Most overrated QBs...ever

Originally posted by susweel:
Brett Favre

He has choked many times in the playoffs and nobody ever says anything.

At the same time, he's carried his team throughout the season many times as well.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1996.htm

Originally posted by BirdmanJr:
Wow..I never bothered to look up Namath's stats but I always thought he was some great QB

Career Stats
TD-INT 173-220
Yards 27,663
QB Rating 65.5



those stats look AWFUL..is it because of the era he played in or what?

You can contribute the comp% to era, but his best was 52%, just below 50 the rest of the time. He had exactly one season where he threw more TDs than picks and even then it was 19-17. 4 total winning seasons in over a decade. Basically he's in the HOF based off one win, albeit an important one. He's the original Ochocinco, a marginally decent player who got famous because he attracted a lot of media attention in the largest media market.
An even better comparison would be Jim McMahon, who had better overall numbers and won 1 SB with a great D and running game, much like Namath, and was more famous for his antics than anything. You don't see him in the HOF though.

Originally posted by GEEK:

Originally posted by susweel:
Brett Favre

He has choked many times in the playoffs and nobody ever says anything.

At the same time, he's carried his team throughout the season many times as well.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1996.htm

Yes indeed, however his playoff stats leave a lot to be desired.

Tom Brady

Namath, Namath, Namath, and Namath.

To go along with most of the QBs in the 60s and 70s.

Originally posted by solidg2000:
Tom Brady

sarcasm?

Originally posted by Dino:

Originally posted by solidg2000:
Tom Brady

sarcasm?

Give him Jose Cortez... and he's a nobody.

i loved steve mcnair.

Originally posted by YuNGaCE:
i loved steve mcnair.

And he loved you too

Dan Marino! Yep, I said it! The guy couldnt win a big game to save his own life!

Originally posted by pantstickle:
I completely agree with everyone on that list, especially Aikman.

Having the greatest (arguably) running back of all time on his team is why he won three Super Bowls, but nobody ever wants to give credit to offensive players that don't play QB.

Brad Johnson has better stats in almost every possible category. Better rating (82.5 to 81.6), better TD/INT ratio (166-122 to 165-141), and a better completion percentage (61.7 to 61.5).

Yeah, he was on a team that won 3 Super Bowls, but in only one was he a factor. Emmitt Smith won the second, and Neil O'Donnell lost the third.

Easily the most overrated quarterback ever.

Heck of a broadcaster though.

You must have forgotten or not even seen the games against Dallas in the early 90's. Many a time it was the passing game with aikman that was torching us not simply E.Smith.

John Elway
Troy Aikman
Terry Bradshaw
Jay Cutler
Ben Roethlisraper

Originally posted by valrod33:
John Elway
Troy Aikman
Terry Bradshaw
Jay Cutler
Ben Roethlisraper

I would have given you two 's if you had gone with Roflraper, or raper.

Originally posted by pantstickle:

Originally posted by YuNGaCE:
i loved steve mcnair.

And he loved you too

Originally posted by MadMartz:
Dan Marino! Yep, I said it! The guy couldnt win a big game to save his own life!

The OG Romo/McNabb lol

Biggest choke artist ever