Greatest NFL QB of All Time???

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Jun 1, 2002
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how should he not be? he accomplished a lot for not being a starter to begin with
FOR A FEW REASONS: 1) HE WAS THE OPPOSITE OF CLUTCH. THE OPPOSITE OF JOE MONTANA IN TERMS OF PUTTING THE GAME IN HIS HANDS WITH 1:10 LEFT IN THE GAME AND NO TIME OUTS. NEARLY EVERY BIG PLAYOFF GAME THAT YOUNG WAS IN HE CHOKED, BESIDES A COUPLE OF DIVISIONAL WINS AND THE YEAR THAT DEBARTOLO BROKE THE BANK TO WIN THE SB (1994).

2) HE PLAYED WITH JERRY RICE IN HIS PRIME. JERRY RICE MADE HIM LOOK UNSTOPPABLE. HE PADDED HIS STATS RIDICULOUSLY. THIS WAS A HUGE FACTOR IN WHY HIS NUMBERS ARE SO CRAZY, QB RATING, YARDS PASSING, TD'S ETC.

3) HE PLAYED AGAINST SOME VERY TERRIBLE TEAMS. A LOT OF THOSE TEAMS THE NINERS PLAYED IN THE LATE 80'S AND 90'S WERE AWFUL ASS TEAMS WITH LOSING RECORDS. THE NINERS WERE A POWERHOUSE AND IT MADE HIS STATS GAUDY AS FUCK AND MADE YOUNG LOOK LIKE A BETTER QB THAN HE REALLY WAS.

I'M NOT SAYING HE WASN'T GOOD. HE WAS. HE WAS ACCURATE AND COULD SCRAMBLE LIKE A MUTHAFUCKA. HE'S JUST HIGHLY OVERRATED AND NOT AS GOOD AS MOST PEOPLE MAKE HIM OUT TO BE. HIM BEING IN THE HOF IS MORE DUE TO HIM BEING IN SOME GREAT SITUATIONS/CIRCUMSTANCES THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.