brett favre

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Originally Posted by Mc2guy

First, I didn't say Favre was all time top 3...another poster did. I said his play THIS year was top 5 in the league.

You responded and I assumed you were agreeing with skinsfaninok, my fault.

Second, if you want to make this a "best of all time" thread, you're going to have define "best". Is it stats, wins, championships, intangibles? You're never going to get everyone to agree on the definition of "best." That's why we have forums for debate.

BTW, I am on record in this forum suggesting that Bart Starr is the greatest QB of all time by any measurement, statistical or otherwise. I still wouldn't pick him to run a modern offense over Favre...different era, different type of player. Does that mean he's "worse"? Of course not.

At the end of the day, the best measure of a player can be assessed in a myriad of ways. Football is entertainment after all, and I doubt many would say that Favre is not one of, if not the most entertaining to watch.

The measurement is certainly not cut in stone. If I'm a GM building a team and I can pick any QB, I'm considering the best in each era. I make the assumption that these great players of earlier eras given access to the advances in sports training/nutrition/medicine/film study/coaching/rule changes/better field conditions, they would be just as great in the modern era.

If I'm a GM in that scenario I don't take Favre over any of the guys on my list.