Chuck
02-04-2010, 08:24 PM
Currently, pro football history has three distinct groups of all-time great quarterbacks, with minimal overlap.
In one camp resides the winners of three or more championships — Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman, and Tom Brady.
Then there are the men with one title or fewer who generated gaudy stats — Brett Favre, Fran Tarkenton, Warren Moon, and Manning.
Finally, we have the pre-Super Bowl era greats, none of whom has the kind of career stats that stack up to the numbers generated by the guys who benefited from the '70s-era rules changes that opened up the passing game — John Unitas, Otto Graham, Sid Luckmanhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35219156/ns/sports-super_bowl_xliv#), and Sammy Baugh.
Manning is solidly in Camp #2, but a couple of Super Bowl victories could get him in Camp #1
At this pace, Manning will take all the career passing records from Favre exept one - interceptions. :p
Read more (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35219156/ns/sports-super_bowl_xliv)
In one camp resides the winners of three or more championships — Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Troy Aikman, and Tom Brady.
Then there are the men with one title or fewer who generated gaudy stats — Brett Favre, Fran Tarkenton, Warren Moon, and Manning.
Finally, we have the pre-Super Bowl era greats, none of whom has the kind of career stats that stack up to the numbers generated by the guys who benefited from the '70s-era rules changes that opened up the passing game — John Unitas, Otto Graham, Sid Luckmanhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35219156/ns/sports-super_bowl_xliv#), and Sammy Baugh.
Manning is solidly in Camp #2, but a couple of Super Bowl victories could get him in Camp #1
At this pace, Manning will take all the career passing records from Favre exept one - interceptions. :p
Read more (http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/35219156/ns/sports-super_bowl_xliv)