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Originally Posted by RaidersOftheCellar
The Elway worship is annoying. Talented player, obviously, but also overrated by many.
We always hear that we can't compare his stats to modern QBs, which of course is true to an extent. But what they always leave out is that Elway's numbers didn't compare that well to his peers either. And no matter what era you played in, having a bunch of seasons with more INTs than TDs isn't a good thing. 5 times he had as many or more INTs than TDs, and in two other seasons he was +1. Guys like Marino were destroying his numbers. While Elway was throwing under 20 TDs every year, Marino was putting up 40+. And he pretty much always had way more TDs than INTs.
And even when Elway had a loaded roster late in his career, guys like Kurt Warner were dwarfing his numbers.
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It's been said plenty the reason Elway had so many comebacks is because he played like shit to bury them in the hole.