Quarterbackery: Round 5, Heat 1 and updated standings

[Rain Man]

Okay, here's where we stand now. Teams in red have their final slots in the standings.

1 - San Francisco
2 - Green Bay

2 points

New England Dallas Pittsburgh Denver Indianapolis

1 point

Minnesota Miami Philadelphia Buffalo NY Giants Cincinnati San Diego Oakland New Orleans

0 points

Tennessee Los Angeles Baltimore Arizona NY Jets Carolina Atlanta Seattle Washington

-1 point

Tampa Bay Jacksonville Kansas City Chicago Houston

31 - Cleveland
32 - Detroit

In the first heat, we have four teams with strong quarterback histories, plus Denver.

Indianapolis

Peyton Manning - 13 seasons
Bert Jones - 6
Andrew Luck - 4
Jim Harbaugh - 4
Jeff George - 4
Mike Pagel - 4
Johnny Unitas - 4 (led team for 14 seasons, but only 4 since 1966)
Jack Trudeau - 3
Marty Domres - 2
Earl Morrell - 2
Curtis Painter - 1
Chris Chandler - 1
Greg Landry - 1
Bill Troup - 1

The Colts produced 19 pro bowlers, led by 11 from Peyton Manning.*

New England

Tom Brady - 14 seasons (and current starter)
Steve Grogan - 11
Drew Bledsoe - 8
Jim Plunkett - 4
Tony Eason - 3
Hugh Millen - 2
Babe Parilli - 2 (led team for 6 seasons, but only 2 since 1966)
Matt Cassel - 1
Marc Wilson - 1
Doug Flutie - 1
Joe Kapp - 1
Mike Taliafarro - 1
Tom Sherman - 1

The Patriots have produced 16 pro bowls, led by Tom Brady with 11.*

Pittsburgh

Ben Roethlisberger - 12 seasons (and current starter)
Terry Bradshaw - 12
Neil O'Donnell - 5
Kordell Stewart - 4
Mark Malone - 4
Bubby Brister - 3
Tommy Maddox - 2
Mike Tomczak - 2
Dick Shiner (yes, Dick Shiner) - 2
Cliff Stoudt - 1
Joe Gilliam - 1
Kent Nix - 1
Ron Smith - 1

The Steelers produced 9 pro bowls, led by Ben Roethlisberger with 4.

Denver

John Elway - 16
Craig Morton - 5
Peyton Manning - 4
Jake Plummer - 4
Brian Griese - 4
Steve Ramsey - 3
Charley Johnson - 3
Kyle Orton - 2
Jay Cutler - 2
Steve Tensi - 2
Tim Tebow - 1
Steve Deberg - 1
Pete Liske - 1
Marlin Briscoe - 1
Max Choboian - 1

The Broncos produced 15 pro bowls during that period, led by the Baltimore Colts' John Elway, who had 9.

Dallas Cowboys

Troy Aikman - 12
Tony Romo - 8
Roger Staubach - 8
Danny White - 6
Craig Morton - 3
Don Meredith - 3 (actually led team for 7 seasons, but only 3 since 1966)
Quincy Carter - 2
Steve Pelleur - 2
Matt Cassel - 1
Jon Kitna - 1
Drew Bledsoe - 1
Vinny Testaverde - 1
Chad Hutchinson - 1
Gary Hogeboom - 1

The Cowboys have produced 20 pro bowls during this period, led by Troy Aikman with 6.

[Rain Man]

In my opinion, Dallas is a pretty obvious choice for #1 here, which would put them third in the tournament. 20 years of Staubach and Aikman, augmented by Meredith and Romo, makes them the choice.

Indianapolis and New England are prepping to slot into my next slots, and Pittsburgh is a distant 4th. Even setting my despisal of Elway aside, Denver doesn't belong in this heat.

[RobBlake]

aikman is sooooo overrated tho.

[JoeyChuckles]

Originally Posted by RobBlake

aikman is sooooo overrated tho.

Man you really set the bar low for quarterbacks.

[Al Bundy]

I went with Dallas last, Aikman and Romo are both vastly overrated.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by RobBlake

aikman is sooooo overrated tho.

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

I went with Dallas last, Aikman and Romo are both vastly overrated.

This is true, but still, 20 years of them atop 11 years of Roger the Dodger and Dandy Don? I'd rather have that than 17 years of Manning and Unitas or 22 years of Brady and Bledsoe.

Admittedly, the ceiling on Manning and Unitas is notably higher, though. I wouldn't mark an answer wrong if someone prefers that.

[jjchieffan]

Smh. Aikman pushing Dallas to the top here is just unfathomable to me. Sure, this place screwed up the SNL poll and the female celebrity poll. But this is football. I thought people on here were knowledgeable enough about football to discount the overrated career of Troy "Dilfer" Aikman. But I guess I should know better. The Dallas voters are probably the same morons that worship Gannon.