who is the greatest quarterback ever, i feel it is john elway, if you disagree tell me who and why?
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There's a lot of great quarterbacks, but I think John Elway is the best as well. He didn't have a Jerry Rice or anybody really. His arm alone took the Broncos to 3 Super Bowls, before he got a running game with Terrell Davis or a good defense. To start in 5 Super Bowls has to help.
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You'll never win this argument, although one could argue that Roy was certainly more important to his team than Elway was.\n\nThe Broncos, likely, would have won with a lesser QB in their Super Bowl wins (now, we're not talking JP Lossman here...maybe Dilfer or McNair)...where as Roy was the one who put the Avs/Nords over the top to win their first drink from Lord Stanley.\n\nBoth players had baggage...Roy's exit from Montreal was ugly...Elway's issues with Dan Reeves almost made him exit Denver.  However, football is a much more popular sport in Denver and, unless you are comparing the likes of Bobby Orr to Tom Brady, no hockey player could ever win this...and even Orr wins only by a hair there.
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Brett farve isnt retired. Elway is the best because he retired  on top.
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ladainian Tomlinson?! yeah right. It has to be Brett favre. The man is one of the greatest QBs in history. He should already be in the hall of fame but he hasn't retired yet. he has so many records and will go down in history somewhere in the top 10 best QBs ever list. I'm sorry but Ladainian has nothing on Brett Favre. In fact marshall faulk in his prime was way better than tomlinson ever was.
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Jerry Rice, because in my opinion he was the greatest football player that I have ever seen in my era (ok I'm only 25 yrs old give me a break here) :)  Ok, the greatest player while he was playing for the 49ers anyway, he made some awesome runs to make it into the endzone and ducks and dodges so many people like it's a cakewalk.  Then he does that funky chicken dance when he makes a touchdown.  lol
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If you said the last 15 years I would have put Montana #5:\n\n1.) John Elway - does what ever it takes to win. Not as wild as Favre\n\n2.) Brett Favre - a close 2nd\n\n3.) Dan Marino - best passer of all time...although not all there with playmaking\n\n4.) Troy Aikman - very good in all categories and outstanding in none\n\n5.) Peyton Manning - A good play caller and passer, but really can't make a play if the original play isn't there.\n\nAlthough, if I had to pick a QB for my team with current NFL QBs I would choose either Tom Brady or Donovan McNabb
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Peyton Manning (Now)\nJoe Montana (All Time)
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who are you comparing these guys to?..Manning will go down in history as one the greats..Brady and McNabb (maybe) will likely join him in the hall of fame..outside them there isn't much..but little Manning and Palmer could be in the same breathe as them in a handful of years\n\nthese guys are still with their original teams..unless you count the draft of Eli as a charger..but remember Elway wasn't drafted by Denver
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DUDE TOM BRADY IS THE BEST QB PERIOD HES A CLUTCH PRFORMER IF I HAD A AN NFL TEAM HED BE MY #1 QB ID BE LOOKING FOR HES A WHAT 6TH OR 5TH ROUND PICK AND HES WHAT 10-1 IN THE PLAYOFFS I THINK AND WHAT A 2 TIME SUPER BOWL MVP DUDE BEST QB I THINK EVER AND STILL MORE TIME FOR HIM IN HIS CARRER DUDE BEST QB IN NFL EVER WHAT DOES PEYTON HAVE NO SUPER BOWL RINGS HA!!!
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John Elway graduated from Stanford in 1983. He was drafted by the Baltimore Colts. Since he had a contract waiting with the YANKEES, he demanded a trade from Baltimore and got one to Denver. \nAfter losing 3 Superbowls in the late 80's, he finally made it back for redemption in the 1997 season facing the defending champion Packers. \nA famous dive for a first down showed such determination that he earned MVP honors.  Elway kept the team rolling through the following season in 1998 directly throough the NFC Champ Atlanta Falcons, ironically facing Elway's former Bronco's coach Dan Reeves. \nThe story book career finally had the perfect ending.
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Jeff Garcia \n\nDont like McNabb this is personal i know Jeff is rusty but has McNabb won a Super Bowl he is overrated.
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All of those were great answers, but im gonna have to say Eric Couch, one of only three guys in NCAA history to rush for 3000 yards and pass for 4000 in his career. He won the Heisman and plenty of other awards throughout his career at Nebraska, then he gets to the NFL and they tell him he's to little to play QB, so he switches to WR and moves to three teams(Rams, Cheifs, Packers) and ends up third string QB on a CFL team. Only person who comes close i think is Ron "the GREAT DANE" Dane with the Broncos
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Gary Kubiak Denver Broncos offensive coordinator is the lead candidate.  i think that would be a great hire.  look what he has done in denver with a quarterback that everyone had written off.
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Easy answer...Joe Montana, no question. Hall of Famer and on everyone's short list of best QB's of all time. Brady is good and if he stays healthy should have great career stats, but he'll never be a Joe Montana. And this is coming from someone who was neither a 49er's or KC fan.
861930
Absolutely!!!  I have never seen a player who analyzes and dissects a defense like he does!! I've been watching NFL football for 33 years, and he's THE (not one of the but THE) best Quarterback I have ever seen (Yes, I believe he is better then Elway, Marino, Montana, Farve, Simms, Aikman, and Young).
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Dan is the best QB ever.  People seem to forget that he was the only QB to have success without any semblance of a running game.  We also need to remember that also the dolphins defense didn't start to improve until jimmy Johnson became head coach, which wasn't until Dan's career was pretty much over.  So from 83-00, 17 years, Dan  carried his team to a Superbowl in his rookie season, a few AFC Championship games, and broke the TD record w/o having running game or defense to back him up.  As far as individual performances go, he is the best ever.
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1. Joe Montana\n2. Johnny Unitas\n3. Dan Marino\n4. John Elway\n5. Steve Young