentage really helps him on this list. He is the only QB to ever throw for more than 400 yards and keep a perfect 158.3 QB rating in the same game; he also combined with Marino to throw for over 900 passing yards in the same game, another NFL record. It also helped him earn NFL MVP honors in 1990. He played all the way through 1976 and promptly landed a gig at the University of Miami when he stopped playing. As I mentioned on the introductory slide if your guy was the greatest in history, why didn't he win? A onetime record holder for the most passing touchdowns in NFL history, Warren Moon was able to parlay his physical gifts and throwing acumen into a career that spanned from 1983 to 2000. Marquette County Road Commission Manager to retire after more than 20 years. This list consists of 15 quarterbacks from the past decades that you wouldn't necessarily think of off the top of your head and check in to see what they are up to today. Nevertheless, it isn't like Simms was handed both rings: following the 1986 season, Simms played one of the best games of his career against the Denver Broncos, completing 22 of 25 passes. It might not be much consolation for losing the Super Bowl, but Esiason's final NFL play was a 70 yard winning TD pass to Darnay Scott against the Baltimore Ravens. However, Plummer decided to retire rather than play with the Buccaneers. Williams's victory was without doubt the high point of his career; he dealt with injuries afterward and eventually lost his starting job to Mark Rypien. He is also the only quarterback on this list to also kick field goals in professional NFL games, even if most of his numbers are pre-merger. Jim Kelly, the best QB in Buffalo Bills franchise history, couldn't escape the curse that the city seems to live under. In case you were curious, the 50th year since Layne's departure was the season when the Lions had the only 0-16 season in NFL history. Montana was no slouch during the regular season either, earning NFL MVP honors in both 1989 and '90. However, they ran into a buzz saw in the form of the Seattle Seahawks with a final score of 43-8. The first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft out of the University of Tennessee, Peyton Manning has garnered more accomplishments than any other quarterback in NFL history. Like Bert Jones, it is sometimes difficult to figure out exactly how good Manning was simply because there was so little talent around him. I don't know how I did them.". As a result, they ranked second in the NFL with 501 points and third in total offense with 6,276 yards. You'll periodically hear Starr's name come up in discussions about the top quarterback of all time, though it is rare. There is no more revered or analyzed position in the NFL than quarterback. Orton also has political aspirations and has stated that he one day wants to run for Congress. At the same time, just the stratospheric nature of Manning's numbers alone warrant a place in the top five. Oh, one more thing. Today, Archie Manning is perhaps best known as the father of current NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning, but Archie was a pretty good player in his own right. In so far as there were "blockbuster" trades in 1964, the trade that brought him to Philadelphia in exchange for Sonny Jurgenson probably qualifies. Brady has long said that his goal was to play until he was 45, and reported marital issues which ultimately turned into a divorce made the idea of him returning for a 24th season very unlikely. 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