Who is the best quarterback in the history of the NFL?

Fluffhead 0 0 on February 10, 2015

Truth! He speaks the truth!

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Fluffhead 0 0 on February 10, 2015

His wife makes more money than he does.

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Turk 2 1 on February 10, 2015

Unless, of course, you count any objective measure of QB talent, in which case Brady falls short on almost all of them.

Brady has been part of a very consistently coached team with a lot of top-tier talent, but he has failed to distinguish himself the way Favre, Peyton, Marino, Elway, or Montana did. The truth is any of those guys were better quarterbacks, but few, if any, had better teams to play QB for.

ghoststrider 0 on February 11, 2015

Ah, yes, Peyton Manning.

The one who missed a snap by his center in the 2014 Super Bowl and then couldn’t keep up since.

Turk 0 on February 11, 2015

By “keeping up” you are of course referring to his 12-4 season and yet another playoff appearance. He has passed for 16,000 (that’s THOUSAND) more yards than Brady, and a higher QB rating. Oh, and then there are the records…. including:

Most Career Touchdown Passes: 530
Most touchdown passes, season: 55 (2013)
Most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards: 14 (1999–2004, 2006–2010, 2012–2014)
Most passing yards, season: 5,477 (2013)
Most games with 40+ pass attempts in a season: 10 (2010)
Most consecutive seasons with at least 20 touchdown passes: 13 (1998–2010)
Most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes: 13 (1998–2010)
Most games with a perfect passer rating, career: 4 (includes 1 playoff game)
Most consecutive games with at least 2 touchdown passes: 13 (games 1–13, 2004)
Most consecutive games with at least 4 touchdown passes: 5 (games 7–11, 2004)
Most games with at least 4 touchdown passes, season: 8 (2013)
Most regular season games with at least 4 touchdown passes, career: 25
Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes, career: 8 (includes 1 playoff game)
Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes and no interceptions, career: 5
Only QB with at least 6 touchdown passes in three games
Only QB with at least 6 touchdown passes and no interceptions in three games
One of only seven QBs with at least 7 touchdown passes, game (tied with Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, Y.A. Tittle, Joe Kapp and Nick Foles) – and BRADY isn’t in that list.
One of only three QBs with at least 7 touchdown passes and no interceptions, game (tied with Y.A. Tittle and Nick Foles)
Most regular season games with at least 300 passing yards: 84
Most regular and postseason games with at least 300 passing yards: 93
Most games with at least 400 yards passing and no interceptions: 6
Highest career passing TDs/game average (min. 150 TD passes): 2.046 TDs/game
Highest completion percentage by a QB in one month in NFL history (min. 75 attempts): 81.8% (December 2008)
Most career games with a completion percentage of 70% or higher (min. 10 attempts): 66
Most consecutive regular season wins as a starter: 23 (2008–2009)
Most seasons with 10+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 14 (1999–2000, 2002–2010, 2012–2014)
Most seasons with 12+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 11 (1999, 2003–2009, 2012-2014)
Only QB with seven straight seasons of 12+ wins as a starter(2003–2009)
Only QB with nine straight seasons of 10+ wins as a starter (2002–2010)
Only QB to lead five consecutive 4th quarter comeback wins (games 7–11, 2009)
Most fourth quarter comeback wins in one season: 7 (2009)
First QB to defeat the other 31 teams in the regular season
Most wins as a starting QB in a decade, regular season only: 115 (2000s)
Most wins as a starting QB in a decade, regular & postseason: 124 (2000s)
Most AP NFL MVP Awards: 5 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)\
Most Touchdown Passes in a decade: 314 (2000–2009)
Most Passing Yards in a decade: 42,254 (2000–2009)
Most Completions in a decade: 3,575 (2000–2009)

Like I said, the Patriots may be an all-time great team, but Brady is an all-time mediocre quarterback.

By "keeping up" you are of course referring to his 12-4 season and yet another playoff appearance. He has passed for 16,000 (that's THOUSAND) more yards than Brady, and a higher QB rating. Oh, and then there are the records.... including: <ul><li>Most Career Touchdown Passes: 530</li><li>Most touchdown passes, season: 55 (2013)</li><li>Most seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards: 14 (1999–2004, 2006–2010, 2012–2014)</li><li>Most passing yards, season: 5,477 (2013)</li><li>Most games with 40+ pass attempts in a season: 10 (2010)</li><li>Most consecutive seasons with at least 20 touchdown passes: 13 (1998–2010)</li><li>Most consecutive seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes: 13 (1998–2010)</li><li>Most games with a perfect passer rating, career: 4 (includes 1 playoff game)</li><li>Most consecutive games with at least 2 touchdown passes: 13 (games 1–13, 2004)</li><li>Most consecutive games with at least 4 touchdown passes: 5 (games 7–11, 2004)</li><li>Most games with at least 4 touchdown passes, season: 8 (2013)</li><li>Most regular season games with at least 4 touchdown passes, career: 25</li><li>Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes, career: 8 (includes 1 playoff game)</li><li>Most games with at least 5 touchdown passes and no interceptions, career: 5</li><li>Only QB with at least 6 touchdown passes in three games</li><li>Only QB with at least 6 touchdown passes and no interceptions in three games</li><li>One of only seven QBs with at least 7 touchdown passes, game (tied with Sid Luckman, Adrian Burk, George Blanda, Y.A. Tittle, Joe Kapp and Nick Foles) - and BRADY isn't in that list.</li><li>One of only three QBs with at least 7 touchdown passes and no interceptions, game (tied with Y.A. Tittle and Nick Foles)</li><li>Most regular season games with at least 300 passing yards: 84</li><li>Most regular and postseason games with at least 300 passing yards: 93</li><li>Most games with at least 400 yards passing and no interceptions: 6</li><li>Highest career passing TDs/game average (min. 150 TD passes): 2.046 TDs/game</li><li>Highest completion percentage by a QB in one month in NFL history (min. 75 attempts): 81.8% (December 2008)</li><li>Most career games with a completion percentage of 70% or higher (min. 10 attempts): 66</li><li>Most consecutive regular season wins as a starter: 23 (2008–2009)</li><li>Most seasons with 10+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 14 (1999–2000, 2002–2010, 2012–2014)</li><li>Most seasons with 12+ wins as a starter (regular season only): 11 (1999, 2003–2009, 2012-2014)</li><li>Only QB with seven straight seasons of 12+ wins as a starter(2003–2009)</li><li>Only QB with nine straight seasons of 10+ wins as a starter (2002–2010)</li><li>Only QB to lead five consecutive 4th quarter comeback wins (games 7–11, 2009)</li><li>Most fourth quarter comeback wins in one season: 7 (2009)</li><li>First QB to defeat the other 31 teams in the regular season </li><li>Most wins as a starting QB in a decade, regular season only: 115 (2000s)</li><li>Most wins as a starting QB in a decade, regular & postseason: 124 (2000s)</li><li>Most AP NFL MVP Awards: 5 (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013)\</li><li>Most Touchdown Passes in a decade: 314 (2000–2009)</li><li>Most Passing Yards in a decade: 42,254 (2000–2009)</li><li>Most Completions in a decade: 3,575 (2000–2009)</li></ul>Like I said, the Patriots may be an all-time great team, but Brady is an all-time mediocre quarterback.

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Lrozett 0 0 on February 10, 2015

While my Boston-born husband is the Patriots fan, I feel like we live in a time of great quarterbacks. I would say Brett Favre with John Elway and Peyton Manning close behind. Maybe because they were/are more fun to watch.

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lanzacash 0 1 on February 10, 2015

I’d put my money on Joe Montana. Nobody had his self confidence. He knew he’d beat you, and his opponents new he’d beat them.

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ZenPop 1 0 on February 11, 2015

You can’t go wrong with Joe Montana. You also can’t go wrong with Brady, Elway (I went to High School with him… some of the greatest games I’ve seen. He was amazing)… and for a few years, I’d take Steve Young over anyone.

lanzacash 0 on February 12, 2015

I can’t believe Zen and I are in relative agreement on something. STOP THE WORLD….

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EdGrimley 0 0 on February 12, 2015

Oh give me a break. It seems that a quarterback isn’t the collective noun for Nickelback, a point of confusion that has led me to post here with little of consequence to report, I must say.

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BumFuzzler 0 0 on February 12, 2015

Why pose this question? Brady, obviously.

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BOOMTOWN 0 0 on March 8, 2015

Brady? Nope. Manning and Montana come to mind. Brady looks like a woman, falls down whenever a defender breathes near him and cries every time someone actually does touch him. If the question was greatest crybaby in the history of the NFL, then Brady wins hands down.