Which of these QBs (in their prime) would you take (1 Viewer)

[Ghost Rider]

You need to win one game. Your season depends on it. You can have one of the three in the prime of their career.

Tom Brady

Brett Favre

Peyton Manning

Which QB would you take?

 

[Raider Nation]

You need to win one game. Your season depends on it. You can have one of the three in the prime of their career. Tom BradyBrett FavrePeyton ManningWhich QB would you take?

It wouldn't be Favre. As much as I like the guy, he is the most prone to mistakes of the three.I'll choose Manning, mainly because I'm jealous of Brady.

 

[CrossEyed]

Depends on the rest of my team.

 

[patrickmcgroin]

Out of these? Brady.

All time might be Bradshaw.

 

[Koya]

Had to go Brady - but the team's composition means a lot.

If I were asked who I would take to start a franchise, it would be Manning.

If I had my pick of any QB ever, it would be Unitas, for both.

 

[Tom Baker]

Did Montana ever lose a big game in his prime?

 

[Ghost Rider]

It wouldn't be Favre. As much as I like the guy, he is the most prone to mistakes of the three.

Over the last few years, yes, but in his prime, he wasn't. In his three MVP seasons, he only threw 42 INTs (14 a season), and threw 112 TD passes. Brady's lowest three-year INT total is 38, but he only threw 69 TD passes in those seasons. Manning has thrown 39 over the past four seasons.

Did Montana ever lose a big game in his prime?

Yes, but he has nothing to do with this thread. The question is not, which QB of ANY would you want for one game? The question is, which of these three would you want for one game?

 

[Tom Baker]

The question is, which of these three would you want for one game?

FavreBradyManningIn that order.

 

[djcolts]

I expect Brady to run away with this poll. Each of these 3 have a completely different reputation (though each are probably more similar to each other in reality than in perception) - and Brady's known as a winner - even though the other 2 have won a fair share of games.

 

[creeps1313]

Montana

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

Is my team sufficiently good that the game can be managed, or is my team a clear dog needing stellar play from the Q.B. to win? Will my O-line protect and coddle him, or will he get bloodied?

These threads remind me of basketball threads involving Abdul-Jabbar in the latter part of his career. Kids that didn't see him inhis prime found it easy to dismiss his talents because they saw him near the end.

 

[PsychoMan]

Manning

Brady

Farva

 

[Frank Black]

Brady and it's not even close for me.

 

[Da Masses]

Farve

 

[Steeler07]

Have Manning or Brady ever thrown 5 interceptions in a game?

I know Favre has, multiple times.

 

[moleculo]

Assuming we have stellar WR's, I'll go Manning. If our WR's aren't really that good but I'm getting good blocking, I'll go Brady. Assuming my team stinks and I need a miracle to win, I'll go Favre.

 

[seatownfavorite]

Assuming we have stellar WR's, I'll go Manning. If our WR's aren't really that good but I'm getting good blocking, I'll go Brady. Assuming my team stinks and I need a miracle to win, I'll go Favre.

 

[Tom Baker]

Assuming we have stellar WR's, I'll go Manning. If our WR's aren't really that good but I'm getting good blocking, I'll go Brady. Assuming my team stinks and I need a miracle to win, I'll go Favre.

So if you need the QB to win the game, you take Favre. There's our answer . . .

 

[Ghost Rider]

Honestly, I would place Manning last of the three. In his best season, '04, he flopped in the playoffs against the Patriots. Meanwhile, Tom Brady went on the road the following week and led the Patriots to a 41-27 win over the best defense in the league (Pitt. ranked number one in defense in '04). In other words, if facing a great defense in this one game, I think Brady is much more likely to do well than Manning.

 

[shadyridr]

Manning will end up being the best QB ever IMO so I answered him. Brady is a very close 2nd. Favre a distant 3rd (propensity to make too many mistakes). Either way you cant go wrong with Manning or Brady.

 

[gman8343]

Brady has won me over.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Manning will end up being the best QB ever IMO

I am not so sure about that. Brady already has a head start on him in titles, and with a ton of offensive talent around him, he can now go stat for stat with Manning, giving a world of credibility to those who have argued for years that Brady could put up numbers as good as Manning if he had just as good a talent around him on offense.

 

[Steeler07]

Honestly, I would place Manning last of the three. In his best season, '04, he flopped in the playoffs against the Patriots. Meanwhile, Tom Brady went on the road the following week and led the Patriots to a 41-27 win over the best defense in the league (Pitt. ranked number one in defense in '04). In other words, if facing a great defense in this one game, I think Brady is much more likely to do well than Manning.

Remember that was against the Cheatriots, and the fact Manning has won the last 3 vs. them is very impressive.

 

[shakeybarn]

Montana.....

Though I will say Brady and Montana have enjoyed Hall of Fame coaches, and clutch kicking. Both had remarkable defenses.

Thusly (and not to digress the thread) I've realized how/why Warren Moon deserves more credit... putting up numbers in a variety of cruddy (and some good) environments.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Honestly, I would place Manning last of the three. In his best season, '04, he flopped in the playoffs against the Patriots. Meanwhile, Tom Brady went on the road the following week and led the Patriots to a 41-27 win over the best defense in the league (Pitt. ranked number one in defense in '04). In other words, if facing a great defense in this one game, I think Brady is much more likely to do well than Manning.

Remember that was against the Cheatriots, and the fact Manning has won the last 3 vs. them is very impressive.

I understand that, but my point was that, even if his best statistical year by far, Manning still struggled against a great defense in the playoffs. And then a week later, when facing the best defense in the NFL, Brady excelled.

 

[Chaka]

Elway

 

[Yenrub]

"in their prime" I would go with the guy who has won 3 NFL MVP's

 

[Reservoir Dog]

Elway

I voted Tom Brady, but Elway would be my first choice.

 

[PatsFan72]

Are you kidding me? How dare this question even be asked? Tom Brady was chiseled out of QB stone mined from the peak of Mt. Olympus. He has vision of Larry Bird, presence of Jack Nicholson, arm strength of Hercules, and charisma of Mr. E. When he grips a football, the pig that donated it's life to making it becomes resurrected as a Colts cheerleader. You would take a mini Tom Brady over any QB that has ever played the game. A 3 inch tall Tom Brady playing with no o-line would complete over 60% of his passes. When Payton Manning needs advise on how to beat any coverage, he calls Tom Brady's illegitimate son. Brett Farve once had the best wet dream of his life, just to find out it was an outer body experience as Tom Brady's wingman. Tom Brady once broke a sweat during a game, and when a droplet hit the turf, Matt Cassel sprung out of it.