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Originally Posted by Chris Meck
If you accept my premise that at any point in time, there are 5 people on the planet that can play NFL QB at an elite level, this all makes more sense.
Of course there will always be debate, but the debate should be more about who gets included in the 5 in the last couple of spots.
Some guys are there every year, and those are your sure-fire hall of famers. Some guys age out. Some guys climb into that top 5 but can't maintain that level.
So Ryan absolutely had a year or two there where he was in that category. Rivers spent most of his career hovering around the cut-off point, which is what Herbert looks like he'll do so far. Lamar had a year or two there where he was in that category, but his limitations have been pretty well exposed at this point.
Eli had a couple of seasons where he was certainly there, and several more around the cut-off point, and some where he was not elite. Brady has, at this point, aged out it would appear-but christ, it took until age 45 for cryin' out loud. Manning I think fell out of that 5 his last season and smartly hung it up.
Hurts climbed up in there this season. Will that last? Dunno.
But Mahomes/Burrow/Allen are certainly elite, and you can argue the other two slots, but arguing the top 3 is kind of silly right now.
You can argue that Mahomes is MORE elite, and I'd personally agree, but there's not a question of whether Burrow and Allen qualify as 'elite'.
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I agree with all of that. My comment was directed to Rams fan who was using the Ryan/Rivers vs Eli argument.
And yes, I know of only three truly elite QBs right now and those are Mahomes, Allen/Burrow (take your pick for who is #2 or #3). From #4-#10 it gets subjective as some are higher on Sherbert than myself while lower on Lawrence than I am. I am also pretty impressed with how much Hurts has improved since he was a freshman at Alabama.