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The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:32 pm
by JuggernautJ
Who are the best consecutive pair(s) of quarterbacks to play for the same franchise in in NFL history?
Montana --> Young
Favre --> Rogers
Waterfield --> VanBrocklin
Herber --> Isbell (--> Herber)
Layne --> Rote (probably second tier but noteworthy none-the-less)
Lamonica --> Stabler
Connerly --> Tittle (?)
Manning --> Luck? (we'll see)
I'm sure I'm missing many, many (very obvious) possibilities.
Who comes to mind for you?
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:43 pm
by conace21
JuggernautJ wrote:Who are the best consecutive pair(s) of quarterbacks to play for the same franchise in in NFL history?
Montana --> Young
Favre --> Rogers
Waterfield --> VanBrocklin
Herber --> Isbell (--> Herber)
Layne --> Rote (probably second tier but noteworthy none-the-less)
Lamonica --> Stabler
Connerly --> Tittle (?)
Manning --> Luck? (we'll see)
I'm sure I'm missing many, many (very obvious) possibilities.
Who comes to mind for you?
Technically, there was a one year gap between Peyton and Andrew Luck.
Bledsoe > Brady is another second tier listing.
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:48 pm
by JuggernautJ
conace21 wrote:
Technically, there was a one year gap between Peyton and Andrew Luck.
Bledsoe > Brady is another second tier listing.
Oops. My bad. I didn't check Manning/Luck because I was sure I was correct.
TYVM for the correction and strike them from the list.
I was thinking of Bledsoe/Brady also but didn't really consider Bledsoe worthy.
But that is my prejudice and I certainly wouldn't argue with your opinion.
I was also looking at Warren Moon/??? but couldn't find a particularly worthy successor.
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:57 am
by JohnH19
Any Chicago Bears possibilities? No? Thought not.
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:27 am
by JuggernautJ
JohnH19 wrote:Any Chicago Bears possibilities? No? Thought not.
Luckman --> Lujak??
Edited to add: VanBrocklin --> Jurgensen
and maybe Jugensen --> Kilmer?
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 8:02 am
by Bob Gill
A trifecta for the 49ers:
Frankie Albert > Tittle > Brodie.
Only one Hall of Famer, but the other two were MVP selections in their own right.
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:56 am
by Ronfitch
Green Bay: Dunn > Herber > Isbell?
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:58 pm
by Rupert Patrick
Lamonica > Stabler >(after four games of Pastorini) Plunkett isn't too shabby either, and it took care of the Raiders quarterbacking duties for 20 years.
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 1:59 pm
by Gary Najman
Cowboys: Meredith > Morton > Staubach > White (each led them to at least a Conference/League Championship game).
Re: The Next Great Quarterback
Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2019 2:20 pm
by TanksAndSpartans
Ronfitch wrote:Green Bay: Dunn > Herber > Isbell?
I like this one, but I can see why it may not count. They won titles with Dunn in '29, '30, and '31. Herbert and/or Isbell led them to title games in '36, '38, '39, '41 (lost in division tie breaker playoff game), and '44. Herbert/Isbell overlapped on the active roster like Waterfield/Van Brocklyn until Waterfield retired, but I'm not sure how/if they shared the position. Maybe someone who knows packers history can chime in on this one. I remember Ralph had the Johnny Blood quote about Dunn not getting the accolades he deserved because he didn't come into the league after being a college star like Friedman.