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Who's the greatest quarterback of all time? Joe Montana or Tom Brady?
February 1, 2015

Posted on 02/01/2015 7:29:20 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Both quarterbacks have won four super bowls with their teams. Who's the greatest quarterback of all time? Joe Montana or Tom Brady?


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KEYWORDS: football
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ask us in two years after Brady and Team can no longer use deflated balls.

Pretty sure their record is not going to be as good by then.


101 posted on 02/01/2015 8:18:09 PM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: scbison

Yes.


102 posted on 02/01/2015 8:19:03 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: dfwgator
Brady would be a good quarterback in any era. But he would have struggled significantly when the game was played with rules that had not been changed to favor the offense so much in general, and the passing game in particular.

Bradshaw withstood the Oakland Raiders pass rush and extended plays, which Steve Spagnola proved definitively Brady could not do. Without receivers made open by the necessarily soft pass coverage of the 1990's and beyond, and without the egregious holding now allowed by offensive lineman, Brady would have spent a very significant portion of his career looking up at the sky. As a matter of fact, in Bradshaw's era, there was no such thing as defensive holding by d-lineman. Nor were they called for hands to the face.

103 posted on 02/01/2015 8:20:47 PM PST by FredZarguna (O, Reason not the need.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Very good counter points!


104 posted on 02/01/2015 8:20:59 PM PST by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

You make too much sense.


105 posted on 02/01/2015 8:21:43 PM PST by 353FMG
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands

Johnny Unitas :-)
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Yep. The best ever.


106 posted on 02/01/2015 8:21:46 PM PST by InterceptPoint (Remember Mississippi)
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To: Charles Henrickson
I think all of these have to have the*.

*In the Superbowl era.

Brady would never have lasted in the era of Otto Graham. [or, for that matter the era of Bart Starr, whose career spanned both.]

107 posted on 02/01/2015 8:25:12 PM PST by FredZarguna (O, Reason not the need.)
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To: Ditto; Engraved-on-His-hands

I think you can make a pretty good argument to that effect. But there are others like Y.A. Tittle and Otto Graham.


108 posted on 02/01/2015 8:26:30 PM PST by FredZarguna (O, Reason not the need.)
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To: nuconvert

I couldn’t care less. But then, I live in Cleveland.


109 posted on 02/01/2015 8:27:24 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Staubach was one of my favorites. He is perhaps the earliest great collegiate quarterback that I remember. Played for Navy in the early 1960’s. I think that the greatest college quarterback that I have seen play during that time period (early 1960’s to the present) was Archie Manning. Although an MVP and all-Pro in the NFL, he was actually much better in college.


110 posted on 02/01/2015 8:28:57 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Brady

Drafted in the sixth round after seven other Quarterbacks


111 posted on 02/01/2015 8:29:36 PM PST by Sybeck1
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To: Wingy

Simpleton. Luck does not carry you to 6 Super Bowls. Luck is when Baltimore won a few years ago in a fluke run. No, 6 Super Bowls with different teammates is remarkable. Sounds like you are jealous.


112 posted on 02/01/2015 8:29:39 PM PST by Dave W
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To: napscoordinator

Two Super Bowl seasons tainted with cheating is the asterisk that will be forever beside Brady. Montana has nothing like that in his career.

If Brady wins another, he will be the quarterback with the most Super Bowl wins. He will also be the quarterback of the NFL team that holds the record for the most fines for cheating in games.


113 posted on 02/01/2015 8:35:03 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: MinorityRepublican

Gee I only can pick from those two?

Someone makes up public school tests I see. :)


114 posted on 02/01/2015 8:35:44 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: knarf

Just remember, to break most of Johnny Unitas’s records rules that to be dratmaically changed.


115 posted on 02/01/2015 8:36:02 PM PST by scbison
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To: Engraved-on-His-hands
Well, just because one changed the game doesn't mean they are the best at it - the better term is influential. Just because Obama has changed the presidency doesn't mean he is the best president.
116 posted on 02/01/2015 8:38:30 PM PST by Dave W
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To: Secret Agent Man

Ryan Leaf.....(ducks)


117 posted on 02/01/2015 8:39:23 PM PST by PROCON (Always give 100%---unless you're donating blood.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Tony Romo


118 posted on 02/01/2015 8:40:08 PM PST by fso301
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To: SoConPubbie

New England played with the deflated balls only in the first half, which was their worst half. They played much much better in the second half with properly inflated footballs, so your argument is irrelevant.


119 posted on 02/01/2015 8:40:33 PM PST by Dave W
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To: MinorityRepublican

Last I checked, football was a team sport. Therefore, the question is stupid.


120 posted on 02/01/2015 8:43:51 PM PST by dangus
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