Who is the most overrated NFL QB of All-Time?

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Who is the most overrated NFL QB of All-Time?

| Closed on 07/16/08 at 05:00PM
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6%	a. John Elway
2%	b. Joe Montana
8%	c. Dan Marino
1%	d. Johnny Unitas
6%	e. Brett Farve
4%	f. Steve Young
1%	g. Roger Staubach
17%	h. Terry Bradshaw
11%	i. Troy Aikman
44%	j. Other

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#19 \| 229 days ago EdSpeshel (+)	+17 I'm going with Mike Vick... with Jake Plummer running a close second. Other
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#1 \| 229 days ago derms33 (+)	+4 let the arguments begin...But Bradshaw won this many Superbowls...Steve Young and Joe Montana blah blah blah...Good Teams equal results! Steve Young
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#2 \| 229 days ago majikmanseven (+)	+2 ultimately it is all about winning... and folks can say what they will about favre and Elways... but Marino's playoff chokes trump Elway and favre combined. By what criteria could you say marino was better than favre? favre won more...did better in playoffs...has a ring...more mvp's and broken all of marino's statistical records? Dan Marino
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#3 \| 229 days ago mandisdad (+)	majikmanseven wrote: ultimately it is all about winning... and folks can say what they will about favre and Elways... but Marino's playoff chokes trump Elway and favre combined. By what criteria could you say marino was better than favre? favre won more...did better in playoffs...has a ring...more mvp's and broken all of marino's statistical records? +2 So Favre breaking his records means that Marino was overrated? Other
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#4 \| 229 days ago mandisdad (+)	+13 Joe Namath should be on this list. Other
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#5 \| 229 days ago Jahiegel (+)	+3 Adjudging overratedness is always difficult, of course, requiring as it does one to suppose how a player is most often rated. Perhaps the most pernicious form of overrating is the enshrining in a hall of fame an individual whose performance is plainly inconsistent with those of most honorees or is otherwise unworthy; under that standard, Joe Namath, even as he is generally recognized by the public (at least those of younger generation) as having been only a somewhat-better-than-average quarterback and as having been elected to the Hall largely on the strength of his performance in one game (or, more accurately, his prediction made prior to that game and his team's springing an upset), wins the "most overrated" title. Other
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#6 \| 229 days ago mandisdad (+)	Jahiegel wrote: Adjudging overratedness is always difficult, of course, requiring as it does one to suppose how a player is most often rated. Perhaps the most pernicious form of overrating is the enshrining in a hall of fame an individual whose performance is plainly inconsistent with those of most honorees or is otherwise unworthy; under that standard, Joe Namath, even as he is generally recognized by the public (at least those of younger generation) as having been only a somewhat-better-than-average quarterback and as having been elected to the Hall largely on the strength of his performance in one game (or, more accurately, his prediction made prior to that game and his team's springing an upset), wins the "most overrated" title. +14 Why do you feel the need to write every post as if it were a legal document? Other
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#7 \| 229 days ago vindog (+)	+13 I dont think that any of these guys listed are "overrated" in the true definition of the word. They all were great in their own ways and own era's.. "Overrated" to me would be QB's like Ryan Leaf and Rodney Peete for instance who were completely surrounded by all the hype but never achieved anything. Other
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#8 \| 229 days ago mandisdad (+)	vindog wrote: I dont think that any of these guys listed are "overrated" in the true definition of the word. They all were great in their own ways and own era's.. "Overrated" to me would be QB's like Ryan Leaf and Rodney Peete for instance who were completely surrounded by all the hype but never achieved anything. +3 They were overrated coming out of college, but not as NFL QB's. I don't think anyone considers Leaf a great NFL QB!!! Other
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#9 \| 229 days ago vindog (+)	mandisdad wrote: They were overrated coming out of college, but not as NFL QB's. I don't think anyone considers Leaf a great NFL QB!!! +2 I really cant see any of these guys being considered "overrated". ALL of them have won the Superbowl at least once (except for Marino- but he held all of the passing records for years) and all of them were true competitors who never gave up and pulled out some great wins.... Other
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#10 \| 229 days ago mandisdad (+)	vindog wrote: I really cant see any of these guys being considered "overrated". ALL of them have won the Superbowl at least once (except for Marino- but he held all of the passing records for years) and all of them were true competitors who never gave up and pulled out some great wins.... +3 Yeah, that's why I went with other...Namath. Of those listed I would probably have chosen Bradshaw because I think he was on some great teams and was not really great...very good, but not great. Other
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#11 \| 229 days ago rockhound87 (+)	+4 I would have to go with Aikman, among those listed about. There are too many overrated 'others' that I could have gone with. So let's say for a moment among some of the best QBs out there, who was most overrated. The reason I say Aikman, is that if he had not had a stellar receiver like Irvin, nor a running back like Smith(who was only that good because of his O-line.) I don't think he would have been nearly as good, that and more of the Cowboys success was because of the entire team(minus Leon Lett) not just one individuals accomplishments. That and well he just stinks as an NFL analysts too. Troy Aikman
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#12 \| 229 days ago goldberg1970 (+)	rockhound87 wrote: I would have to go with Aikman, among those listed about. There are too many overrated 'others' that I could have gone with. So let's say for a moment among some of the best QBs out there, who was most overrated. The reason I say Aikman, is that if he had not had a stellar receiver like Irvin, nor a running back like Smith(who was only that good because of his O-line.) I don't think he would have been nearly as good, that and more of the Cowboys success was because of the entire team(minus Leon Lett) not just one individuals accomplishments. That and well he just stinks as an NFL analysts too. +4 ROFLMAO..."Smith was only good because of the OL", "Troy was only good because of Irvin"...my, my,my, I've never heard that before. Throw in one about Irvin only being good because he had a QB like Troy throwing to him and we have the 90's Superbowl teams all wrapped up! The Cowboys OL should go down as the greatest NFL unit of ALL-TIME to have accomplished all they did. Terry Bradshaw
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#13 \| 229 days ago Jared (+)	goldberg1970 wrote: ROFLMAO..."Smith was only good because of the OL", "Troy was only good because of Irvin"...my, my,my, I've never heard that before. Throw in one about Irvin only being good because he had a QB like Troy throwing to him and we have the 90's Superbowl teams all wrapped up! The Cowboys OL should go down as the greatest NFL unit of ALL-TIME to have accomplished all they did. +3 That O-line very well could be considered as the best ever. The Smith/O-line argument is tired, I'll give you that, but there is a reality to it that keeps it coming back. I find it amusing that many (notice the word "many" and not "all") Cowboys fans point at Smith, Aikman, and Irvin being so great but forget that great O-line that made what they did possible. Terry Bradshaw
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#14 \| 229 days ago goldberg1970 (+)	(Edited by goldberg1970) Jared wrote: That O-line very well could be considered as the best ever. The Smith/O-line argument is tired, I'll give you that, but there is a reality to it that keeps it coming back. I find it amusing that many (notice the word "many" and not "all") Cowboys fans point at Smith, Aikman, and Irvin being so great but forget that great O-line that made what they did possible. +3 I'll give you that but no one does that to the Steelers when talking about Franco, Terry, and Swan? Stallworth was the REAL hero of that WR core, Lynn just had a knack for picking his spots. Franco was the biggest sissy to play the position, notorious for running out of bounds. Terry...his entire supporting cast, to include the Defense is in the HOF for crying out loud. Troy isn't one of the greatest of all-time, but he was great and no OL, RB,...etc could throw a ball on a line like he did, over and over during those years, not to mention that OL was hit or miss for years because he took an absolute beating till 92 and same goes with Emmit. The OL's best year was 95...the year we lost to 40 Whiners in the NFC Title