What makes a QB a franchise QB?

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Originally Posted by SBK

They take games over. These are the kind of guys that you have to game plan around because they will beat you. Elway, Marino, Montana, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady all come to mind.

This.

You leave any time on the clock late in the game, and this type of QB will find a way to get it done. I didn't see to many Falcons games last year, but I did happen to be watching when the Bears had a victory in their back pocket, and let Ryan back on the field. Dude made them pay. To early to put him in that class listed above, but that is what franchise QB's do.