| Re: Report: Favre Will Retire
Well, I based it on a couple things. First, I've listened to many experts describe Starr's career compared to that of all the other great Quarterbacks. Starr always showed up in the big game situations. He won countless championships. I'm not even sure if the guy ever lost a playoff game, and he also engineered maybe the greatest drive in the history of football against a tremendous team under intense -13 degree weather for the game-winning score. He never made the mistakes that unfortunately Brett made during some of his playoff games, he never had a playoff game close to where Brett threw 4 and 5+ interceptions.
Now.. I realize it's a different era and Starr played with a ton of hall of famers. But just like Brett, he never played with a hall of fame receiver. I'm not trying to take anything away from Favre, besides Montana whom I only saw during the end of his career, I've never seen a quarterback who'd I'd rather have than him. Maybe.. Brady, but I don't know. I'd say Brett is a better player than Marino and Elway certainly. They might have been more precision passers, but I like a quarterback who takes risks and puts his body on the line like Brett. I loved his toughness. Plus, Elway never lead a team to a Super Bowl victory quite like Favre did. He had a hall of fame level running back when he did win and as we know, Marino never won a Super Bowl period. Young and Aikman were also great in their own right, but they're very hard to judge based on how better their entire teams were compared to the rest of the competition.
I think a lot of people confuse likability with greatness. They should be judged separately.
My Top 5 all-time would be..
1. Montana
2. Unitas
3. Bradshaw
4. Staubach
5. Starr
Last edited by Blitzkrieg; 03-05-2008 at 01:15 AM.
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