I respect your long list of quarterbacks but startled by your low ranking of Unitas.
Unitas and Graham played in an era when quarterbacks didn't wear skirts. These guys took a beating. Without all the rules protecting quarterbacks today, Unitas still holds the record for most consecutive weeks with at least one TD pass (47), and he won the "Greatest Game Ever Played"
Unitas and Berry are still the best Q-back/Receiver combo. Most likely Manning will break Unitas's consecutive TD record, but he will do it on artificial turfs in his tutu.
Despite the advantages offenses have today Manning and Marvin Harrison remind me most of Unitas and Berry. Both teams are all business without the attitude.
Among Real quarterbacks Unitas will always be the best. Unitas also ushered in the modern day NFL after winning The Greatest Game.
God bless you , Johnny U. Nobody gave this young kid more heart attacks than you on Sunday afternoons.
Sorry, that was not meant to be a ranking and I meant to say so at the time. It was just a list of 15 QBs in response to someone saying Farve was clearly among the top 10 all time.
As I said in my first case I agreed with the thread starter that Unitas in the top 3 was a good choice.
Of course the best way to study this to me would be to look at the QB rating of each of these QBs to the average of the league at the time they played. That is how much better they were than the average of their league. The big reason for this to me is what you say about the hits QBs of Unitas' era took. Some of the best QBs today might not last a season taking the hits NFL QBs of the 1960s.
Agree with you about Unitas. Also, don't forget the rules now that favor receivers, ie., the five yard chuck rule.