Vessel17
Here we go Buffalo, here we go!
Dan Marino was an amazing QB. But he threw the ball all the time, leading to big numbers. Marino had over 450 pass attempts in 12 seasons during his career. Young and Montana combined only have 8. Marino also has more interceptions than Montana and Young combined. I'm a huge Pitt fan (btw: I think Wanny will do well in the college ranks, especially in recruiting) and love Marino, except when he played Buffalo. But if you are going to credit Montana's and Young's success to the West Coast System then you have to credit some of Marino's success to the Dolphins passing system. Also we must realize that around the time of the class of '83 the NFL had just restricted rules for defenses, like instituting the 5 yard bump zone. When comparing the stats of QB's in different eras one must consider that.
Montana was the original Tom Brady. He wasn't always flashy, and he did play with a good team, but he won games. LOTS of games. He did have Jerry Rice, but not for his first SB against the Bengals. Marino had great talent as well, though he always lacked a good running game.
Young IMHO was a better QB than Montana, he was just on worse teams, FA tore up the 49ers as did the leaving of Bill Walsh.
All three of them were great QB's, but ultimately this conversation doesn't really matter. Because Jonny Unitas was the greatest QB of all time, anyone who says anything different is commiting blasphemy! I guess you could mention Sammy Baugh as well, he led the NFL in Passing yards and TD's, Int's, and punting average in the same season. We'll probably never see that again.
stats:
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=238
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=252
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=154
Montana was the original Tom Brady. He wasn't always flashy, and he did play with a good team, but he won games. LOTS of games. He did have Jerry Rice, but not for his first SB against the Bengals. Marino had great talent as well, though he always lacked a good running game.
Young IMHO was a better QB than Montana, he was just on worse teams, FA tore up the 49ers as did the leaving of Bill Walsh.
All three of them were great QB's, but ultimately this conversation doesn't really matter. Because Jonny Unitas was the greatest QB of all time, anyone who says anything different is commiting blasphemy! I guess you could mention Sammy Baugh as well, he led the NFL in Passing yards and TD's, Int's, and punting average in the same season. We'll probably never see that again.
stats:
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=238
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=252
http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=154