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Best QB/WR Combo Ever. (1 Viewer)

Which is the best?

  • Young/Rice

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  • Montana/Rice

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  • Brady/Moss

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  • Manning/Harrison

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  • Other

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Ilov80s

Ilov80s

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Rice is so good he made the list twice. Manning and Harrison have all the career records, while Brady and Moss are pulling a "Barry Bonds" on the NFL single season record books. Which is the best combination of Hall of Fame talent?

 
i imagine brady/moss would be it if they had a whole career together. i can't call them that with only one year together.

i can't consider any of the montana/young to rice connections simply b/c it's arguable who was better with rice.

it's manning/harrison.

 
Ilov80s said:
montanagold said:
That be none of the above.... you'd have to look for Aikman and Irvin for that. :shrug:
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I am saving them for most overrated NFL duo ever. Aikman only threw 20+ TD passes in 1 NFL season and Irvin only scored 10+ TDs in 1 NFL season.
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It's best QB to WR combo, not who scored the most TD's.Most overated. ;) That team was built around the run game. It's no coincidence that Emmitt is the second all time TD leader in NFL history. I truly believe that if the Cowboys were a pass first team Aikman's numbers would be doubled.
 
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nibbomydaets said:
Ilov80s said:
montanagold said:
That be none of the above.... you'd have to look for Aikman and Irvin for that. :lmao:
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I am saving them for most overrated NFL duo ever. Aikman only threw 20+ TD passes in 1 NFL season and Irvin only scored 10+ TDs in 1 NFL season.
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It's best QB to WR combo, not who scored the most TD's.Most overated. :goodposting: That team was built around the run game. It's no coincidence that Emmitt is the second all time TD leader in NFL history. I truly believe that if the Cowboys were a pass first team Aikman's numbers would be doubled.
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1995, by far Emmitt and Irvin's best year.Let's compare that to a certain team in 2006.QB:Troy Aikman (1995): 280/432, 16 TD, 7 INTPhilip Rivers (2006): 284/460, 22 TD, 9 INTRB:Emmitt Smith (1995): 377/1773/25LaDainian Tomlinson (2006): 348/1815/28WR:Antonio Gates: 71/924/9Michael Irvin: 111/1603/10And Gates is a TE. Rivers was better in 2006.And yes, I'm cherry-picking an average QB at best to put against those numbers. Aikman was overrated. It's pretty easy to throw the ball well when everyone's expecting the run.
 
nibbomydaets said:
Ilov80s said:
montanagold said:
That be none of the above.... you'd have to look for Aikman and Irvin for that. :rant:
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I am saving them for most overrated NFL duo ever. Aikman only threw 20+ TD passes in 1 NFL season and Irvin only scored 10+ TDs in 1 NFL season.
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It's best QB to WR combo, not who scored the most TD's.Most overated. :scared: That team was built around the run game. It's no coincidence that Emmitt is the second all time TD leader in NFL history. I truly believe that if the Cowboys were a pass first team Aikman's numbers would be doubled.
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possibly, but I think it's more likely that if Aikman had to play without Emmitt and a great OL, he wouldn't be considered for the HOF.
 
Interesting that Montana/Rice is winning even though Young/Rice has the better numbers. I guess people think Montana is a much better QB then Young.

 
nibbomydaets said:
Ilov80s said:
montanagold said:
That be none of the above.... you'd have to look for Aikman and Irvin for that. :shrug:
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I am saving them for most overrated NFL duo ever. Aikman only threw 20+ TD passes in 1 NFL season and Irvin only scored 10+ TDs in 1 NFL season.
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It's best QB to WR combo, not who scored the most TD's.Most overated. :sadbanana: That team was built around the run game. It's no coincidence that Emmitt is the second all time TD leader in NFL history. I truly believe that if the Cowboys were a pass first team Aikman's numbers would be doubled.
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Lol... Oh I know... but, THEY'RE BOTH IN THE HALL OF FAME. None of the choices above are... Now, when Rice is inducted.. the choice becomes very easy.
 
W/out hijacking the thread... Aikman had the tool set to put up Marino numbers. Anyone that thinks differently wasn't watching. There's no comparison between him and Rivers... I'm sorry. But, that's another debate..

 
-OZ- said:
nibbomydaets said:
Ilov80s said:
montanagold said:
That be none of the above.... you'd have to look for Aikman and Irvin for that. :rant:
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I am saving them for most overrated NFL duo ever. Aikman only threw 20+ TD passes in 1 NFL season and Irvin only scored 10+ TDs in 1 NFL season.
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It's best QB to WR combo, not who scored the most TD's.Most overated. :coffee: That team was built around the run game. It's no coincidence that Emmitt is the second all time TD leader in NFL history. I truly believe that if the Cowboys were a pass first team Aikman's numbers would be doubled.
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possibly, but I think it's more likely that if Aikman had to play without Emmitt and a great OL, he wouldn't be considered for the HOF.
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Based on what?The Cowboys were not a team that tried to get 300+ passing yards every game, with 3 or 4 passing TD's. They controlled the game, and the clock with Emmitt Smith. Whenever Aikman needed to lead his team to victory, he didn't let them down. So, what are you basing your theory off of?
 
If I'm understanding the question correctly, we're not looking for statistical achievements together, we're looking for the combination that ws most talented and most in synch with one another. Otherwise, we could look up the answer - Harrison has the record for most receptions and Manning-Harrison have the career TD record, while Montana-Rice and Young-Rice have pretty much all of the rest of the records. Brady-Moss has a shot at setting a record or two, but they're nowhere near on pace to break the TD record Rice set in 12 games, or any of the yards and receptions records that have since been set in 16 game seasons, so it's hard to put them in the conversation so far. They do look pretty unstoppable, and the threat of Moss has certainly helped the rest of the offense immensely, but it's hard to argue that the threats of Harrison or Rice didn't. So scratch them.

Manning is not my top QB ever, but the Manning-Harrison combination is still going strong (injuries notwithstanding) and it's hard to argue that they don't have the best career accomplishments. Montana is higher on my top QB list than Manning, and Rice is higher on my WR list than Harrison, so it's hard to argue that I wouldn't take them over Manning/Harrison. Rice actually had better numbers with Young than Montana, but given my understanding of the question, I have to pick the quarterback I think is better and the WR I think is better.

If you took any team in NFL history and plunked Montana and Rice on them, that team would probably take a greater leap forwardthan if you added Manning/Harrison, Brady/Moss, or Young/Rice. If you replaced Montana/Rice with any of the above combinations, the only one that would have had comparable or even the possibility of more success would be Brady/Moss.

That leaves me with Montana/Rice.

 
Pretty funny Joe/Jerry winning in a landslide even when there is an option of Steve/Jerry. This just shows what a stud Jerry was over a couple decades.

 
Recently on Sirius Radio, a caller asked Jerry Rice, Who was the greater QB, Montana or Young? He said even though he and Yound ended up putting up bigger numbers because of their longer time together, Montana was the best. He said he had a special connection with Montana, and that Montana would put the ball where Rice was GOING to be, while Young would put up the ball and Rice would have to go get it. So for Rice- his preferred combo was with Montana.

 
At the moment, there are 16 votes for Brady/Moss (10%) as the best combination ever ... and their first season together has not even completed yet. I don't get it?

Ni?

 
bostonfred said:
If I'm understanding the question correctly, we're not looking for statistical achievements together, we're looking for the combination that ws most talented and most in synch with one another. Otherwise, we could look up the answer - Harrison has the record for most receptions and Manning-Harrison have the career TD record, while Montana-Rice and Young-Rice have pretty much all of the rest of the records. Brady-Moss has a shot at setting a record or two, but they're nowhere near on pace to break the TD record Rice set in 12 games, or any of the yards and receptions records that have since been set in 16 game seasons, so it's hard to put them in the conversation so far. They do look pretty unstoppable, and the threat of Moss has certainly helped the rest of the offense immensely, but it's hard to argue that the threats of Harrison or Rice didn't. So scratch them. Manning is not my top QB ever, but the Manning-Harrison combination is still going strong (injuries notwithstanding) and it's hard to argue that they don't have the best career accomplishments. Montana is higher on my top QB list than Manning, and Rice is higher on my WR list than Harrison, so it's hard to argue that I wouldn't take them over Manning/Harrison. Rice actually had better numbers with Young than Montana, but given my understanding of the question, I have to pick the quarterback I think is better and the WR I think is better. If you took any team in NFL history and plunked Montana and Rice on them, that team would probably take a greater leap forwardthan if you added Manning/Harrison, Brady/Moss, or Young/Rice. If you replaced Montana/Rice with any of the above combinations, the only one that would have had comparable or even the possibility of more success would be Brady/Moss. That leaves me with Montana/Rice.
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BF, this is a terribly subjective argument you just made. And, based on what you just said, you feel that if you put Montana/Rice on this years Patriots team, then the Patriots would take a great leap forward. I'm not buying that.There is no way to measure any of these combos against each other really. I believe many of the tandems listed throughout this thread would be arguable. I think Brady/Moss would take 2 more years of great numbers to get into the picture.My top 3, in no particular order:Young/RiceMontana/RiceManning/Harrison
 
montanagold said:
W/out hijacking the thread... Aikman had the tool set to put up Marino numbers. Anyone that thinks differently wasn't watching. There's no comparison between him and Rivers... I'm sorry. But, that's another debate..
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This really doesn't mean anything. Ryan Leaf had that tool set too.
 
Knight who says Ni said:
At the moment, there are 16 votes for Brady/Moss (10%) as the best combination ever ... and their first season together has not even completed yet. I don't get it?Ni?
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:penalty: 11 games together and they're so much better than Marino/Clayton that it wasn't even an option? That's without mentioning the other three tandems which have produced much greater numbers.
 
Stabler to Biletnikoff

Bradshaw to Swann

Baugh to Justice

See, I can name a bunch of old guys who were really good too!

But don't fool yourselves, those who think you're clever for naming Marino and Mark Duper and Clayton, or Fouts and Winslow Sr.

It's either Young/Rice or Montana/Rice. And there's really no room for debate except between those two choices.

 
Unitas/Berry

The sample for Brady/Moss is 10 games. It appears destined for greatness, but there are more still better.

 
this is very simple.

jerry rice is the greatest WR in the history of the nfl.

he (and walsh) made joe montana look fantastic. then he made a man who the tampa bay buccanneers (your father's buc's) did NOT want look fantastic.

if you say rice-montana/young based on rice being the greatest ever, i'm fine with that.

if you're looking for a combo that was just simply phenomenal together, 2 guys that could produce with each other blindfolded, it's manning-harrison. they didn't have the greatest offensive mind in NFL history (walsh) as their coach. they had a defensive coach that just got out of their way b/c they were so good together.

it's not just the #s that back it up (which they do in spades). watching them play, they took the concept of a QB/WR being on the same page to another level.

 
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