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01-03-09, 11:21 AM
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Most Overrated QB
Even being a wise-ass can lead to a good topic.
Who is the most overrated QB? Today? Ever? This should be interesting.
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01-03-09, 11:53 AM
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All Time:
Troy Aikman - An ordinary quarterback surround by extraordinary talent. Surround most QBs with a hall of fame running back a hall of fame receiver and protect him with hall of fame O linemen, and it's hard to see him not prosper. I will say he did step his game up in the Superbowl though. I hate to say it being a Jet fan but you'll also hear plenty of arguments for Joe Namath. I wasn't alive for his career, so I won't comment on this one though Current: Tony Romo: Until a QB can win a big game he doesn't have my respect, particular if he consistently performs terribly in meaningful games. Peyton Manning took a while to step out of this category, but certainly has done so. Brett Favre: He made the probowl this year based on his name alone Edit: I should clarify when I included Favre as Current, I meant for this particular year only, not for his career
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01-03-09, 12:43 PM
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Current: Roethlisberger. Yea, I watched him win us a SuperBowl, but the team around him wins games more often than he does. If he didn't have that defense and Hines Ward he would probably be a backup somewhere.
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01-03-09, 05:19 PM
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Tono Romo.
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01-03-09, 10:43 PM
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I'd say Favre has been overrated for at least the past 3 years. In '05 he was close to being the worst starting QB in the NFL.
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01-04-09, 01:30 AM
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Eli. He has never impressed me. His defensive front 4 won him the SB, he had nothing to do with it.
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01-04-09, 09:01 AM
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I'd agree except I've never heard anybody suggest he's anything more than an average QB.
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01-04-09, 09:20 AM
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I'd tend to go with Romo for current. Of course, considering how much money he'll get as a free agent, I'd have to put Cassel up there, too, coming from a team with one of the 2 or 3 best O-lines, Moss/Welker and a system that tends to make decent players (aka Deion Branch, Lawyer Milloy) look like world-beaters. In fact, Matt Cassel may have set the all-time record for going from underrated to overrated in the course of one season.
All-time is tougher. Comparisons between eras are even harder for the NFL than in other leagues. The rules have changed radically from 30 years ago, when DBs could mug the receivers all over the field as long as the ball wasn't in the air and some DBs would even slather glue all over their uniforms so one bump prevented the WR from ever getting separation (where have you gone, Lester Hayes?). You could use the Aikman rationale to put Terry Bradshaw in the most overrated category. I also think that, as an NFL analyst, Phil Simms' reputation seems bigger than his reality. I seem to remember him leading the league in late game blunders. Zy can ask some 40+ Giant fans how accurate that is. And finally, there are many in south Florida who would put Marino right up on top.
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