NFL POLL: Who are the top 5 NFL quarterbacks of all time?

Who are the top 5 NFL quarterbacks of all time?

  • Tom Brady

    Votes: 100 78.7%
  • Joe Montana

    Votes: 100 78.7%
  • John Elway

    Votes: 49 38.6%
  • Dan Marino

    Votes: 58 45.7%
  • Peyton Manning

    Votes: 92 72.4%
  • Roger Staubach

    Votes: 2 1.6%
  • Terry Bradshaw

    Votes: 6 4.7%
  • Steve Young

    Votes: 14 11.0%
  • Aaron Rodgers

    Votes: 35 27.6%
  • Bob Griese

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Johnny Unitas

    Votes: 16 12.6%
  • Drew Brees

    Votes: 40 31.5%
  • Kurt Warner

    Votes: 11 8.7%
  • Warren Moon

    Votes: 3 2.4%
  • Phil Simms

    Votes: 2 1.6%
  • Joe Theismann

    Votes: 3 2.4%
  • Troy Aikman

    Votes: 7 5.5%
  • Ben Roethlisberger

    Votes: 5 3.9%
  • Brett Favre

    Votes: 22 17.3%
  • Other

    Votes: 9 7.1%

  • Total voters
    127
I’m surprised Marino and Elway that high
 
How the hell is brees not on everyone's list. I would 100% put him ahead of rogers all time.

Brady
Montana
Peyton
Brees
Elway
 
I went with the 4 best I've watched and Johnny U because my father will find out somehow if I don't (and because he was the original great throwing QB).

Marino
Manning
Rodgers
Elway
Unitas
 
Tarketon should be up there. He is top ten material.
Absolutely.

Most people won't vote for older QBs because they weren't old enough to watch them play. There'll be a lot of stat comparison even though the game was so much different before the 80s than it is today. Tarkenton still has some amazing stats considering his era. Bradshaw wont get a ton of votes but since people love to measure success with a QB, its hard to argue against him.
 
Jeff George
Rodney Peete
Jay Cutler
Bubby Brister
Rex Grossman
 
Montana was magical, I've never seen a quarterback consistently hit the receivers in stride like he could. He's still my goat.
 
How the hell is brees not on everyone's list. I would 100% put him ahead of rogers all time.

Brady
Montana
Peyton
Brees
Elway

Brees/Brady(honestly not sure their goat resumes are close to being polar opposites)
Rodgers
Elway
Peyton

I feel there's 6 no brainer top 5 QB's(in this poll anyway) and 5 spots and this thread's telling you who everyone thinks number 6 is. For me number 6 was Montana but for a lot of people are going to put Brees as the worst cause despite having the most consistent elite stats of the group, he's got the worst resume of the group in terms of rings/awards. There's also the haters who credit his success to playing in a dome. Think the gap between 1-6 on this list is small af though every all time great QB's resume in football has flaws.

Montana's my number 6 just because he had the most of the group to work with, played with Jerry Rice most of his prime and had a stacked team in general(on both sides of the ball). The way Steve Young stepped into that system and contended showed while Montana was great they didn't necessarily succeed because of him. Bill Walsh also was a really good coach. The "it was a different game their stats aren't going to be great" thing doesn't work as well when we consider Montana was playing in a very modern offense. On the surface his stats compare very well to QB's in his era but when you add context they really don't IMO(look at what Elway and Marino had on offense most of their careers).

Also I think it's very likely Mahomes and Russell Wilson will be 1-2 on this list in 5 years.
 
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Might want add Maholmes to this poll. Jackson is gonna RG3 this season.
 
1.Tom Brady
2.Joe Montana
3.Patrick Mahomes
4.Peyton Manning
5.Aaron Rodgers
6.Drew Brees
7.Dan Marino
8.Brett Favre
9.John Elway
10.Big Ben
 
Tom Brady
Joe Montana
Peyton Manning
Drew Brees
Terry Bradshaw

Wait a minute…….did I just partake in a Necro Thread?? God damn white belt’s causing trouble already.
 
Stafford not being in this poll is a disgrace.
 
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