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Originally Posted by jamf
QB1 Best Season: 3400yards, 23 TDs Won the Superbowl
QB2 Best Season: 4900yards, 25 TDS, Missed the playoffs
QB1 is a Cowboy legend and FOX broadcaster.
QB2 is a highly paid "just a guy" in Minnesota.
You can't compare stats from 80s/Early 90s.
You also have to factor in charisma/likability.
Nameth doesn't have good stats and isn't an elite QB but he had giant balls, won the biggest game he played in, and banged Farrah Fawcett. LEGEND!
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Ever since they outlawed the head slap over 40 years ago the rules have evolved on a yearly basis to favor the offense. You really have to compare a QB against his peers in the same era. One stat has meant the same for 100 years and that is wins and loses. Theisman's .629 win rate puts him ahead of a lot of good quarterbacks. Also of note Theisman has a career rating of 77.4. Hall of Famer Dan Fouts who played almost the exact time as Joe was a 80.2.
Against his peers Theisman was around 10th place year in year out in stats. He was a consistent winner. Who knows if he was on one of those teams at the time without a good defense or running game, where he would have been stat wise. He didn't need to throw for 300 yards a game like Fouts to try to win. Fouts only won half his games.