Elway was overrated right?

[the next guy]

I despise the fact that so many put him ahead of Marino. It just baffles my mind how they could be "Witnesses" and allow how their stories ended to put one ahead of the other.

It's one of the few things in sports that legitimately angers me.

Word. Elway is 2-3 in SB's all time!

 

[Mantle Drunk]

On the Redskins message board, I said Eli Manning has had a better career than Elway at similar points, and those old idiots tried to take my head off. I posted their season by season numbers and how they ranked against their peers, and they were still mad even though the facts were in their face..

Can you link this up? I would love to read this.

 

[NYC Rebel]

If only Marino could have been under center and turn his head behind him and see someone worth handing the ball off to during any point of his career.

 

[Schmoove]

No. fukk no. One of the greatest ever.

Took them trash 80s squads to the Super Bowl. 3 times. :gladjerruh:

 

[NYC Rebel]

Took them trash 80s squads to the Super Bowl. 3 times. :gladjerruh:

The 80's Broncos were trash?

1986 - Broncos Defense Ranked #15
1987 - Broncos Defense Ranked #7
1989 - Broncos Defense Ranked #1

 

[DirtyD]

Anyone who tries to discredit Marino, because he never won a ring is uninformed and doesn't realize that football is a team sport, having the better player at Quarterback doesn't guarantee victory. Hell the year the Jets beat the Pats to go to the AFC championship was Sanchez a better QB than Brady?

 

[mastermind]

Lets not over-correct, and underrate him either, by saying he was trash.

Who called him trash? He deserves his spot in the HOF.

That said, entering Elway in a discussion of greatest QB of all time is the very definition of overrating. His career doesnt merit that at all. He was one of the better QB's of his era. Thats all.

Indeed

Lets not carried away now. Elway would sh1t on Eli and put up crazy stats in todays era. How talented were those Bronco teams early on his career?

How talented were Eli's teams? Especially on offense.

I'm not anywhere near a Giants fan, but Eli is the reason we know Victor Cruz.

The Giants had NO running game last year and still won it all.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Marino stans are furious!!!

 

[Knights89]

If only Marino could have been under center and turn his head behind him and see someone worth handing the ball off to during any point of his career.

I remember Don Shula saying something to the effect that Marino handing the ball off would be to the benefit of the defense.

All I could was smh. I dont think Shula cared lol

 

[NYC Rebel]

Marino stans are furious!!!

Don't care if you call me a Marino stan....but it just isn't right.

 

[NYC Rebel]

I remember Don Shula saying something to the effect that Marino handing the ball off would be to the benefit of the defense.

All I could was smh. I dont think Shula cared lol

 

[Street Knowledge]

Anyone who tries to discredit Marino, because he never won a ring is uninformed and doesn't realize that football is a team sport, having the better player at Quarterback doesn't guarantee victory. Hell the year the Jets beat the Pats to go to the AFC championship was Sanchez a better QB than Brady?

Ehh Its more that Marino didnt play well in the playoffs then the fact he doesn't have a championship

 

[NYC Rebel]

Ehh Its more that Marino didnt play well in the playoffs then the fact he doesn't have a championship

I don't know why all of a sudden Marino playing on one dimensional teams some how changed in the playoffs.

 

[Listen]

Elway
1984 - 380 attempts, 56% 2600 18/15 76.8
1985 - 605 attempts, 54% 3891 22/23 70.2
1986 - 504 attempts, 56% 3485 19/13 79.0
1987 - 410 attempts, 55% 3189 19/12 83.4
1988 - 496 attempts, 55% 3309 17/19 71.4
1989 - 416 attempts, 54% 3051 18/18 73.7
1990 - 502 attempts, 59% 3526 15/14 78.5
1991 - 451 attempts, 54% 3253 13/12 75.4
1992 - 316 attempts, 55% 2242 10/17 65.7
1993 - 551attempts, 63% 4030 25/10 92.8
1994 - 494attempts, 62% 3490 16/10 85.7


Marino
1984 - 564 attempts, 64% 5084 48/17 108.9
1985 - 567 attempts, 59% 4137 30/21 84.1
1986 - 623 attempts, 61% 4746 44/23 92.5
1987 - 444 attempts, 59% 3245 26/13 89.2
1988 - 606 attempts, 58% 4434 28/23 80.8
1989 - 550 attempts, 56% 3997 24/22 76.9
1990 - 531 attempts, 58% 3563 21/11 82.6
1991 - 549 attempts, 58% 3970 25/13 85.8
1992 - 554 attempts, 60% 4116 24/16 85.1
1993 - only played 5 games
1994 - 615 attempts, 63% 4453 30/17 89.2

The only thing Elway ever beat Marino in during that 10 years was throwing less picks, with less attempts and in 1990 he had a 1% point higehr completion percentage.

Thats it. Marino was a better in every other years on every other stat.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

Who called him trash? He deserves his spot in the HOF.


Indeed



How talented were Eli's teams? Especially on offense.

I'm not anywhere near a Giants fan, but Eli is the reason we know Victor Cruz.

The Giants had NO running game last year and still won it all.

The defense was better than any that Elway had