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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
I know you guys are trolling the Donks fans, but Elway was something beyond the statistics.
The closest sports analogue I can think is-
He was George Brett.
A guy who, yeah, he racked up the stats and everything but it had more to do with WHEN he would make a play. Elway won more games he had no business winning than anyone else I ever saw.
As a Chiefs fan, I hated him. And over the years, it became begrudging respect. It's not luck when it just keeps happening. Those three SB losing teams he had were terrible and had no business even making it to the SB, but Elway just kind of willed them to that game.
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I understand the point you're making about being a clutch player, but Brett put up great numbers. Elway's numbers are not really all that good.
He had 300 TD passes, but that was over 16 seasons. That is less than 19 TDs per season.
His career TD/INT ratio was just 1.3. That's awfully damn close to one interception for every TD and he's in the hall of fame!
I'm not going to tell you I have no respect for Elway because that would be silly. He hurt the Chiefs many times, but just as we should be realistic about Elway as a good QB, we should also be realistic about the fact that he doesn't hold a candle to the best QBs statistically.