Your top 10 quarterbacks of all time

Long story, but the 1984 team holds a special place in my memory. That year, he was the beloved backup behind Malone and Woodley, who both kinda sucked.

 

Wow... not much love for the AFL trio of Dawson, Namath, and Stabler.

 

Namath is arguably the most important and most overrated player in the modern era of the NFL.

 

Finessing the religious aspect and strictly focusing on the supernova aspect,
that is indeed correct.

 

At this moment, Namath in about 1969 and Roethlisberger would probably be a pretty good comp. That could change if Roethlisberger does anything much significant for the rest of his career.

 

Stabler never played a game in the AFL. His rookie year was 1970. Even so, he's a borderline HOF QB (who, personally, I feel should be in), not one of the best ever.
Len Dawson had a nice career, but I don't think anyone puts him anywhere other than the last couple spots on their list. If he's even that high. A very good QB, a HOF QB, but not an all-timer.

 

Last I knew, Stabler went to Oakland in '68.

 

Pretty sure Stabler was on the taxi/practice squad, or whatever they called it in those days, and loaned/farmed out to some semi-pro teams for the first couple years after he came out of college.

Lamonica was then entrenched as the Raiders' No. 1.

 

Little talked about Lamonica fact: His teams played in the AFL/AFC championship game every year from 1964 through 1970 and he was 46-8 as a starter. Of course, he didn't play in three of those games, so it's not quite as cool as Otto Graham's streak of 10.

 

The Mad Bomber!!! Stabler was actually third quarterback until 1972, because Blanda was Lamonica's backup. That's a pretty strong depth chart.

 

Mark Malone, David Woodley and Scott Campbell scoff at that depth chart.

Seriously, though, aside from maybe the Montana, Young, Bono Niners of the early 1990s and the Lujack, Luckman, Layne trio with the Bears in the 1940s, has one team every had that much depth at one time. A Hall of Famer, a guy who two AFL MVPs and a guy who was an NFL MVP.

 

The Calgary Stampeders of the 90's with Flutie, Garcia and Dickenson
The Edmonton Eskimos of the 80s with Moon, Dunnigan, Allen, Ham