I found an interesting link comparing QBs throughout league history, all the way back to the beginning of the NFL in the 1920s. Lots of analysis of early players like Charlie Conerly and Daryle Lamonica, pretty detailed and worth a look imho. It has a good analysis of Joe Namath and his HOF worthiness. It's a good read - http://www.footballperspective.com/guest-post-brad-oremlands-best-qbs-in-history-21-30/
Quick dropback,Quick release... It would be cool to have seen him play healthy. Met him twice, at autograph sessions..despite the lines, he was never in a hurry, friendly and affable..quite the gentleman.
That's a great read. Joe was one if the best pure throwers of the football in NFL history. Could do it all with his arm. Gorgeous deep ball. He's a Hall of Famer because he deserves to be in it, not just because of the SB and the Guarantee and the AFL-NFL merger. He was the best QB of his generation and but for injuries would have had an even more illustrious career. Was damn good even still. _
This guy has some great rankings; really good read here. Trying to find a reason to hate the rankings, but I just can't seem to. I really want to get on him for having McNabb so high, but he has a compelling argument. I think you can justify Namath's position, though - I would prob put him down a few spots.
Sorry I disagree. He does not belong in HOF. IMO. I just can't get past he got 40+ more ints then TDs.
That's a great stat in terms of evaluating Joe. I didn't know it was that high. And my memories of him were too many picks. It stood out. And he had a losing record as Jets starting Qb. Some of those picks might have been because he played on some lousy teams. But all things considered and as mentioned in the article: he's HOF.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion but had you seen him play, you're opinion would be different. _
its great that the writer compare Namath to Marino ,for those of you that never saw Namath Marino is the only player that comes close of reminding me of him, his quick release was something that had to be seen .... folks talk about how the jets ran the ball in SB III what everyone forgets Namath call all his plays in that game at the line of scrimmage !! he could have easily throw more feeding his ego yet he read the colts D and ran the appropriate play
Show me a guy in HOF with bad stats? I thought that was most of it? I didn't see him play games that where live but seen a whole lot on tape/DVD.
Nobody is suggesting you can't disagree. I understand the points. But if you didn't see him play, weren't aware of the league back then, the rules, the style, the way he played, it's unfair to judge him based on stars alone. For a very short while before injuries took there toll, he was the best QB in football. One of the best pure throwers ever. A perfect analogy is Marino. Who I believe was the second best QB in NFL history. Which is just my opinion. _
