Is Favre the greatest QB ever?

[dimbee]

Most Career Wins (Starting QBs)

1. Brett Favre 169

2. John Elway 148

3. Dan Marino 147

Most Career Starts (Quarterback)

1. Brett Favre 269

2. Peyton Manning 176

3. Ron Jaworski 116

Most Career Passing Yards

1. Brett Favre 65,127

2. Dan Marino 61,361

3. John Elway 51,475

Most Career TD Passes

1. Brett Favre 464

2. Dan Marino 420

3. Fran Tarkenton 342

Most Career Completions

1. Brett Favre 5,720

2. Dan Marino 4,967

3. John Elway 4,123

Most Career Interceptions

1. Brett Favre 310

2. George Blanda 277

3. John Hadl 268

[Fireball77]

Nope, IMO most of the reason he has all the leads in stats is his longevity. He probably isn't even the best QB in GB history (Starr). He's also not played very well/made crucial errors in crucial times in most of his playoff games in this decade. He had a cannon for an arm, no doubt. I would call him very good good in his heydey not but not a great of all time.

[Jangler]

Bradshaw and Montana may not have the #s but they got what counts.

[megadeth078]

Nope, he leads the league in TD passes, but he also leads in interceptions. He's not a great quarterback, he's just played so long and simply packed his stats over the years. 1 championship.

Nah, don't ever say best quarterback again.

[Murph]

Note even close. Borderline top 5 at best.

[X-Clown]

I'm confused....how can John Elway and Marino have 148 and 147 wins respectively, not but not have more career starts than Ron Jaworski who's listed as 3rd with 117? But to answer your question, no he's not.

[John Fox]

Peyton Manning will retire with all those stats without the interceptions one.

Peyton>Favre

All time list:

1. Joe Montana

2. Dan Marino

3. Roger Staubauch

4. Bart Starr

5. Peyton Manning

[King Taharqa]

I'm confused....how can John Elway and Marino have 148 and 147 wins respectively, not but not have more career starts than Ron Jaworski who's listed as 3rd with 117? But to answer your question, no he's not.

Dimbee mislabeled the "most consecutive starts" as "most career starts". Favre isnt the greatest QB of all time. But he's top 5 and a HOF lock.

[X-Clown]

Dimbee mislabeled the "most consecutive starts" as "most career starts". Favre isnt the greatest QB of all time. But he's top 5 and a HOF lock.

HOF lock yes, top 5 is debatable. Very debatable.

[jdl]

To answer the question... if you were building a team, would he be on your roster? He wouldnt be on mine, even as the #3 qb.

[Kevin Greene]

Nope, IMO most of the reason he has all the leads in stats is his longevity. He probably isn't even the best QB in GB history (Starr). He's also not played very well/made crucial errors in crucial times in most of his playoff games in this decade. He had a cannon for an arm, no doubt. I would call him very good good in his heydey not but not a great of all time.

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[X-Clown]

To answer the question... if you were building a team, would he be on your roster? He wouldnt be on mine, even as the #3 qb.

It depends on when you're asking the question though....obviously now that he's 38 or 39, the answer is no. Mid 90's Favre though is a different story.

[Squirrel]

No!

[Mesmer]

Greatest QB ever? Probably not. However if you're denying that the guy was a great QB in his prime, you're insane and/or an idiot.

He's got a lot of records, including the interceptions, because he's played forever. Yes, that's true. However, to say the following is absolutely ridiculous.

Starr is the best QB in GB history. Absolutely retarded. There's no way you can even form a decent opinion on that. The game has changed so much since Starr played that you can't compare the two. Qb is a different position now than it was when Starr played, and it's different now than it was when Favre was in his prime. Favre is great because he's one of the best (if not the best) of his time.

If you don't think Favre was a great QB, you're letting his off the field idiocy fog your vision.