";s:4:"text";s:25749:"He played in four Super Bowls, winning twice (XLI and 50), and was named MVP in leading the Colts to victory over the Bears in Super Bowl XLI. Only two starting quarterbacks for Washington have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Sammy Baugh (1937-1952) and . Luckman's bio is pretty hilarious; despite the fact that he was given the chance to play professional football, he originally planned to decline the opportunity and work at a relative's TRUCKING COMPANY. During his career with Philadelphia and then Minnesota in 1998 Randall Cunningham was one of the league's most electrifying players and a dual-threat quarterback. 5. After several good seasons with the San Francisco 49ers, he has played for several NFL teams: Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, and Oakland. 66.1 percent completion percentage (best all-time), Early in his career, Jeff Hostetler backed up Phil Simms for the New York Giants and became an NFL starter only after Simms was injured in a game in December 1990. most of his career with the Buffalo Bills, played for the New York Giants for the entirety of his 14-year career, a professional football player for 17 seasons, finally retired in 2005 after a season with the same Patriots, spent the first five years of his post-collegiate career. Boller was a respectable player for the Ravens, but never turned into anything more than a game-manager style quarterback. And come on. Just look at the TD/INT differential and QB rating and compare it to other QBs of the era. most interceptions and fumbles). So, whos the oldest NFL QB? Manning would have his shot at redemption in 2015. As "pilot" of the famous "Air Coryell" offense, Dan Fouts was the quarterback for the San Diego Chargers in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the first minority quarterback to win a Super Bowl (he is Hispanic). It has to be quite the transition for most players to go from the top of the totem pole, to being on the outside of the sport looking in. Still, there's not a lot of space for him in the San Francisco sports pantheon, so Brodie is often overlooked. From 1980-82, White's Cowboys lost three consecutive NFC championships, and in 1983, White had what was statistically his best season. Brian Hoyer signed a one-year deal with the Bears in 2016 to backup starter Jay Cutler. 3 overall draft choice in the 1957 NFL Draft out of Stanford and won a league MVP award in 1970. He currently serves as the President of Football Operations for the Broncos. 45 just because I'm a Ravens fan and think/hope/pray he will have a great career. He currently plays in the UFL, though I'd bet he's still better than most backup quarterbacks in the NFL. Since he served in World War Two, Conerlys career didnt start until he was 27 years old in 1948. Brady has long said that his goal was to play until he was 45, and reported marital issues which ultimately turned into a divorce made the idea of him returning for a 24th season very unlikely. He also holds several distinguished NFL records, and was a six-time Pro Bowler. Pro Football Network strives to passionately deliver purposeful, captivating, and exceptional football content. He appeared in two Pro Bowls: the first with the Los Angeles Rams, who drafted him with the "bonus" draft pick that no longer exists in today's NFL draft, and the latter during his title season with the Bears. He could move up the list with several more good seasons. According to Pro Football Reference, he spent most of his career with the Buffalo Bills, where he had five winning seasons in 12 years. He ranks in the top 10 in career passing yards, touchdown passes, attempts and completions, as well as total offense. Bulger is truly one of the forgotten quarterbacks of the decade. A three-time NFL MVP (2007, '10, '17), Brady also has earned five All-Pro selections and 15 Pro Bowl invitations. While Kelly never managed to win the big game, he is the only quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to four consecutive Super Bowls. Oh, one more thing. The Jacksonville Jaguarswere a solid playoff team in 2017, but the last time the Jacksonville Jaguars were a contender before that was back when David Garrard was at the helm. However, they ran into a buzz saw in the form of the Seattle Seahawks with a final score of 43-8. Morrall started for injured Dolphins QB Bob Griese during the 1972 season for the Miami Dolphins and was part of the league's only undefeated team in history, though he was benched in favor of Griese during the team's playoff run. Don't feel bad for Delhomme, however, as he has been extremely successful since retiring from the NFL. Theismann was notable for wearing only a single-bar face mask that would not obstruct his vision throughout his career, and is perhaps most remembered for how his career ended: Hall of Fame LB Lawrence Taylor snapped Theismann's leg in half on a Monday Night Football game in November of 1985 while sacking the Redskins' QB. Warner was out of a job. In 2000 he helped the Dolphins beat Peyton Manning's Colts 17-14, allowing the Dolphins to beat out Indianapolis for the AFC East division title. Kolb wound up to be a total bust. Injuries to his offensive line and receiving corps, along with questionable play-calling, have contributed to the Buccaneers' issues, but Brady hasn't exactly looked like his former self, either. October 14, 2021. Brees would lead the Saints to their one and only Super Bowl (XLIV) victory in franchise history in 2009, earning game MVP honors in the process. Ferguson's best year was probably in 1975, when he threw 25 touchdown passes to tie for the league high that year (Fran Tarkenton was the other). The Colts tended to mirror their success of their young quarterback; when his play dipped, so, too, did the Colts' fortunes. Besides, anybody who has appeared on the cover of Madden had to be pretty good at some point! Here's a guess: Doug Flutie would be ranked higher if he had played in the NFL for a longer period of time. McMahon spent the most significant years of his career with the Bears, but he also played for San Diego, Philadelphia, Minnesota, Arizona and Green Bay before he hung up his cleats. He never fully regained form after that historically bad performance. It is the longest streak of its kind by any player, at any position, in NFL history. To this date, Layne remains the best quarterback in Lions franchise history, though now Lions faithful might be daring to hope that they might have found the answer in Matthew Stafford. Kilmer was selected 11th overall in the NFL draft (39th overall in the AFL draft) out of UCLA. However, the fact of the matter is if Roethlisberger retired RIGHT THIS SECOND he is already ahead of most QBs in league history. Hasselbeck has been to a Super Bowl, where his Seahawks lost to the Steelers (and interestingly the referee in that game recently admitted that he blew a few calls in that game in favor of Pittsburgh, not that it matters). I keep assuming that this guy is going to retire. At the same time, just the stratospheric nature of Manning's numbers alone warrant a place in the top five. However, conversely, the lack of a Super Bowl win hurts him. I had to do some digging to find out who Steve Bartkowski was, but I was impressed by what I saw. The Kurt Warner story is one of those "feel good" moments when a guy who isn't supposed to be that good turns out to be even better than the starter. 135 TD passes 111 INT 17,199 passing yards 74.8 passer rating 3 Pro Bowls 1 NFL Player of the Year (1966) 97. In 2016, Cardinals head coach Bruce Arians decided to give Leftwich a shot as an intern for the team (Arians was a former coach of Leftwich during their time in Pittsburgh). First player to throw for and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season (2006), 47.6 career rushing yards/game average, first all-time for QB. If you put up Anderson's numbers against many QBs who are in the Hall, Anderson compares favorably. In any event, I remember Brunell as the guy that always beat the Ravens their first few years in Baltimore; it wasn't until 2000 that the Ravens broke through and swept the Jaguars enroute to their only Super Bowl win. After retiring, Leftwich wanted to remain close to the sport and decided to give coaching a shot. He eventually made his way back to the Super Bowl after a successful 2008 campaign with the Cardinals. The former Heisman Trophy winner at USC has been a mainstay at QB for the Bengals since he was drafted. Trent Green was supposed to be the guy running the "Greatest Show on Turf" that eventually brought home a Super Bowl to St. Louis. Morton was replaced in 1971 as the Cowboys' quarterback by Roger Staubach, but Morton actually had a longer career than did "Captain Comeback," leaving Dallas in 1974. Later playing for the New Orleans Satins and then lastly with the New York Jets in 2011, the three-time Pro Bowler wound up leading the league in passing once, in 1996 and managed to lead the league in sacks twice, in 1996 and 2001. Delhomme continued to perform well, for the most part, until he had a five interception collapse against the Arizona Cardinals in the 2008 playoffs. Before joining the Bills, Kelly spent two seasons with the Houston Gamblers of the USFL, winning league MVP honors in 1984. His Hall of Fame NFL career spanned 11 seasons, tallying a stellar 101-59 record with a career completion percentage of better than 60 percent. Elway has a fantastic game as well. The winningest quarterback in NFL history (278 victories, regular season and postseason), Brady is No. Interestingly, Theismann played his first three professional seasons with the CFL's Toronto Argonauts after failing to agree on contract terms with the Miami Dolphins, who had drafted him in the fourth round out of Notre Dame. One ring isn't zero; I can't penalize a guy for only having one. Perhaps the most unbreakable record in professional football is Unitas's record of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass. The three-time NFL MVP (1995, 96, 97) still holds several NFL passing records and ranks in the top five in practically every statistical passing category. But for the most part, Bulger can be found on his farm in Missouri and tending to some of his crops, while also doing good work through his charity foundation. He would go on to spend the entirety of his 11-year Hall of Fame career with the Cowboys, becoming one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history. He is tied with Peyton Manning for second with 186 career regular-season wins. This season, he also became the Packers' all-time leader in touchdown passes (449 and counting). He played for five other teams during the course of his career and backed up Troy Aikman during one of the Cowboys' Super Bowl years. The knock on Manning has always been that he doesn't usually play his best when the chips are down. McBride's first two quarterbacks were Mike Richmond (Mitchell's 1989 backup), and JC transfer Jason Woods. What is even more amazing is both QBs played for the same franchise when it happened. Coming out of college in 1978, Moon saw zero interest coming from the NFL and spent the first five years of his post-collegiate career in the Canadian Football League. Leftwich must have proven his worth as he was hired as the Cardinals quarterbacks coach for the 2017 season. He also holds several postseason records and is tied for the longest touchdown pass in NFL history (99 yards). Following a successful five-year stint with the San Diego Chargers to begin his career, the former second-round pick out of Purdue wound up with the New Orleans Saints where his career really began to take off. To be fair, Testaverde does hold the record for most losses as a starting quarterback (123), but frankly, anyone who can suit up and play decent football after 21 seasons in the NFL as Testaverde did with the Panthers impresses me. Rivers spent the final season of his 17-year NFL career as a member of the Indianapolis Colts, leading them to a wild-card berth. 1 overall draft pick out of Ole Miss entered the NFL in the shadow of older brother Peyton Manning, but it wasn't long before Eli began paving his own way into the annals of. Here's what we know as to whether Brady will retire after this season. Johnson was the last quarterback . At the time of this writing (April 2022), this list is as accurate as possible and with the exception of Tom Brady, all of the oldest quarterbacks are retired. However, Young also changed while he was playing the game. Brady said in December on his "Let's Go!" He's a player who has been solid but has almost certainly topped out on the listunless, of course, he manages to lead his team to a Super Bowl title before he retires. Even so, his immense talent led teams to repeatedly take chances on him, which allowed him to put up big numbers. He looks reinvigorated since joining the Ravens, and understandably sohe seems to have tired of all the losing in St. Louis. A onetime record holder for the most passing touchdowns in NFL history, Warren Moon was able to parlay his physical gifts and throwing acumen into a career that spanned from 1983 to 2000. Currently, he works as an ESPN NFL analyst. Herb Scharfman/Sports Imagery/Getty Images, recently admitted that he blew a few calls. He quarterbacked the Patriots during the 1978 season, during which that Patriots team set a record for total team rushing yardage that still stands today (3,156 yards). Kind of hard to believe, but it's true. His 3,407 rushing yards rank ninth among quarterbacks. 1 quarterback of all time. He won with different people around him on offense and pretty good defenses. Harrington had a few decent seasons with the Lions, but ultimately lost the faith of the franchise. His 20-year run in New England is unprecedented: 17 division titles, nine Super Bowl appearances, and six world championships. Going just by the numbers, Namath really wasn't much of a player outside of a few good seasons, and some people would want to rank him higher. It wasn't going to be easy for the next quarterback in line to continue the "Greatest Show on Turf" once the stars left the Rams. Maybe it's a stretch to put Rodgers this high, especially given that he's only in his third full season as an NFL starter. Otto Graham played for ten years with the Cleveland Browns, and in all ten seasons, Graham led the Browns the championship game. When you think of the Dallas Cowboys through the years, you think of good quarterback play- indeed, even the less famous quarterbacks managed to make this list. A two-time Super Bowl champion (XL, XLIII), he's the youngest starting quarterback to win a Lombardi Trophy (age 23). In any event, following the 1989 game in which Everett pretty much got killed by the 49ers defensive front for the entire game, Everett was perceived by many as someone who shied away from contact. I know that this guy shed the label of not winning the big one. Blanda played for the Bears, Oilers, and Raiders in his long career. Better known these days as the head coach for the Stanford Cardinal, Jim Harbaugh played for 15 seasons in the NFL before beginning his coaching career. Manning won the AFC West all four years he was in Denver, helping the Broncos reach two Super Bowls. Fouts never made it to the Super Bowl, which obviously hurts his overall stock to some degree, but his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993 speaks volumes. At the same time, you hear people slam him for being basically a glorified game manager on a team that won FIVE championships (three NFL titles and the first two Super Bowls). The World's Most Entertaining Car Website. The oldest quarterback ever, George Blanda, was just shy of his 49 th birthday when he retired! 1 overall draft pick out of Ole Miss entered the NFL in the shadow of older brother Peyton Manning, but it wasnt long before Eli began paving his own way into the annals of greatness among NFL quarterbacks. Fouts's first few years in the league were relatively anonymous, but when Don Coryell arrived in 1978 he turned San Diego into the "Superchargers." Bears owner George Halas traded Layne to the New York Bulldogs, where Layne developed quickly even though he only played there for one season before joining the team with which he spent most of his career- the Detroit Lions. He is also the only quarterback on this list to also kick field goals in professional NFL games, even if most of his numbers are pre-merger. After a short stint in Atlanta, Harrington retired in 2009. 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