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OKAY ... I can agree with that ... but with an ugly pass that looked like a wounded duck , he was able to throw for alot of yards and wins ....( he was no SONNY JURGENSON ) Sonny threw the most beautiful ball ! Johnny Unitas gets no credit anymore ...... Joe Montana is even forgotten !!! "Who is Bart Starr" anybody under 30 will say .... THEY ARE ALL TOUTING Tom Brady as the best ever already ??!!??!! Payton Manning and T Brady will be Hall of Famers but who can say they're the best ever already ???????????
KenC wrote:
Seems like a lot of you want the Pats to fail because of Belicheck...and he ain't even playing.
CJ...missed your question on Billy...he was a good "utility" player, but I think he lacked the character and leadership to be great....and he kept taking himself out of the mix. Bottom line: a great partier but not a great player with the longevity and leadership of a Morrell or Blanda.
Skip...Average $3800 per seat puts the stadium at a cool $300 million plus concessions. Throw in the Phoenix Open and all of the pre-bowl activities, hotel rooms, restaurants, etc., and it looks like close to $1 Billion in revenue for Phoenix....that ought to stimulate the economy.
I was pointing out Montana, Starr, Staubach, Bradshaw, Namath, Unitas, Griese and a bunch of others to my boys as we watched the NFL series of SB game clips. But my original comments were in reference to GREAT back-up QB's that never got any credit!!!...G Blanda and E morrell be 2 of the greatest! Kilmer kept taking himself out of the game with "self-inflicted" injuries, while Blanda and Morrell did everything to keep themselves in the game!
I do have to agree that Brady and Peyton Manning are among those greats...they start, they dedicate themselves to the games and they are extremely talented. The jury is still out on Eli!
Brady and Peyron are great QB's because they are talented and GREAT leaders. For example, Marino was a much better technical passer that Montana, but he was never a great quarterback because he was on-dimensional, and lacked leadership ability. Montana was a great leader, good scrambler, great play-maker and had great filed presence. Skills and traits his contemporary sorely lacked.