Ranking EVERY Team by Their QB History!
0:00 Intro
00:19 - #32 Jacksonville Jaguars
2:08 - #31 Houston Texans
4:03 - #30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
6:15 - #29 Arizona Cardinals
8:23 - #28 Carolina Panthers
10:04 - #27 Baltimore Ravens
11:47 - #26 Chicago Bears
13:27 - #25 New York Jets
15:33 - #24 Atlanta Falcons
17:34 - #23 Detroit Lions
19:11 - #22 Seattle Seahawks
20:56 - #21 Minnesota Vikings
23:27 - #20 Philadelphia Eagles
26:08 - #19 Buffalo Bills
27:51 - #18 Cincinnati Bengals
29:56 - #17 Cleveland Browns
32:04 - #16 New Orleans Saints
33:46 - #15 New York Giants
35:39 - #14 Miami Dolphins
37:39 - #13 Tennessee Titans
39:36 - #12 Kansas City Chiefs
42:02 - #11 Denver Broncos
44:14 - #10 Los Angeles Chargers
46:24 - #9 New England Patriots
48:41 - #8 Washington Commanders
50:43 - #7 Pittsburgh Steelers
52:57 - #6 Las Vegas Raiders
55:19 - #5 Dallas Cowboys
57:29 - #4 Los Angeles Rams
59:53 - #3 San Francisco 49ers
1:02:39 - #2 Indianapolis Colts
1:05:15 - #1 Green Bay Packers
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The Bears at 26 would make sense if there were only 26 teams in the NFL.
100%... their shining example was Jay Cutler... Jags might have been around for a shorter period of time but have been about equally as successful at the quarterback position as a franchise
I mean what the fuck is that about????
Jim McMahon was pretty darn good
Sid Luckman alone gets them above The Texans, and maybe the Cardinals. I'd probably have them at 30. I don't understand how Mark Brunell alone didn't get the Jags above the Texans. Watson was good for like 3 years and then blew up the franchise, and Shaub was good but never top 10. Burnell was fringe top 5 for a solid 4-5 years
@@ThatGreenGuy85 I don't know that the Bears can beat the Cardinals run with Kurt Warner, as short as it was. The Bears' history at QB is a *wasteland*. The "good" thing about Watson was that he gave you a franchise QB, then the Texans were able to get out of it and get back a haul of 1sts. And now with CJ Stroud looking like a *stud*, the Watson trade set them up for success. (A really cold-blooded way of looking at it... but holy fuck, Browns, what the fuck?)
I hate that people say that McNair and the Titans were "one yard short" of winning. They were one yard short of overtime.
True, although they could've gone for 2 and the win. Or maybe they miss the extra point and lose in regulation, like Jon Carney after the River City Relay.
@@Zalis116 ha that is true. grew up a Saints fan and watched that game live as a pretty young kid and will never forget it.
They also had 58 minutes of football before that one play.
@@Zalis116then they were one yard and a two point conversion away from winning.
Ah learned something new
Just a little omission regarding the great Warren Moon, he had a stellar career in the CFL with the Edmonton Eskimos prior to joining the NFL. I honestly think he might be the overall leader in yards if his first few years would have been spent in the NFL, quite the rifle early in his career.
That’s a big omission!!!
just a tiny bit of sarcasm there lol, he was f'n amazing , without checking i think he did 5 years or so with Edmonton@@MrRobspoetry
@arfshesaid4325 - I get the sarcasm & see what you did there. It's just a crying shame the NFL didn't "get it" earlier!
@@arfshesaid4325 Great regular season quarterback and not just the regular season but also preseason exhibition games. Oh and training camp he played well also. Oh wait I should mention it’s been said he played well at charity events horsing around. Some quirky sticklers for facts will point out he sucked immensely at playoff time but who cares what they think.
And he never won a BIg game in the NFL. He has no business even visiting the Hall of fame. Diversity plant.
You forgot to mention Curly Lambeau for the Packers, too. He played for the Packers for ten seasons as QB/HB.
Jealousy consumes me as a Viking fan 😔
Crazy they missed him; the field is named after him.
I just read Lambeau’s biography for the first time and wow. He basically is the most important player in Green Bay packer history. He was born in Green Bay, co founded the team, named them the packers and the stadium is named after him.
The insane thing is they only mentioned 4 Packers HOF QBs. Didn't bothering mentioning Lambeau, the founder and their 1st HOF QB. They didn't mention guys like Dickey and Majik who were more than good enough to make the list for other teams. And not surprising, but also didn't mention that guys on this list like Brunell, Hasselback, Warner, and others unmentioned got started in the NFL as Packers backups before becoming starters for other teams.
@@Ze_Moose, as it should (not really.) Remember that the Vikings are an expansion team that played its first game in 1961. The Packers were founded in 1919 and joined the NFL in 1921. But the Vikings do have a rich history of success of their own. No need for shame, there.
Always a good day when NFL Throwaback uploads a nice long NFL Lore video
Fr 🙏🏽🔥🤝🏈
Same
Same here
Facts
Tom Brady’s Ultimate G.O.A.T. Movie is NFL Throwback’s longest video to date.
All, note the upper left corner of the screen that CONTINUOUSLY shows the rank. That is enormously useful to viewers for productive viewing and searching and scanning and reviewing, and thank the channel being a stand out by doing that. If only all channels provided that valuable effort.
Couldn’t have put it better myself.
All true
YES ! Helps show were your team is on the list & how they got F#CKED , don't it ? This way you can PASS up the other BULL SH#T teams on the list in front of your team ?
You are right on about Kenny Anderson of the Bengals. That was one tuff SoB. Under rated, ignored, even in Cincy. Good man. A damn good man.
The QBs of the 70s like Bert Jones, Steve Bartkowski, Steve Grogan, Brian Sipe, Jim Hart, etc. are often forgotten bc of stats, but QBs then had to deal with the lines of Jack Lambert or Deacon Jones trying to cripple them every time they dropped back and DBs attempting straight murder on the WRs. Makes you realize how amazing Roger Staubachs passer ratings were then
Now we have to deal with Aaron Donald and Nick Bosa… pretty similar IMO
@@user-gk7zv8qz8i They get flagged for breathing on the QBs today. 35+ yrs ago, you the D could mutilate a QB. The DB can't touch a receiver after 5 yds today. 35+ yrs ago, a DB could beat up a receiver all over the field, until the ball was in the air. In one season in the early 80s, about a half dozen teams lost their QBs due to injuries. The fans and media were pissed. The NFL came up with the 'In The Grasp' rule to cut down on the QB injuries. Staubach had 20 concussions, with 6 that knocked him out. Go watch Lawrence Taylor's reaction after he broke Joe Theisman's leg.
@@mc-lp4zl not to mention all of the late hits after QBs had thrown the ball already and defensive players supposed momentum being place right on the QB. There were never flags due to 1 second late hits. The worst I'd ever seen was on Novemeber 23, 1986 when Jim McMahon was thrown to the ground nearly 4 seconds after he threw the ball by Charles Martin. I'll never care what Karma came Martin's way regardless of what it is after the dirtiest play in NFL history! People wonder why Chicago on won one SB in the 80's. McMahon being injured didn't help!
No lol
@joeanderson444 I watch that clip all the time. It's not funny but the commentator going "What is this?" while trying to wrap his head around the late hit makes me laugh
Need to mention Randall Cunningham with the Vikings. Even though he only played a couple seasons with them, he arguably had the best season of his career in 1998 with 34 TDs
Yeah and Vikes should be higher.
I'd also add that Cunningham was the backup heading into '98 and the team had one of the greatest offenses in league history. He came in part way into game 2. Don't know why that was left out.
@@notmarealnameboiI agree 💯% … Also, The 🦅s should have been ranked higher than they were.
Interestingly, both of the first two QBs mentioned after the Vikings' segment both played for the Vikings, too. Cunningham played lights out with the Vikings. McNabb, not so much. They also didn't mention Favre's brilliant 2009 season. Or Freeman's abysmal game against the Giants. Or Warren Moon's great stint. That's five very memorable QB appearances for MN, three good, two bad, from QBs who did make this video, but weren't mentioned in the Vikings segments. And that's not including Gannon (whose Vikings' career was much less memorable).
To a Vikings fan 1998 is Randall Cunningham's best year...Randall Cunningham's best season statistically 3,466 yards passing,942 rushing yards,35 total yds,10-6W/L
I'm losing sleep to watch this because honestly I was hooked 5 minutes in. NFL history always teaches me something new.
The Chandler story with Atlanta is pretty cool as a football fan. He bounced around the league, couldn't get comfortable anywhere. Went to the Oilers, started turning his career around. Gets traded because Steve Mcnair they felt was ready to Atlanta, a team that historically was the opposite of "littered with success." Reeves publicly details strengths of Chandler, builds his confidence. Takes them to their first Superbowl in franchise history at 33. To have played for as many teams as he did and then to finally find success is inspiring for future players.
yeah, like Rich Gannon.
Da Bears should be 32 bruh...
I love how you guys cover not just the most prominent QBs, but the deep cuts for each franchise in their entire history.
They literally didn’t even mention mark Sanchez
They literally didn't mention plenty of worthy QBs the hell you talking about
@@simoncohen9323 They can’t talk about every single QB… the videos already over an hour long. To expect more is just being unreasonable
@@Austin.Kilgore true however there are QBs they missed that deserved and put some QBs that didn't over others like mark Sanchez for the jets three straight afc champ games
@@simoncohen9323 Okay well then yeah, there’s certainly some arguments to be made on some QB’s they could’ve/should’ve chose over other QB’s
Just glad this video took into account the franchise's entire history, and not just the last 25 years or just the Super Bowl era, like a lot of these lists do.
Nothing before the merger is relevant
So we should just erase those 40+ years from the record books? Yeah it was a different game in the early days, but so were all the major sports in the early days.
@@rockymountainhomesteadIt can get a bit apples to oranges if you compared things straight up (with all pro and pro bowls most prominently), but the pre-merger years are worth noting in my opinion.
@@rockymountainhomestead then why do the Giants always show their 4 NFL Titles prior to the Super Bowl era along with their 4 Super Bowls during their home Games? Why does the Pro Football Hall Of Fame count them? Yeah some fans dismiss that era but other fans do not, so you can claim they are not relevant and I will claim they are.
Nothing is relevant until the CFL merges with the NFL (Fun fact a CFL team beat the Buffalo Bills back in the 1960's.)
As a cowboys fan, it’s criminal how people look at Romo. Tony Romo was ONLY reason that the cowboys didn’t go 2-14 every year from 2006-2014. He played on some terrible teams and somehow always figured out a way to give us a chance at the end of the season. Best scrambling ability I’ve ever seen.
Die hard cowboys hater but you're right! I like romo now that he's not dressing up for Dallas. 😅
I agree
I liked Romo. He is low because of his playoff record and that's it really. The QB position for better or worst is evaluated by two major ways...League MVP and Playoff success.
Ur literally underplaying ur own team to boost Tony romo. Cowboys had insane WR’s and defensive players during that time.
4 playoff appearances in 13 seasons. 2-4. somehow Romo always figured out a way to screw up at just the right time.
As a Panthers fan Jake Delhomme is still my favorite QB we've had. Although we fell just short at the end, that team was so fun to watch.
He wasn't so bad afterall...
I remeber him and foster. That playoff run and that superbowl game was epic
Thats crazy y’all lost your two Super Bowl to the two GOATs Brady and Peyton. Your team is unfortunate they had to play against them
As a Ravens fan I'm upset they didn't talk about Steve McNair. His 2 seasons with us were better than Boller's career.
I was surprised he wasn't included as well.
One of the worst lists ever, no mention of Steve McNair, and they have the BEARS over the Ravens when they have never even had a 4,000 yard passer… the disrespect for Joe Flacco is amazing
@@JSalonsky Hell you could put Vinny Testaverde on this list.
Well by that logic, you could put Dilfer on there...he lost only one start with them and brought home a ring.
That 2006 Ravens defense was amazing tho
For the Cowboys, I’m kinda surprised Don Meredith and Danny White didn’t at least get mentioned
Also surprise that the Rams are ahead of the Cowboys
i agree danny white is a legend
Dallas would have been higher had Don Meredith, Craig Morton and Danny White been part of this calculation.
You beat me to it. How does one not mention Meredith or Danny White and maybe Craig Morton as well.
@@adolfoandreavila7104 Yeah that's bonkers. Like Kurt Warner was awesome but only for 2.5 seasons. I think you have to grapple w/ the longevity of Staubach, Aikman, and Romo.
The Flacco to Jacoby play literally still gives me chills
Very well produced, written & voiced videos!
I think Don Meredith deserves a mention in the Dallas Cowboys all-time QB room. No, he didn't win any rings, but he was tough as nails and played a big role in making Dallas relevant before Roger got there.
If he didn't get busted cross dressing with a prostitute he would be more enshrined in NFL lore. But back then it was more taboo so he got black balled hardcore and over time people just kinda forgot about him. If he played today that kinda thing would be more accepted. The only issue he would've had was the dog beatings he was charged with because he was into dog fighting back then... which wasn't as taboo as it is now. It's weird how things kind of flipped over time. You can cross dress and bang hookers all you want but don't beat any dogs or participate in any dog fighting rings for money.... totally bonkers. If they didn't steal the election from Trump in 2020 none of this would be happening.
And Danny White
@@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 dont be races boy
@@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 Yep. The roster was reputedly in a downward cycle when White took over for Roger.
@@barbaracaroll Not so much. Don only really had two maybe three "good" seasons individually and team wise. And a lot of that had to do with those defenses and Tom Landry's coaching. It's silly to truly compare QB's seperated by such a time gap, they really did play different games almost entirely. But Romo's arm talent was objectively better, just watch the tape... most modern NFL QB's have stronger arms with more accuracy than QB's like Meredith who might've been elite arm talents in the '60's but never benefited from all the coaching, experiance and other benefits that came over the years of existence. He probably wouldn't even make the starting roster in todays NFL... maybe the practice squad but even that's unlikely given how out of shape every player was allowed to be back then compared to today. Running 2 miles probably would've been impossible... hell they were still taking smoke breaks during practice and drinking booze every day in the locker rooms.
For being more defensively-focused than the game today, the 70s had so many greats at QB: Staubach, Bradshaw, Fouts, Anderson, Tarkenton, Stabler, Griese, Hart, Dawson, Manning, and even the twilights of Unitas and Jurgenson. Not to say that some of the earlier QBs tearing up the formative years of the NFL in the 50s and 60s weren't standouts in their time as well, but it feels like the 70s coinciding with the growth of the sport at the pro level and a batch of legendary signal callers really was writing the history books as they went.
The period of 1969-1977 is in my opinion the dead ball era of the game. In the last year before the merger we see two teams with excellent defenses face one another in Super Bowl 4 (Red Wood Forest Chiefs won it all, and the 69 Vikings defense allowed less than ten points per game themselves). And in the first eight seasons after the merger, we have a period where the old AFL and NFL teams played one another for the first time, and as such there were a lot of talented defenses in the league, and prior to 1978, the Mel Blount rule didn’t exist so secondaries could jam receivers beyond five yards with no pass interference, and pass rushers contended with offensive linemen who could not extend their arms. Don’t get me wrong, the quarterbacks you mentioned as a group were excellent (in particular their game management in some cases), and simultaneously because the defenses were not restricted by too many rules changes, the quarterbacks ended up handing the ball off to maintain possession much more often than their successors in many cases, so their raw passing stats don’t look like much, but they did their jobs.
I hope we get more lists like this with other positions ranked, such as running backs, wide receivers, offensive lines, defensive lines and so forth!
First thing comes to mind is KC had elite rbs since I’ve been watching. KC easily #1 for TE SF probably best wideouts off strength of rice and Owens. Vikings up there too with moss, Carter, and now Jefferson Patriots dead last for wideouts lol
@@SpeenzoidotronDefinitely they had moss for a few years but that was about it
It's ridiculous to say that the Pats are the worst for wideouts. Sure there weren't a lot of star #1's but the slot guys and so on added up to be some of the most successful receivers of the last couple decades.
@@Minivanmusician brady made them look good. Amendola hogan and edelman on any other team wouldnt be as good
@@brandino217 idk ... Welker showed HE was pretty good elsewhere so it makes me think that that team was picking guys who were low-key talented.
Should also be mentioned in the Bart Starr stats that he won 3 straight NFL championships. Green Bay is the only team to ever accomplish this and it's an often ignored fact when talking about Starr's legacy
I think people really overlook him because of how good Lombardi was and how good the Packers RBs were at the time.
There's also this ridiculous idea that somehow a Super Bowl is different from an NFL title-you play for the championship that's available.
There is one other fact that most people ignore, and that is Green Bay is the smallest market in all of pro football! You have teams in L.A.,New York and Chicago,the three largest cities with the most fans providing the largest revenue and yet the smallest did it!😂💚💛
Otto Graham won 5 straight from '46-'50.
@mc-lp4zl no disrespect to a true legend, but 4 of those were in the AAFC. His streak ended once the Browns joined the NFL, where competition was more challenging.
What about Don Meredith? Even Danny White went to 3 straight NFC title games
And Morton took them to a Superbowl
@@topJimmyP1984Morton was decent in Dallas, but his best work was arguably in Denver later.
Takes me back to those great players and teams I loved.
What's crazy about this list to me is how many really great QBs there have been. Once you get to basically the Carolina (#28) level, almost every team has some kind of legendary QB. And even teams lower than that have some noteworthy seasons in the form of brief visits from Hall of Famers.
This was a surprisingly objective ranking. Kudos.
The Cowboys' Don Meredith and Danny White were worth a mention.
So was Clint Morton. It's unreal to hear them hyping up Prescott without mentioning any of those three guys!
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Yeah. Craig Morton led 2 different teams to the Super Bowl. The only other QBs to do that are Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady.
@@krl97a You forget Earl Morrall. He led Miami all season, but Griese got the nod in the SB. He was the Colts QB against the Jets, and won the MVP that year. He deserved a mention for the Colts list. I know I'm quibbling, but I think he deserves a lot of credit for the Dolphins perfect season. Speaking of, these guys didn't mention Don Strock, who might be the best backup QB ever. He and Woodley led Miami to a SB. They made some MAJOR omissions when compiling this list. And Frank Reich should have been included in the Bills list. He only led the greatest comeback playoff game EVER.
@comfortat Some good mentions. Morrall gets left off that list because he didn't play in Miami's SBs. Guess it should be worded "led to and through" lol. He played a huge role in the 72 season, starting 9 (not all) regular season games while Griese was out and earning first team All Pro honors that year. Regarding my original post though, I'll add for those who don't know that the Cowboys I mentioned were long-tenured franchise QBs who were seen as some of the most formidable in the league during their eras.
@@comfortat I always considered Strock the best "relief pitcher" in NFL history. Frank Reich notwithstanding. Neither had much success as starters as I recall.
Otto graham is the ultimate competitor he played one year in the NBA and won the championship
This is a great video the late 70s 80s and 90s was my favorite era of football takes me back in time seeing some of my favorites on here
Great video! One of the best compilations I’ve ever seen. Could’ve only been better if you included Robert Griffin the third!
Do an all time defense ranking between all 32 teams. See which ones would have the best depth and 11 starters!!
There’s a lot of great players and teams. Would make an interesting installment
Pittsburgh would be number 1
@@AD-ur1fk either them or sf or maybe baltimore
Green Bay would have some good ones further back
@@AD-ur1fk I agree with that! The 70s hall of famers plus Rod, Troy, TJ, Casey Hampton, Greg Lloyd and some of the linebackers of the 2000s would be insane
Gotta mention Favre for the Vikings. Best passing season in franchise history, best Viking QB in most Vikings fans lives.
Funny that the best QB the Vikings have ever had is a Packer lol
Will go down as a footnote only. Favre won MVPs and a Superbowl in Green Bay.
Tracy Porter enters the chat....
@@mightguy123456 And still better then Rodgers turn out ? If you PACKERS fans are going on Super Bowls & a much harder DIV"S way back , then ?
@@robertd.7060 Dude, you can't even use Super Bowls as a comeback. .... you know why....
One thing people forget about the Colts is that they were the team that originally drafted Elway. To think they could've gone from Unitas to Elway (in a decade) to Manning if they moved off of old Elway, and then to Luck.
Would Elway have had such an amazing career that he did had he played for the Colts? Eli Manning stayed with the Chargers? Those 2 get a knock down due to not playing for the teams that drafted them and manipulating their way to another team.
Interesting list concepts! This channel is so much fun.
An honorable mention for Erik Kramer as a Detroit Lion. He is a class act and one of the only players to survive the ‘87 strike.
Rodney Pete 9?
He had a good game in their playoff win in 91.
@@fortynights1513 Yep. Fontes had Kramer, Peete, and Ware. (and Barry Sanders, Herman Moore)… still no Super Bowl appearances. 😟
@@33TimberWolf In 91, they made the NFC Championship Game and unfortunately had no chance against Washington (neither team has been that far since on a side note). The best season any of their quarterbacks produced in the 90’s was arguably Scott Mitchell in 1995. (Football Outsiders play by play breakdowns argue he was the best quarterback that season actually) Barry Sanders was obviously the best player, but Detroit was not half bad in the 90’s; probably their most successful extended period since the 50’s.
@@fortynights1513 Mitchell was the best we had prior to Stafford; but he had a lot working against him.. He was a Mormon living in Detroit, his wife was so unhappy with Michigan that she divorced him, he threw with the wrong hand, and the core team only supported him for that one great year. It was a very small window that closed too quickly.
Great video! I really enjoyed this one. Had a few that I felt should’ve been higher than others, but can’t argue.
What a great video. Well done!
As a Packers fan, you chose some of the most iconic moments to clip (Hail Mary by Rodgers, helmet held up by Favre), so I assume you did so for every other team as well.
Not gonna lie - as a Saints fan, the Saints are wayyy too high. Archie Manning's legacy largely came from him being the only decent player on the team, not that he was particularly great, and Brees and Brooks doesn't make up for the absolutely ridiculous lineup of clowns. Hell, they didn't even mention Aaron Brooks! Brooks started more seasons for the Saints than Hebert and won the Saints first ever playoff game in 2000. The Bengals are way better overall, and the Saints should be somewhere in the low 20s.
Archie was a decent player (at his best was the quarterback of the sixth best offense even), but yeah, he might account for too much here.
Sorry, but I was thinking they were a bit to high as well. Brees was a beast for you guys, Manning was very solid, but the rest...slightly above average at best, dogsh1t at the worst.
They probably gave Brees's Super Bowl win/MVP more credence than Anderson's or Esiason's MVP years, or Burrow's two AFC championship berths. Then again, the Chargers are also ahead of the Bengals, with a journeyman representing their lone SB appearance.
@@fromthehaven94 The chargers have Fouts, Rivers and Herbert. Those 3 are either hofers or borderline.
@@fromthehaven94Chargers also have an AFL title with John Hadl in 63 pre-Super Bowl, but point taken
The Bills should have been a little higher as Jack Kemp was ignored. Kemp led the Bills to 4 consecutive playoff berths, 3 straight AFL title games, winning two championships. Frank Reich could have been given a shoutout for leading the greatest comback in playoff history. Also, no mention of Tua for the Dolphins, George Blanda with the Raiders, or Don Meredith for the Cowboys.
Glad I’m not the only one who’s heard of Kemp.
Kemp yes, Blanda was primarily a kicker with the Raiders...he did most of his passing with the Oilers in the AFL days, Meridith didn't have a particularly long career with the Cowboys and wasn't nearly as successful as Staubach or Aikman, and Tua? Well one doesn't start singing someone's praises after one real good season... he's pending.
@@BuccWylde True, Blanda was a kicker for the Raiders, but he also came off the bench and won games for the Silver and Black. Meredith was an original Cowboy, played nine seasons with them and took them to their first playoff berths. They didn't have to go into detail with Tua, just a mention would have sufficed.
That"s OK, they didn't PUT Jack or Brews on the Chargers list either ? Maybe they didn't like him [ Jack ] in CONGRESS , I'm guessing .
Kemp and Reich should have been mentioned. Wholeheartedly agree.
Need more of these! ❤
Awesome video, well worth the hour
Jim Kelly was great as the legend of 4 consecutive AFC champ titles, no super bowl win😅😅
Give him in the bills credit. That’s a very tough thing to do, go to four straight Super Bowls. Probably the most resilient team ever. Any other team would’ve folded after the second Super Bowl.
Certainly an impressive feat, but at least Buffalo can say they have their AFL championships with Jack Kemp in addition to that. Kelly was their best quarterback though.
They didn’t say anything about Flutie or Bledsoe. I think the Bills would have relocated if it wasn’t for Flutie.
Wonderful vid! Love seeing the older QBs getting some love/attention. Minny should’ve been higher. Along with the QBs mentioned, they also had Cunningham and Warren Moon as playoff QBs in the 90s
And Joe Kapp led them to an SB!
And Favre in 09
Why did you skip mentioning Jeff Hostetler for the Giants? He's the original Nick Foles story. I know he didn't have a prolific career but I think winning a Super Bowl as a backup is worth a mention.
Fair point. A backup QB winning a Super Bowl is such an awesome story.
The problem is that winning a Super Bowl is something they are never going to credit him with. The Giants winning Super Bowl 25 was about a dominant running game that dominated the bills and limited their possessions and the number one ranked defence that year that had bill belichick with a perfect game plan on defence waiting for the bills.
The Giants won super Bowl 25 because they had a record drive to open the second half dominating the time of possession and because Scott Norwood ""Mr.Automatic"""mr. 47-yard field goal as Time expired... Upon further examination the 47-yard field goal was kicked on grass. Orchard Park has a Field that is turf and most of buffalos games were played on turf even away games.. he wasn't used to kicking off of grass...
Into the person with the Giants having the perfect defense because they had Bill belichick's defensive coordinator... I hate to burst your bubble but I personally watched the game Buffalo's offense was better it was high octane they ran the k gun.. the Giants didn't win on defense,they won the game on that third-quarter offensive drive... Get off of Bill belichick's nuts... I bet you didn't even watch the game because you are saying Bill belichick's defensive game plan is why they won... Thurman Thomas was unstoppable accumulating almost 200 yards of total offense rushing for 135 yards and a touchdown on like 17 carries or something like that...
@@user-rp3ro5no1v That was the point of the gameplan. Punish the pass game, make them run the ball. If they succeed so be it but that helps burn the clock and limit the possessions of both teams. Lacking Phil Simms the Giants are at a disadvantage in a shootout so the fewer possessions overall the better.
Can we take a minute just to appreciate how good Jim Kelly and The Bills were in that 4 years. I mean 4 straight AFC Titles, other QBs in the AFC he would play against, Marino, Moon, Krieg, Esiason, Elway, Kosar, not to mention the NFC QBs he also faced, but damn what an amazing 4 year run.
No kelly was to busy beating woman in bars instead of winning superbowls
@@russellfrey4079no Jim Kelly wasn't beating them he was sleeping with them you're thinking about the nephew he was pulling AR-15 on the police Pat Kelly was trying to beat up high school kids
@@jerryjanik480 no jim kelly choked that women in that bar on Seneca Street and center road in west seneca. Thae bar is no longer there
Great video! I really enjoyed watching!
Why remind me of Jay Cutler?!? I was minding my business, having a good day 😅
😂😂😂 🐻⬇️ nonetheless
Cool ranking video idea. Liked it
Usually lists are not very good. I think this one nailed it
this video is going to hit like crack man I’m so excited
I actually get way too excited seeing new uploads and hearing this voice 🤩
Good to see guys like Krieg, Sipe, and Gabriel get included as people tend to forget how accomplished they actually were. Anderson, Esiason, Simms, and Bledsoe all need serious consideration for the Hall. Would have liked to see a small shout-out to Earl Morrall, #2 overall pick in '56, 20k passing yds, 3x SB champion, league MVP in '68. Also maybe a quick mention of Joe Kapp. Didn't play long in the NFL, but was known as one of the toughest qbs of his time. His three yrs with the Vikings were productive, leading them to their only league championship in '69...not bad for a dude picked #209 in round 18...yes, 18!
This channel is so freaking awesome!
Shout out to the men and women that put this together. Hope y'all do most positions like this.
We all kinda knew Green Bay would be at the top, but even then they left out a few good/great QBs. Lynn Dickey, while not a Hall of Famer, led some potent offenses in the 80's. And the oft forgotten man in GB history, Cecil Isbell. Isbell helped lead the team to the Championship in 1939 along with Arnie Herber, and took over when Herber left. He was either a first or second team all pro every season of his career (albeit he only played 5 seasons), broke the passing yards record in both 1941 and 1942, and was the first QB to throw for over 2000 yards in a season. He also led the league in touchdowns both years, and also broke the touchdown record in 1942. He was also part of 1930's All-Decade team. He's a criminally underrated player who would most likely be in the Hall of Fame if he hadn't ended his career early to take a coaching job.
Tbh I figured it be GB but I also wouldn’t have been surprised to see Colts at #1 either… I thought Packers and Colts EASILY has the top 2 spots locked down though
@@Austin.Kilgore Team wise you mean , I guess ? QB"S wise , NO , a FEW of these QB"S are still playing & will [ADD ] onto there stats [ QB ] list in the up coming years !
It's also worth mentioning that 2 quarterbacks in this list for other teams were drafted by the Packers: Mark Brunell of the Jaguars and Matt Hasselback of the Seahawks. Also Kurt Warner was in the Packers training camp at the start of his career.
Yeah, too bad know one knows anything about those wishbone QBs of the 1930's Fudgepackers.
Yep. Lynn Dickey, obviously. Here I was hoping that Don Majkowki would get mentioned.
You did a very good job with this. You balance the modern players with the old timers very well. However, there are some things I want to mention. Billy Kilmer deserves a mention with the Redskins. George Allen chose Billy over Sonny, which I think is questionable, but he did produce with the Skins, getting to the 1973 Super Bowl. Though I will add that Bobby Layne had some good seasons with Pittsburgh, I think Washington and Pittsburgh should be flipped. Also in terms of order, I think the Giants should be higher. Tommy Thompson was the QB for the Eagles when they were the dominant team in the league, going to the championship game in 1947 before winning it in 1948 and 1949. He led one of the league's top offenses those years and was one of the league's better passers. Joe Kapp wasn't pretty, but he did lead the Vikings to their first Super Bowl appearance. Charley Johnson deserves a mention with the Cardinals, being a part of some of their winning seasons in the 1960s while being one of the league's leading passers. Finally, Andy Herber was technically a tailback and not a quarterback with the Packers. But if it's passers we're comparing, another tailback Cecil Isbell also deserves a mention with the Packers. He was among the top passers in the league and he was a part of the 1939 championship team before WW2 interrupted his NFL career.
41:35 shows Trent Green and right after a scene of Joe Montana😂 I had to rewatch I was so confused
Snubs Jeff Hostetler 15 NYG LAR, Frank Reich 14 BUF CAR, Gary Kubiak 8 DEN, Danny White 11 DAL Dandy Don Maridith 17 DAL, Jim Harbaugh 4 CHI IND, Jim Everett 11 LA RAMS, Rodney Peete 9 DET, Elvis Gerbac 18 SF KC BAL Tony Eason 11 NE, & More
Cleveland Browns at 17 is insane 😭😭😭
ikr it should be much lower on the list
Otto Graham, the really old teams get the advantage of just having more candidates, the Browns dominated in the pre Super Bowl era
Not enough people give Otto Graham credit for revolutionizing the passing game the way he did.
My middle school campus monitor was Ernest Givins who played for the oilers in the 80s.. I loved hearing stories about the league
Don Strock deserves a mention always there to help when needed he played on both the dolphins when bob greasy and earl morrow where playing as well as mentoring dan marino.
I’m always amazed when the Cowboys quarterbacks are discussed. How do you leave out Don Meredith and Danny White? I know the bar in Dallas is very high for quarterbacks but at the very least they deserve an honorable mention.
Should have included them and the whole cowboys history with only a few short down times at quarterback greatness. If so they could easily place top three but for sure should be ahead of the Rams!
Meredith and White had winning records and were quite productive. They didn't win championships, but they did play in some memorable playoff games, from The Ice Bowl to The Catch. Dallas lost both in the waning moments.
I remember when Burrow was coming out and every single national media outlet said he should refuse to go to cincy, bc Cincy is the place QBs go to die. There's a 15 minute video somebody clipped togther of a few dozen media members, just bashing the bengals in every possible way you could think of
To be expected
Jeff Blake, who was not mentioned, got a Pro Bowl nod. The Bengals only outright known failures at the QB position don't supersede their successes.
And I still remember how MY QB in that SAME draft was going to be a bust & he was drafted at NO # 6 and the 3rd QB in that draft ? YEA , looks like those so - called experts got that one correct , too .
@@robertd.7060 Bummer. But at least they didn't say Herbert should demand a trade bc he was too good for the chargers
HOF Warren Moon not mentioned for Houston, Minnesota or Seattle. Hell he makes Edmonton #7 on this list by himself.
That's because the Houston oilers became the Titans not the Texans, hence his mention (leading mention in fact) for the Titans.
As soon as I saw this vid, I got out my QB spread sheet and made my own team-by-team list. Lost track of how many times this list and mine jibed, even down to the #4 or #5 QB. For several, I have to concede, your argument was better. Extraordinarily well done. (though I would've ranked the Bengals higher....in my totally objective, unbiased opinion)
Oh this is going to be a GOOD one. I'll watch it later and give my opinion.
Can’t wait!
How about Lynn Dickey and Don Majkowski of GB they were great to watch as well.
Amen. Majik and Cardiac Pack forever!
Fun qbs...there wasn't much for the pack from Starr to Dickey, was spoiled from Majik to Favre to Rodgers, now what? 3 qbs in 35 years is insane.
you mean their wasn't much between Dickey and Magic that was the most painful years of GB when we had QB by committee@@jeremiahrose4681
Dickey, sure. But Majik only had the one year.
@@chriskay1449 True. But what a year it was!
Randall Cunningham is the only player to throw a 90 yard touchdown and kick a 90 yard punt.
Packers have a ton of great quarterbacks throughout their history. Curly Lambeau is one of the most important football players ever. He invented a large part of football culture, he made the first ever fair catch kick, and even had the first unbeaten season in 1929 (12-0-1). Cecil Isbel was elite in the early days when he played alongside Don Hutson (who for a very long time held the record for receiving TDs). Arnie Herber was also great as mentioned. Bart Starr has some legendary accolades, but it really was overshadowed by the most talented football leader to ever live with Vince Lombardi. Majik was awesome, but he was always crippled by injuries so he never got many accolades. Favre was nicknamed the gunslinger because he could throw a football at interstate speeds and his release was extremely fast. He once broke his receiver’s hand because he threw the ball so hard. And the guy that replaced him, Aaron Rodgers, had even more talent than he did. All of this, and now Jordan Love also looks like a future Hall of Famer.
Thank you for remembering that Don Majkowski was a great quarterback. I have only heard one statement about him (a negative one) since Brett Favre took over for him.
Lol. Yeah love looks insane. I was looking for this
Jordan love is a effin joke Stop 😂🤯🤦🤯
@@dwightgayle9589 Check his stats from this year. Far from joke-worthy.
No mention of Jack Kemp for the Bills? Flutie had those 2 magical seasons too
Yea he had 2 good seasons. And this is a list of franchise QBs. To be a franchise player you gotta be there for at least 8 years
Great list
😂
Lamar Being a former MVP Is Sad 😢
@@HTV315 who says he can't get back there?
You should have mentioned that when Dave Kreig slipped out of Derrick Thomas's grasp to throw that game winner, he had been sacked by Thomas 7 times that game. Unbelievable for both men!
I was mind all the blown watching that game!! Derrick Thomas’s post game interview was also striking. Pissed about the loss. Not really hyped on being one sack short…..
Good looking. Tampa Bay drafted Steve Young 86 supplemental draft. He just had a cup of tea. 😎
Thanks NFL Throwback for the awesome retrospective. The perfect prescription for the offseason. I found time today to watch the entire production from start to finish, and I have to say you folks did a fine job putting this together. The 49ers making #3 is something I can definitely live with when taking into account the entirety of NFL history (although I think we should have edged out the Colts heehaw). We certainly had some studs. Hopefully, Glock13 is the next cornerstone QB for the red and gold. Cheers.
I think Jeff Garcia and 16 straight winning seasons and 5 Super Bowl wins definitely should have put the 49ers at 2.
"I played in Baltimore, not Indianapolis" -Johnny Unitas
Bart Starr have the 2nd Highest QBR in PostSeason History at 104.8
Which says a lot because of the era it was in (though it was on lower volume). Most quarterback efficiency metrics don’t have a player that old that high up, in particular if it’s raw and unadjusted.
Tarkenton seems the forgotten guy when lists of all time great QBs are written. Even in the 70s Staubach, Bradshaw, Stabler, and Fouts are remembered before Fran. He may have been the best of all those 70s QBs
Shouldn't every QB he mentioned for the Browns be credited to the Ravens? Until 1995 the Ravens were the Browns before they moved to Baltimore in 1996. The team we call the Browns today is an expansion team from 1999
I approve this message. They carried over the Houston Oilers QBs to the Titans.
I hope you guys are doing this for all positions!!!!! Will watch them all.
Dunno if it'd make sense to do another long video for a non-quarterback position, but running back would be cool to see. I can see the Titans being near the top mostly due to CJ2k and the Tractor.
If we include the Oilers here too, then they also have Eddie George and Earl Campbell
Eddie George, CJ2K, Earl Campbell, and King Henry let's go!
Who’s the “Tractor”? Lol (Also Colts should probably rank high too… Erik Dickerson, Marshall Faulk, Edgerrin James and Jonathan Taylor.)
@@Austin.Kilgore Lenny Moore as well.
Will y’all please make more long videos? I need to listen to something while I’m working
I know you can't name every QB that was really good but I was a little sad that Danny White didn't make the list. He never took the Cowboys to a SB as a starter, but he did take them to 4 straight NFC title games. If not for Montana, he might have made a few SBs.
A little surprising that Green Bay ends up #1 on this list. Can't really argue much about this listing. I like that you went with deep cuts as well. A couple notes: - It's amazing some of the stats out there. I mean, Tom Brady only spent a couple years in TB and he leads in TD passes? That's INSANE! - I think one of the reasons Kenny Anderson isn't remember as much as he should is because his successor seemed to make a bigger impact and was more healthy. Anderson had the nickname "Candlelight" by some for being oft injured at times. - Surprised Danny White didn't get mentioned with the Cowboys but I can understand it. He's one of those guys who gets kinda lost in the shuffle as he was the main QB in the middle of two great QB runs. - Last but not least, The Browns having recent troubles at QB....30 years is a generation man. That's not recency, that's a way of life for that fanbase and honestly I don't think DeShaun Watson is gonna change anything.
Even though I'm a Packer fan, I would've been shocked had the Packers not been #1... the Packers have legendary QB play throughout their whole entire franchise history. There are very small points in their history where they didn't have a good/HOF QB... in fact, over 50 years of Packer history has been led by a HOF QB. Even in the 70s and 80s, the Packers had Lynn Dickey and Don Majkowski. They don't have a single Decade of total QB mediocrity
@@IgnoretheButter The worst period would probably be the mid 80’s. Randy Wright was not good.
@FortyNights idk... the 1950s was pretty bad too. But yeah, 1980s was pretty bad
@@IgnoretheButter Tobin Rote was a decent quarterback in the 50’s. Led the league in passing touchdowns twice, and even passer rating once and was a 1956 pro bowler, but Green Bay wasn’t winning many games. Rote, his top target Billy Howton (who had the most receiving yards and receptions through his 1963 retirement, and in my opinion should be in Canton), and Hall of Famer Bobby Dillon were good, but there wasn’t much else around them until Vince Lombardi shows up. Randy Wright in the 80’s was arguably worse relative to his era than Rote was relative to his. Neither one was leading successful teams though.
3 HOF QBs
Jack Kemp led the Buffalo Bills to 2 straight AFL championships… that was not mentioned
As a Colts, Pacers, and Reds fan, it hurts me the most to think about the Colts during my lifetime. The Pacers have only made the Finals once, but it always felt we were hitting above our weight in the playoffs. Never much hope. The Reds have only won a playoff series (‘95) once since I’ve been alive. Never much hope. The Colts on the other hand gave me so much hope with arguably the two greatest QB prospects ever. All of that for one ring. The Colts might have given me the most hope, but they also have given me the most heartbreak.
31-17 WHO DAT!!! ;)
Great video! I love the work they put into the videos. More sport leagues should draw inspiration from the NFL!
Top four should be packers, niners, colts, cowboys. Why the rams are in the top five is ridiculous. They should definitely be in the top ten. But not ahead of the Cowboys. Aside from that, pretty good list. Thanks for the work you put into this. Love NFL throwback.
van brocklin and waterfield pull them ahead of the cowboys. if it's just super bowl era, then cowboys would be higher
I agree 9ers need to be ahead of Colts. Luck is an asterisk, not a HoF'er
Spot on!
This is the start of hopefully a potential series with running backs, receivers, tight ends, etc on the way 🙏
We need a video on this for each position
Don't even have to watch to know it's my packers...since Brett Favre they've produced Favre, Rodgers, Hasselbeck, Aaron Brooks, Matt Flynn, and Jordan Love.
Before i watch, off the top of my head i'll guess the Cowboys and Packers should be at the top. Raiders, 49ers, Colts, Chiefs and Bengals all should be ranked pretty high as well.
Before you GO guessing , MY team didn't have Jack kemp OR Drew Brees on it ? Yes just another Super Bowl list on a QB [ PLAYER ] list ?
@@robertd.7060 true, chargers have had some good qb's, though kemp and brees didnt hit their primes until after they went to a different team. brees at least had some good years in san diego though. i like to think of each teams top 3 (cuz 3 roster spots for the qb position usually), and the chargers have a pretty good top 3 with fouts, brees and rivers.
it's stunning to realize at 1 time the steelers had unitas and len dawson at 1 time
yeah, those dumb ass Steelers could've had Unitas & Jim Brown in the same backfield. they dumped Johnny U and drafted Lenny D instead of JB.
You should try to do this kind of video for the other positions.
How y’all don’t mention Stafford with the Rams but mention TB12 with Tampa tho???? 👀
Luck retiring still hurts to this day.
and bert jones was the andrew luck of the 70's
The biggest underachievement in NFL history is the fact that From 1992-2022 the Green Bay Packers had Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre as their starting quarterback for every single season and only managed to win 2 Super Bowls. That means that they literally had a Hall of Famer playing the most important position on the football field for their team for every single year for 30 consecutive years and couldn’t even manage to win 1 Super Bowl per decade. meanwhile, the New England Patriots have won 6 Super Bowl trophies in that time, and even the Denver Broncos have taken home 3 Lumbardy‘s since 92. Heck even the ravens And Giants won 2 Super Bowls in that 30 year stretch with way less quarterback talent
Dan Marino top 15 all time QB 0 Super Bowls might be more of an under achievement if all you care about is the QB with relation to rings.Of course its a team sport and even the best QBs cant win without some serious help around them.
@@thehistoricalgamer Dude, are you serious? What about LeRoy Butler. Reggie White. Sterling Sharpe. Ahman Green. Greg Jennings. Donald Driver. Charles Woodson. Darren Sharper. Jordy Nelson. David Bakhtiari. Davante Adams. Josh Sitton. And William Clay Matthews III. And I’m sure there’s a lot of guys that I’m forgetting to mention as well. All of these guys were incredible at their position, but yet they still failed. Despite being on a team who had a Hall of Fame quarterback for 30 consecutive years
All that writing and you still don’t understand football. It’s a team sport young boy. Keep learning.
@@QuickJuggernaut LMFAO I think you are the only person here who is a young boy given that you didn’t have the attention span to scroll down and see I have already addressed this but whatever I’ll just copy and paste my last comment to you ▪️ Dude, are you serious? What about LeRoy Butler. Reggie White. Sterling Sharpe. Ahman Green. Greg Jennings. Donald Driver. Charles Woodson. Darren Sharper. Jordy Nelson. David Bakhtiari. Davante Adams. Josh Sitton. And William Clay Matthews III. And I’m sure there’s a lot of guys that I’m forgetting to mention as well. All of these guys were incredible at their position, but yet they still failed. Despite being on a team who had a Hall of Fame quarterback for 30 consecutive years
@@ajm3575 I’m was talking to original author, not you. But since I got your attention, I want to thank you for cheering for my team. Appreciate you supporting all those players in the cherished years that we had together. You should come to Green Bay sometime, see game, you probably really enjoy it. FYI, I wouldn’t mention Sharper, Chmura, or KBG bc of criminal history. Especially Sharper with being accused of rape. Thanks again for supporting my team and my home town. Take care.
I can't believe they left out Dandy Don Meredith for the Dallas Cowboys.
You done good.
I'm going to count Drew Brees with the Chargers - they drafted him & he broke out in his last two seasons there.
He should factor in there a bit, but not as much as some
@@fortynights1513 He started more games for the Chargers than Herbert has (though obviously that will change) so if your bar for starts is Herbert... Back in 2004 I wanted the Chargers to keep the faith with Brees and draft Robert Gallery - so its good I'm not a GM :)
@@michaelcottle6270 If they wanted to keep Brees that’s one thing (though Rivers isn’t a bad consolation), but yeah, Gallery never proved to be that caliber of player.