cdcox
01-07-2009, 01:17 AM
This is the toughest one yet, but I think I’ve cracked the code.
What makes a HOF QB?
More than anything being on a winning team matters Everyone talks about how good of a QB Archie Manning was, but he'll he never sniffed the Hall. A 35-101-3 record as a starter is going to kill any chance for the HOF. He had 3 great years. Without a SB mixed in their that will never be enough. Maybe the Senior's committee will put him up the same year Peyton in eligible.
Championships matter. But that's not enough - Jim Plunkett has two SBs Ken Stabler has one but neither are in the hall. Despite having statistics at least as good as Joe Nameth. How Joe got in is one of the mysteries of the HOF. Why do Len Dawson and Bob Griese get in, but Stabler doesn't? It's not clear.
Huge stats matter. Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts and Dan Marino prove this. But it's not enough. Vinnie Testerverde and Drew Bledsoe aren't going to make it, despite having huge stats.
So here's my breakdown of current QBs;
IN:
Favre
P. Manning
Brady
I think he's in but a weird case
Kurt Warner - he has one ring and doesn't have the stats. Probably won't get another ring or the stats before he hangs them up. So is he Ken Stabler or Len Dawson. I'm going with the latter because for three years he was the best QB in the league, and after Marshall Faulk, was the face of that team.
In if they play long enough to get in the top 20 in stats -OR- win another ring -OR- maybe in even if they do neither of these
E. Manning
Roethlisberger
Need a ring to get in
I don't think any of these franchise QBs will compile enough stats to get in without a championship:
McNabb
Brees
Palmer
Rivers
Romo
Out even if he gets a ring, but really weird case
Kerry Collins is currently 14th in career passing yardage, but if the Titans win the Superbowl does anyone see him going to the Hall? No way. He has 1 probowl, and an overall losing record as a starter.
Can't get it up with a crane These guys won't win a championship, and won't get in even if they do:
Hasselbeck
Bulger
Delhomme (well he could get a ring this year, but not the hall)
Pennington
Anyone else is too young or washed up to mention.
What makes a HOF QB?
More than anything being on a winning team matters Everyone talks about how good of a QB Archie Manning was, but he'll he never sniffed the Hall. A 35-101-3 record as a starter is going to kill any chance for the HOF. He had 3 great years. Without a SB mixed in their that will never be enough. Maybe the Senior's committee will put him up the same year Peyton in eligible.
Championships matter. But that's not enough - Jim Plunkett has two SBs Ken Stabler has one but neither are in the hall. Despite having statistics at least as good as Joe Nameth. How Joe got in is one of the mysteries of the HOF. Why do Len Dawson and Bob Griese get in, but Stabler doesn't? It's not clear.
Huge stats matter. Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts and Dan Marino prove this. But it's not enough. Vinnie Testerverde and Drew Bledsoe aren't going to make it, despite having huge stats.
So here's my breakdown of current QBs;
IN:
Favre
P. Manning
Brady
I think he's in but a weird case
Kurt Warner - he has one ring and doesn't have the stats. Probably won't get another ring or the stats before he hangs them up. So is he Ken Stabler or Len Dawson. I'm going with the latter because for three years he was the best QB in the league, and after Marshall Faulk, was the face of that team.
In if they play long enough to get in the top 20 in stats -OR- win another ring -OR- maybe in even if they do neither of these
E. Manning
Roethlisberger
Need a ring to get in
I don't think any of these franchise QBs will compile enough stats to get in without a championship:
McNabb
Brees
Palmer
Rivers
Romo
Out even if he gets a ring, but really weird case
Kerry Collins is currently 14th in career passing yardage, but if the Titans win the Superbowl does anyone see him going to the Hall? No way. He has 1 probowl, and an overall losing record as a starter.
Can't get it up with a crane These guys won't win a championship, and won't get in even if they do:
Hasselbeck
Bulger
Delhomme (well he could get a ring this year, but not the hall)
Pennington
Anyone else is too young or washed up to mention.