Unfortunately was subjected to Mike and Mike this AM while I was taking my car in for some maintenance.
The topic of AR came up and "his place historically" and while Greenberg stated clearly that AR is a hall of famer, he started listing a couple QBs that were CLEARLY BETTER than AR. And, even without saying it, they default to the stupid trope of rings = only thing that matters.
So, I'd like to present the following blind data and have you rank QBs. This data is each QB relative to the time they played. So, this isn't taking raw stats and comparing Rodgers to YA Tittle or something. In the ERAs they competed in, this is how they fared. The game was the same for every other QB they played with at that time and how they finished relative to their peers at the time.
How would you rate the QBs 1-7, and who are they?
Average finish among QBs each year (1 being led league)
| Comp % | Yds/G | TDs % | Int % | QB Rating | |
| Elway | 14.9 | 10.9 | 14.4 | 13.1 | 13.0 |
| Rodgers | 8.6 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 5.8 | 4.6 |
| Dalton | 13.5 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 19.0 | 15.2 |
| Esiason | 15.3 | 11.8 | 11.6 | 17.3 | 13.8 |
| Everett | 13.7 | 10.3 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 15.4 |
| Stafford | 17.6 | 7.7 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 14.0 |
| Montana | 3.6 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Brady | 8.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| Kelly | 8.6 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 16.5 | 10.0 |
Times each QB finished in the Top 5 (% of years where they had qualifying # of snaps)
| Comp % | Yds/G | TDs % | Int % | QB Rating | |
| Elway | 12.5% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 12.5% | 31.3% |
| Rodgers | 44.4% | 22.2% | 88.9% | 66.7% | 77.8% |
| Dalton | 0.0% | 0.0% | 16.7% | 0.0% | 16.7% |
| Esiason | 0.0% | 25.0% | 33.3% | 8.3% | 33.3% |
| Everett | 20.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 20.0% |
| Stafford | 28.6% | 42.9% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 28.6% |
| Montana | 76.9% | 46.2% | 30.8% | 61.5% | 69.2% |
| Brady | 33.3% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| Kelly | 45.5% | 18.2% | 45.5% | 9.1% | 18.2% |