What the Hell is a "System QB" and why is it bad to be one?

[Mile High Mania]

Originally Posted by chiefscafan

hey bronco fans that are proclaiming how great elway was compared to joe montana remember the monday night game. The look on Elway and the rest of the bronco team's faces when joe won the game in denver with no time left was priceless.

4 superbowls fellas

2 superbowls

enough said and by the way elway had great tallent around him during those losses too. He just couldn't win the superbowl till '97 which I still think the game against us was very shaddy.

You're reeruned for a number of reasons...

First off, in every SB game coached by Dan Reeves, the opposing team's QB was the SB MVP. Simms, Williams, Montana, Elway (fitting end)

Elway had good talent, not great in the mid/late 80s. You can't compare the skill players from those teams to what Joe had and say they were equal.

Yes, I remember the Monday night game you referenced... I also remember the Sunday game in Denver the previous season b/t Elway and Montana. I was at the game... Elway won with a 4th quarter comeback that was spectacular.

Again - both players are true greatness, the type of greatness that only a few QBs have achieved.

Elway is still the only QB to start in 5 SBs... yes, he lost 3, but again... not many other QBs could have led those teams to the title game. Elway never had a complete team around him and when you look back at the player comments from those teams ... Reeves never installed a game plan until they arrived at the SB city. Preparation wasn't the greatest and that goes on the coach.

All you have to do is look at Elway's production under Reeves (controlled and lacking skill players) to what he did when Shanahan took over. It's crazy.