NFL offseason thread

Just a point of fact: Wentz was sacked 50 times.

 

Greatest Packers QBs of all time:

1. Bart Starr
2. Brett Favre
3. Aaron Rodgers
4. Jay Cutler
5. Lynn Dickey

 

Must have missed it when I scanned the list. Thanks.

 

Odd to realize that if one made a list of the Eagles' top five quarterbacks, the guy who was MVP in their only Super Bowl win probably isn't on it. Foles had a great 2018 postseason, but does that put him ahead of guys like Jaworski, McNabb and Randall Cunningham? Van Brocklin and Jurgensen are surefire 1-2.

 

Wilson also bring a lot of those sacks on himself.

 

You might consider Hall of Famer Arnie Herber. He played halfback in the Notre Dame box formation the Packers played in the ‘30s, but he was the league’s best passer (the guy throwing to Don Hutson) and was selected as a QB on the all-decade team.

 

Jurgenson only started for three years in Philadelphia and only made one Pro Bowl. And he threw 63 interceptions the years he started. I would think that if you were only considering his career with Philadelphia you would have McNab, Jaworski and Cunningham ahead of him.

 

What about Norm Snead?

 

I never watched Arnie Herber but I did watch Starr, Favre and Rodgers. I think that Rodgers is the best of the latter three. He is the best athlete of the three and as a result has made some plays the other two could not.

And Cecil Isbell, who succeeded Herber, was really good though he only played five years. the 1939 team won a championship in his second season but after that the Packers,while very good, were surpassed as a team by the Bears of the early 40's.

So I would go:

1. Rodgers
2. Starr
3. Favre (Farve ahd a better arm but Starr did not make as many mistakes. This is close).
4. Herber
5. Isbell
6. Dickey

 

Metcalf and Lockett suck?

 

The lede of the first sports story I ever remember reading, by Dave Klein:

"Sometime Norm Snead plays quarterback for the Giants. And sometimes he doesn't."

 

Rob Neyer had a fun book in the 2000s about baseball lineups, and the best player at each position for each team. Even though MLB had a 100+ year history at that point, you'd see some shockingly "just OK" guys at various positions. Also, in one of his annual books, Bill James noted how an argument about whether Mike Macfarlane was one of the best 100 catchers of all-time helped him decide to do them. (Excerpt here.)