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Originally Posted by GTripp0012
Great to me does not mean hall of famer for the record. I'm guessing it does to you, but let's not assume that because I'm calling a guy great, I'm stamping his ticket to Canton.
Brunell in his prime was certainly great, IMO. He would probably rank in the top 40 all time, part because good QBs were rare prior to the Young, Marino, Elway era. He's still capable of doing good things, and did a lot for this team last year, but you and I both know hes best suited to be a backup now.
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I think the word great is thrown around way too much. Right now I would say the NFL has two great QB's. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady. And then the 2nd tier is McNabb, Palmer, Brees and possibly Bulger. But all those 2nd tier guys have the chance to be great.
You are probably just too young to remember but in the 70's and early 80's the NFL had plenty of really good QB's. Dan Fouts and Ken Stabler were two of my old time favorites. And no one threw as nicer looking ball than Warren Moon in his prime. Do you realize that Warren Moon would hold almost every single passing record if the NFL didn't pass him over? But alot of the the stats of the old timers don't match up w/ today's Qb's becasue the passing game and the rules have changed so much. In the old days DB's could just kill wr's. Now they can't touch them. It's the Mel Blount rule.