Who is the NFLs greatest QB of all time? The Posts writers reveal their rankings
The Post asked its six football writers to rank their 10 greatest quarterbacks all time, and then tallied up the results.Players received 10 points for a first-place ranking, 9 for a second-place ranking and so on.
Here are the tabulated results, along with each writer’s ballot and his own explanation:1.Tom Brady (56)2.
Joe Montana (50)3.Patrick Mahomes (48)4.
Peyton Manning (35)5.Johnny Unitas (33)6.
John Elway (22)7.Otto Graham (18)8.
Dan Marino (15)9t.Aaron Rodgers (14)9t.
Roger Staubach (14)11.Brett Favre (7)12.
Terry Bradshaw (6)13.Bart Starr (5)14.
Drew Brees (4)15.Steve Young (3)1.
Tom Brady2.Patrick Mahomes3.
Joe Montana4.Peyton Manning5.
Johnny Unitas6.John Elway7.
Dan Marino8.Brett Favre9.
Aaron Rodgers10.Drew BreesThe fascinating chase to watch is whether Mahomes will someday overtake Brady as the best ever.
If he and the Chiefs win Sunday, that’ll be four Super Bowl titles for Mahomes, which will still be three behind Brady’s seven.But Mahomes, at 29, figures to have plenty more chances.
The question is whether he’ll remain as driven as Brady was into his 40s to maintain the chase.1.Otto Graham2.
Roger Staubach3.Patrick Mahomes4.
Joe Montana5.Tom Brady6.
Bart Starr7.Peyton Manning8.
Steve Young9.Aaron Rodgers10.
Johnny UnitasIf Mahomes wins Sunday, I would move him to No.2 on the list.
Graham is forgotten by many people, but look it up: He played in 10 championship games in 10 seasons and won seven of them.His average of 8.63 yards per pass attempt remains an NFL record.
I look for those who dominated their era and Graham owned his. 1.Tom Brady2.
Patrick Mahomes3.Joe Montana4.
Peyton Manning5.John Elway6. Johnny Unitas7. Dan Marino8. Drew Brees 9. Aaron Rodgers10. Brett FavreMahomes is already No. 2, with the back half of his career just trying to catch the gold standard. I put a premium on five categories: MVP; postseason success; durability; touchdown-to-interception ratio; and changing how the game is played. That’...