Ranking Super Bowl QB's 1-82

Espn Webpage ^ | January 22, 2008 | Allison Wachs

[Alberta's Child]

And Darrell Green was one of my favorite “enemy” players of all time, too. That guy was a joy to watch — especially when he was consistently ranking among the fastest players in the NFL even in his early 40s!

[Always Right]

Of course the greatest RB in Super Bowl history......Timmy Smith.

[Alberta's Child]

Right. LOL.

And yet that team was never able to win a championship in all those years!

[Always Right]

There are so many qreat QBs that never won a NFL championship. Sonny Jurgenson (he was on the Eagles 1960 Championship team but it was Norm Van Brocklin who won it), Fran Tarkentan, Y.A. Tittle, Dan Marino.

Rex Grossman.

[Tribune7]

That is true to my regret.

[Leisler]

see 22

[Loud Mime]

You bring up a good point: the relative competition in the game. The poll doesn’t take upsets into account, nor rushing, nor unusually exceptional plays that succeed.

This article is designed to sell beer.

[7thson]

You forgot the sarcasm tag. 8-)

[Ditto]

I couldn’t argue with you on Marino and I guess it just gets down to opinion on who’s the “best”. I’d say the top 5 in no special order (IMHO) would be Unitas, Bradshaw, Montana, Marneo and Staubach.

[Alberta's Child]

Even when they were good they always seemed to be missing one or more key ingredients. Their defensive unit was great, but I was never that high on Randall Cunningham, and they lacked a real go-to guy for their running game.

[Tribune7]

Even when they were good they always seemed to be missing one or more key ingredients. Their defensive unit was great, but I was never that high on Randall Cunningham, and they lacked a real go-to guy for their running game.

Buddy Ryan was a great defensive coach but he didn't know squat about the offense. I remember that Cunningham was coming along nicely until the coach who was guiding him had a heart attack while on the treadmill and died. Then Randall figured the NFL was just one big game of street ball.

The Eagles OL always got a bad rap no matter who was on it. How could they follow a blocking scheme if they had no idea where the QB was going to be? And Cunningham would never look deep. Just about all his passes were to the TE or fullback.

And that's my rant about the Buddy years.

[yarddog]

People don't believe this but it is absolutely true. Fran Tarkenton ran right over Dick Butkus. It was on a Monday night game. Dandy Don asked for a replay and sure enough, Tarkenton and Butkus literally met helmet to helmet then Tarkenton ran over him.

I am sure it was a bit of a fluke but it was amazing to watch.

[7thson]

Back in 2001, when Doug Flutie played for the Chargers, the Skins played them the first game of the season and got beat badly. During the game, the Chargers ran a play where Flutie through a block on our linebacker - forget who - but basically it was a great block and cleared the way for a big play.

[infidel29]

Now that was a great game that went down to the wire. One of the top 2 or 3 SBs ever, IMHO.

Who knows what would have happened if Jackie Smith had caught that pass. I was a kid of 8 when that game was played but I still remember it as one of my favorites.

...and I thank God that Smith dropped it.

[Alberta's Child]

Great stories!

Matt Bahr was the kicker for the New York Giants back in the early 1990s. During their Super Bowl season (1990-91) he took a reckless approach to his game in which he was usually the first guy down the field, making tackles on kickoffs.

[rabidralph]

I love my Redskins! I love Joe Gibbs even more! I was just a kid when Sonny was playing but I remember him and Kilmer battling it out.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****The perfect quarter. Probably the most surrealistic thing I've ever seen on a football field.****

That game was on the NFL Network the other night. That was one amazing 2nd quarter.

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****And don't forget Garo Yepremian****

I believe the NFL Network will be showing that game next weekend.

[sphinx]

I believe Doug Williams could have worn a blindfold and thrown the ball backwards over his left shoulder, and someone would have caught it for a long gain.