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Legendary 49ers quarterbacks Steve Young, left, and Joe Montana, right (John Iacono/SI)
As QBs go, nobody does it better than Niners.
Scout.com’s article: http://j.mp/oMv9ty
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Seb 11:30 pm on July 11, 2011 Permalink
Unscientific method indeed…
I am surprised they don’t give more consideration to other duos, such as the Rams’ Van Brocklin and Warner (for a combined 3 titles), the Cowboys’ Staubach and Aikman (5 Super Bowls), or the Steelers’ Bradshaw and Roethlisberger (6 Super Bowls). That being said, a Super Bowl or NFL Championship is the result of a total team effort throughout the course of a season and cannot be the sole measuring stick for quarterbacks, or else the Bears would tie the #1 spot in this list with Sid Luckman’s 4 titles, added to Bobby Wade’s and Jim McMahon’s : 1, Jim McMahon: 1). Not taking anything away from these guys, I still believe the sum of Montana’s and Young’s careers best any of theirs. And when you start looking beyond the 2 best QBs in each franchise’s history, there is simply no discussion, the 49ers have had the best overall production by QBs among all NFL franchises.
Little trivia: the Kansas City Chiefs have had 3 Hall of Fame QBs play for them. Can you name them?
Answer: legendary Chief Len Dawson is the first that comes to mind of course, Joe Montana’s final two years are not forgotten either… so who is the third Hall of Famer? Right, Warren Moon, who also finished his career in Kansas City (with a total of 37 attempts for 228 yards in 3 games…).
Last but not least, dear bro, you know what the sweetest comment of the article really is? “Four other iconic NFL franchises – the Green Bay Packers (13), Chicago Bears (nine), New York Giants (seven) and Pittsburgh Steelers (six) – have more NFL championships than the Niners.”. Glad to see I’m not the only one to say so! :P
Guillaume 6:09 am on July 12, 2011 Permalink
right, I knew you’d hit on this sentence. Knew it’d make your day :-)
i can’t dispute “‘NFL Championships” (from as far ago as the 1920′s when only 6 teams were competing for the “NFL Championship”). And I also can’t ispute the plain fact that the 49ers were founded in 1946, and did not join the NFL until 1950….
and finally, maybe you want to check your agenda but the “Super Bowl era” (aka, the measuring stick for the NFL champion ‘these days”) dates back to 1966 so it’s been on for quite a while now…
I recommend you try Google+ for an automatic agenda update and you’ll find that in 2011 the discussion in NFL circles is around Superbowls a bit more than “NFL championships”
isn’t it tough to be outdated ,uh?
;-)