Originally Posted by RealSNR:
Elway's era compared to the modern era is far closer than Elway's era compared to Dawson's era.
And Dawson kicked his ass by throwing 30+ TDs in a season. IN A 14 GAME SEASON.
Elway is a ****ing pussy.
Dawson also spent 5 years riding the pine in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Then after he came to the Texans/Chiefs, he played for the very conservative Hank Stram. Imagine what a coach like Andy Reid or Don Coryell might have gotten out of Dawson over all the years of his career. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Mile High Mania:
I’ll let you think it through… why have so many QBs in the last 25 years achieved big stats?
Matt Ryan hasn’t even put up big TD numbers in this era. He’s never thrown 40 and has only thrown 30 a few times. And yet he’s #9 all time. I’ll let you figure out why. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
I know you guys are trolling the Donks fans, but Elway was something beyond the statistics.
The closest sports analogue I can think is-
He was George Brett.
A guy who, yeah, he racked up the stats and everything but it had more to do with WHEN he would make a play. Elway won more games he had no business winning than anyone else I ever saw.
As a Chiefs fan, I hated him. And over the years, it became begrudging respect. It's not luck when it just keeps happening. Those three SB losing teams he had were terrible and had no business even making it to the SB, but Elway just kind of willed them to that game.
I am no Broncos fan nor am I am Elway fan, but to compare his stats to modern QBs is silly. He played in an era when QBs didn’t put up the same numbers they do now. For their generation only Marino was more prolific. Elway did win a lot of games in big situations outside the SB. [Reply]
