While he didn't produce like Marino, O'Brien was pretty good in his own right, quarterbacking the Jets for the next ten seasons. Having retired in the summer of 2021, according to the NFL, Drew Brees played in the National Football League as a quarterback for over 20 years, primarily with the New Orleans Saints. I tried to downplay it for a couple of years, much like I tried to find ways to bump Ben Roethlisberger further down on this list. Unitas and the Baltimore Colts began play at 2 p.m. every Sunday, which was unique to Baltimore: The Colts wanted to make sure that everyone who wanted to had time to go to church before the game started. His best season was 1969, when he won the league MVP, but he was consistently near the top of the NFL in passing categories during the late 1960s. The pressure seems to get to him. It is a testament to exactly how good Manning was that he made two Pro Bowls near the end of his tenure with the Saints. Brady will be a free agent for the second time in his career after this season. Clausen was touted as being a competitive, arrogant gunslinger when he was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in 2010. He would win two Super Bowls (VI and XII), earning MVP honors in Super Bowl VI. He has opened up a Retro Fitness gym that has seemingly done very well since its debut in 2014. He appears to be a fairly safe bet for eventual induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Elway ended his career with 51,475 passing yards, 300 touchdowns, one NFL MVP and first-team All-Pro, and two Super Bowl titles. He was named an All-Pro an impressive 10 times and was invited to the Pro Bowl in all but three of his seasons (14). Manning is the epitome of elite in every sense of the word. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, but his best playing days came with the Philadelphia Eagles, the second team he played for, where he was coached by Dick Vermeil. He also is currently second for all-time completion percentage (67.7), behind Deshaun Watson by 0.01. This happened while Garrad himself was overcoming the burdens of Crohn's Disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2004. In fact, Kolb never played another snap in the NFL after the Cardinals released him in 2013 and he retired following a concussion sustained in preseason with the Bills. In any event, the forward pass became a primary offensive weapon while Baugh was in the league, and "Slingin Sammy" was always at the forefront in terms of using this innovative approach. McBride's first two quarterbacks were Mike Richmond (Mitchell's 1989 backup), and JC transfer Jason Woods. To be fair, he was injured in the 2000 AFC championship against the eventual champion Baltimore Ravens, but in 2002, Gannon had a Jake Delhomme-like performance, throwing five interceptions against the Bucs. If there was ever a guy who is forgotten in NFL history, it's this guy. The 6-foot-6, 265-pound LSU . He then signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent prior to the 2020 season and promptly led the Buccaneers to victory in Super Bowl LV, earning MVP honors for a record fifth time. The oldest quarterback ever, George Blanda, was just shy of his 49 th birthday when he retired! The Chargers lost, but the gutty performance certainly vouches for the guy's toughness. 1 quarterback of all time. In any event, following the 1989 game in which Everett pretty much got killed by the 49ers defensive front for the entire game, Everett was perceived by many as someone who shied away from contact. Under . Stroud has made the decision to enter his name into the 2023 NFL draft. While he's a guy who some might rank higher, the fact that Steve DeBerg was frequently a backup quarterback hurts him on my list. He won't move up very far if he continues to make me waste high picks on him in my fantasy draft, though 2009 was his best seasonhis first as a full-time starter, when he stayed healthy for all 16 gamesand he made the Pro Bowl that year while lighting up the passing charts. Instead, Green got hurt and was out for the season which made way for some guy named Kurt Warner who had been bagging groceries a year before at the same time. A three-time NFL MVP (2007, '10, '17), Brady also has earned five All-Pro selections and 15 Pro Bowl invitations. Along with Sid Luckman, "Slingin Sammy" was one of the first players to make the forward pass an integral part of how football was played. Please enjoy. Not exactly a name that jumps to mind when you think of quarterbacks from the '90s, but Blake was a pretty good one for several years in Cincinnati while he was throwing to Carl Pickens and Darnay Scott. The play call, "Red Right 88," was immortalized in Cleveland football lore, and since then, the Browns have been among the unluckiest teams in the NFL. Harrington turned those passions into a reality as he is now a well accomplished jazz pianist and a very likeable reporter for a local Portland news station. In ten appearances, Graham won seven league titles (3 NFL, 4 AAFC), the most all time for any player. He was known for running the no-huddle "K-Gun" offense- often calling two or three formations in the huddle and then immediately getting back into an offensive formation to keep the defense from making substitutions. Try to dig up more information on him; I dare you. Starr would earn Super Bowl MVP honors in both of those wins. Jim Iwanicki (Jerry . NFL Network reported in December that "all options are on the table" for Brady in 2023. But no matter how good the quarterback is, the run always comes to an end at some point. Unitas is without question a top-three or top-five quarterback in NFL history, and there is a strong case for him to be as high as he is here. Once he had finally been named the starter, he never looked back and led the Panthers to the Super Bowl in his first season. But unlike guys like Peyton Manning or Dan Marino, the two statistically best passers of their eras, Elway didn't also have the stats where one or two rings could jump a guy all the way to the top. He was the most prolific passer of his era, which is all the more impressive when you consider that he played in an option-based offense and never played the quarterback position until he reached the professional level. When you think of the Dallas Cowboys through the years, you think of good quarterback play- indeed, even the less famous quarterbacks managed to make this list. He was never especially remarkable and was eventually replaced by Michael Vickwho the Falcons drafted No. The life of an NFL quarterback has to be one of the best experiences anybody could ever have. Single-season record for rushing TD in a season (12). Manning isn't typically thought of as a "clutch" quarterback, and despite his gaudy numbers, I'd rather have guys who just don't seem to feel pressure. 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There have been blips on the QB radar screen since Kelly retired 20 years ago, but the Bills search for a steady franchise quarterback has mostly been fluid. It was at that point that things got surreal. 66.1 percent completion percentage (best all-time), Early in his career, Jeff Hostetler backed up Phil Simms for the New York Giants and became an NFL starter only after Simms was injured in a game in December 1990. Perhaps the most unbreakable record in professional football is Unitas's record of 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass. At the same time, you hear people slam him for being basically a glorified game manager on a team that won FIVE championships (three NFL titles and the first two Super Bowls). Moon is often credited with throwing the most perfect spiral in NFL history. A classic "one-hit wonder," Steve Beuerlein was one of the league's best players in 1999, when he led the NFL with over 4,400 passing yards, setting many single-season franchise records with the Carolina Panthers. It was a beautiful scene for New Orleans faithful, not all that long ago: The Saints, formerly the 'Aints, finally lifted the Vince Lombardi Trophy and were Super Bowl champions at the end of last season. According to Pro Football Reference, his best season was 1980 with the Chicago Bears when he completed 53% of his passes for 2,039 yards and 11 touchdowns. Here are the quarterbacks that have been taken from sixth overall to tenth overall over the last decade: Justin Herbert ( Los Angeles Chargers , 1.6 2020) Daniel Jones ( New York Giants , 1.6 2019) One ring isn't zero; I can't penalize a guy for only having one. However, Young's improvisational skills proved best suited to the quarterback position. Manning would have his shot at redemption in 2015. It's probably because Orton retired without saying a word to anybody. The roller coaster ride with Lomax was at its best in his Pro Bowl seasons, and his 4,614 passing yards in 1984 is good for 12th all time right now, though recent trends suggest that more and more quarterbacks will be hitting the 4,000 passing yard barrier in coming years. He was the first minority quarterback to win a Super Bowl (he is Hispanic). He also beat Johnn Unitass record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass, which had been held for 52 years, according to the New Orleans Saints. Esiason entered the NFL in 1984 as the Cincinnati Bengals' second round draft choice, 38th overall, but was actually the first quarterback selected that year, much to the chagrin of NFL Draft "talking head" Mel Kiper (just ask if you're interested in what I think of Kiper's hair style) and in an unusual turn of events; quarterbacks are typically the position that is most in demand early in the draft. Currently, he works as an ESPN NFL analyst. Johnson played in the NFL for 17 seasons, most recently with the Dallas Cowboys in 2007, though he played with the Vikings, Redskins, and Bucs before joining the Cowboys for his final season. Follow him on Twitter @Rob_UTVOLS. In February 2022, the greatest quarterback of all time announced his retirement from professional sports at the age of 44. He also was named to four Pro Bowls. Additionally, in his second year with the team, Manning led the Broncos to a 13-3 record and a Super Bowl XLVIII spot. Better known these days as the head coach for the Stanford Cardinal, Jim Harbaugh played for 15 seasons in the NFL before beginning his coaching career. The defending Super Bowl champion Broncos entered the game with an AFC-best 142 regular season record. Tommy Garrett is a writer for Pro Football Network covering the NFL and fantasy football. He was a REALLY GOOD game manager who also happened to win an NFL MVP. While Elway threw for over only 2,806 yards, he didnt need to do much more. If you'd asked me a few years ago, I would have told you that Carson Palmer would have climbed higher on this list. Simple: because he's Brett Favre. Thus, the Broncos took an early lead in Super Bowl 50 and never trailed. Like in their first trip, however, the Bengals were defeated by Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers when Montana threw the winning touchdown pass to John Taylor with 34 seconds left in the game. An especially notable aspect of Gabriel's play is his 3.3 percent interception percentage (the percentage of his passes that were intercepted). While he has three Super Bowl rings (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX) to his credit, only one of those came as a starting quarterback in Super Bowl XXIX. Marquette County Road Commission Manager to retire after more than 20 years. Guys like him don't come around very often. 78.4% NFL career winning percentage, 2nd all time for QBs, 90% AFL career winning percentage, 1st all time for QBs. However, it's not like the one ring by itself gives Favre a boost. He did win a Super Bowl ring, but it came while he was backing up Staubach in Super Bowl XII. He was the only real superstar of the expansion New Orleans Saints. Brunell then signed with the Saints and was the backup QB for Drew Brees during the Saints' Super Bowl run. It was an interesting choice the St. Louis Rams made back in the day when they chose to release Kurt Warner and start Marc Bulger. He played in four Super Bowls, winning twice (XLI and 50), and was named MVP in leading the Colts to victory over the Bears in Super Bowl XLI. Allegedly, Layne put a curse on the Lions, saying that they would not win for 50 years. Interestingly, showing just how much times have changed, Johnson continued his studies at Washington University in St. Louis while playing for the Cardinals, and he is now a professor of chemical engineering at New Mexico State. Fouts was taken in the third round out of the University of Oregon, and led the league in passing yardage four times in his career. Meredith was a great player who consistently led the Cowboys to good seasons, but he suffers in the ratings for his losses to Vince Lombardi's Packers in the 1966 and 1967 championship gamesthe latter being the famous "Ice Bowl" in Green Bay. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965. 51.9 percent completion percentage (way lower than Ken Anderson, hello!). Two, Favre holds many records simply because he played a long time. Taking statistical success as well as team accomplishments into consideration while acknowledging when they played, here are the 25 best quarterbacks in NFL history. 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