The Coalition of the Swilling

Amongst the ones I saw play, my list would look like this:

1) Unitas
2) Montana
3) Brady
4) Bradshaw
5) Staubach

Rob, give Brady a little more time. Having been a QB, Brady is good but I'm not sure yet that he is "great". The snow game in NE against the Raiders was a lucky call and totally ridiculous to football people but hey, luck counts! Having seen Unitas on black and white he was great, Sayers was great but Montana just went beyond that to me. Bradshaw in my opinion was very good who had "great" people around him i.e. the whole defense and offense to die for. Montana had good people and I think Rice benefited from two very accurate QBs one being beyond great (Montana) and one being good (Young)but collectively the offense was just good for Montana , he made it great. Now, let's get the banter going!

No love for Cleveland's Otto Graham? The man played ten seasons and made ten title games, winning seven. I do like the nod to Baugh, though - who also played safety and once led the league in punting.

Flutie gets in at 5.9 just for drop kicking the extra point.

Flutie is a hero in this house. He surely could have been 'great' if he hadn't been screwed over so many times in search of the 'perfect' prototypical QB ~ the 6'6", blahblahblah, Ken doll type. Who gave a sh*t if the short guy was an incredible leader, an incredible talent and an incredible heart. Doug Flutie is one of the greatest tragedies of wasted talent in the modern NFL. And Wade Phillips can rot in the veriest pits of despair for what he did to our Flutie Flakes.

Rob ~ Kcruella probably still has her last jar of Terry Bradshaw peanut butter. We all loved him.

Well, Major Dad, Tom Brady will probably be at the top of my list long before his career is over. Unitas had Hall of Famers Ray Berry, Lenny Moore, and John Mackey playing with him. Montana had certain Hall of Famer Jerry Rice. Tom Brady has had journeymen around him for his entire career. I've seen enough.

Rob, I didn't say Brady wouldn't be one of the top five, just not yet.

Nostalgia... As a kid I remember watching The Mad Bomber, Darryl Lamonica, throwing insanely downfield to Fred Biletnikoff covered in stickum who caught insanely. And the guy who put the Old in "Old Guys Rule" - George Blanda...

I was in Shea Stadium for a Joe Willie game. (Makes my eyes water lustfully even now...what a hunk.)

I saw the Baltimore Colts play the St Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game (Before the Saints and before NFL marketers started calling them "preseason games") in City Park Stadium in New Orleans in 1965. Both teams have since moved from their rightful cities. We were there to see LSU star Jerry Stovall play for the Cardinals. It was my first professional game. We pulled for the Cards but that Unitas guy tore them up.

I remember Johnny Unitas as the other QB, (they were playing Baltimore), but my crush on Namath leaves the other details fuzzy. And he only lasted about a quarter and a half thanks to his knees.

I saw Joe play against the Saints in another exhibition. My mom swooned over him, too. I think it was his white shoes. Think he was the first to wear them but today's No Fun League would frown on free spirits like Namath. Too bad. Unitas was the relief QB in SBIII and got them their TD. Earl Morrall started.