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Originally Posted by Mattyk72
Guys,
Young led the league in passing 6 times (that's tied for the NFL record), he's got over 30,000 passing yards and over 4000 rushing yards. He has 232 passing TD's and 43 rushing TD's as well. He's ranked in the top 20 of all-time QB's in 3 different categories, completions, passing yards and passing TD's.
He was a 7 time Pro Bowl selection and 2 time league MVP.
I'd say numbers wise he stacks up pretty well, and his Super Bowl win where he tossed 6 TD's (Super Bowl record) is just icing on the cake.
Personally I can't argue with his selection, just my opinion of course.
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Matty you do make a pretty convincing argument, but just for the facts Steve Young had 33,124 passing yards and is ranked 19th out of the top 20. Which is less than the likes of Warren Moon(49,325), Vinny Testaverde(44,475) and Steve DeBerg(34,241)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/alltim...?cat=passyards
As for completions he is currently ranked 17th out of the top 20 with 2,667. Warren Moon - 3,988
Vinny Testaverde - 3,631
Steve DeBerg - 2,874 Tied with Jim Kelly
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/alltim...s?cat=complete
Passing touchdowns, Steve Young is also ranked at 17 out of 20 with 232.
Moon - 291
Testaverde - 268
DeBerg - not in the top 20, (196)
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/alltim...s?cat=tdpasses
Now, why isnt Moon in the HOF? Better yet should Vinny Testaverde be inducted in the first year that he is eligible. After all these two are not only in the top 20 but in the top 10 of these major QB catagories.
I am not saying that Young should not be in the HOF, all I am saying is that he should not have be a 1st year eligible canadaite(SP). Also it didnt hurt Young any by having the best WR of all time to throw to.