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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania
All I will say is this, at the time of his retirement after the 1998 season...
#1 All-Time Wins (now 7th)
#3 All-Time Passing TDs (now 13)
#2 All-Time Passing Yards (now 12)
2-3 overall in SBs
Just outside the top 10 in INTs.
Was the most sacked QB all-time
The last 25 years has seen a lot of change with the passing rules and style of play.
I'm not here to stop the piling on, please have fun with it... just saying that at the time he retired, he was at the top of the most significant categories and a few of the not so great. It happens.
Biggest change for Elway was moving on from Reeves and ultimately getting Shanahan.
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I'm not doubting that significant rules have been established in recent years to protect QBs, and what were legal hits back in the day now get roughing penalties. But come on. 25 years? In other words, Elway retired and the NFL put in alllll these rules and then it was a QB party?
The changes that actually matter to this conversation have only been around under 15 years. Plenty of QBs like Warner and Favre did most of their damage in the NFL that was basically the same as Elway's NFL.
He's a HOF QB. But he's not on the QB Mt. Rushmore. Not even ****ing close.