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Jeff George.

I see him described as an amazing arm talent and as someone who had all the physical tools to be a great quarterback but none of the leadership qualities you’d want, but because of the former fact he kept getting chances in the league for years.

Out of curiosity if Jeff George is the Jeff George of the 90’s, then who would be the Jeff George’s of other decades or eras?

I don’t know about anyone currently but one quarterback after him that I’ve seen compared to him is Jay Cutler.

About the same time. Rob Johnson
Manziel although he didn't play much

maybe Jacky Lee in the 60's

Bobby Douglass comes to mind. Pretty much the epitome of "million-dollar arm, ten-cent brain."

Manziel although he didn't play much

He didn't have anywhere near the arm strength that Jeff George had. He was a non-Christian version of Tebow in that the hype way outweighed the passing talent.

Would you consider the opposite of George (million dollar head, 10 cent arm)

I know there was talk with he maybe going to the Steelers one or twice. He and Cowher interesting to think of...

CSKreager wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2026 4:59 pm Would you consider the opposite of George (million dollar head, 10 cent arm)

Chad Pennington?

They didnt annoy teammates like George did, but Pastorini or Bartkowski in the 70s were similar to George. Big size and arms but middling QBs, who took awhile to become leaders. Both had injury problems and had to get better along with their teams but had chances to succeed and couldnt. Pastorini showed toughness taking the Oilers to the 1978 AFC Championship game but couldnt deal with the Steelers in both games in 78-79. He got to lead another tough team in Oakland but got injured.

Bartkowski got better once his line improved and the team got Alfred Jenkins and William Andrews. Yes, he was an exciting bomber in the early 80s but despite talent on both sides of the ball, he never had back-to-back winning seasons for the Falcons as a starter.

CSKreager wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2026 4:59 pm Would you consider the opposite of George (million dollar head, 10 cent arm)

Virgil Carter?

7DnBrnc53 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 29, 2026 1:09 pm He didn't have anywhere near the arm strength that Jeff George had. He was a non-Christian version of Tebow in that the hype way outweighed the passing talent.

Who did?

Possibly Norm Snead of the 60s, or Frank Tripuka of the 50s. Both had talent but couldnt lead or succeed. Tripuka helped put fans in the seats for Denver but couldnt succeed with alot of turnovers. The Broncos still retired his number until Peyton Manning came along. Had been cut during his rookie season in the NFL as a #1 draft choice. Snead of course, was traded for Sonny Jurgensen and couldnt stay healthy with the talented Vikings.

At first I thought Ed Brown for the 50s, who had a powerful arm but he was more a winner than George ever was. He just couldnt lead the Bears to a championship, and Halas never was happy enough with him.