Who is the best signal-caller for each NFL team in their various histories? Let's give it a shot. This is off the top of my head, so let me know who I've forgotten. Backups are in ( )
Arizona Cardinals: Neil Lomax (Jim Hart)
Atlanta Falcons: Steve Bartkowski (Chris Chandler)
Baltimore Ravens: Steve McNair (Vinny Testaverde)
Buffalo Bills: Jim Kelly (Jack Kemp)
Carolina Panthers: Jake Delhomme (Kerry Collins)
Chicago Bears: Sid Luckman (Jim McMahon)
Cincinnati Bengals: Boomer Esiason (Ken Anderson)
Cleveland Browns: Otto Graham (Bernie Kosar)
Dallas Cowboys: Roger Staubach (Troy Aikman)
Denver Broncos: John Elway (Craig Morton)
Detroit Lions: Bobby Layne (Milt Plum)
Green Bay Packers: Brett Favre (Bart Starr)
Houston Texans: Matt Schaub (David Carr)
Indianapolis Colts: Johnny Unitas (Peyton Manning)
Jacksonville Jaguars: Mark Brunell (David Garrard)
Kansas City Chiefs: Len Dawson (Joe Montana)
Miami Dolphins: Dan Marino (Bob Griese)
Minnesota Vikings: Fran Tarkenton (Wade Wilson)
New England Patriots: Tom Brady (Drew Bledsoe)
New Orleans Saints: Archie Manning (Bobby Hebert)
New York Giants: Phil Simms (Y.A. Tittle)
New York Jets: Joe Namath (Kenny O'Brien)
Oakland Raiders: Ken Stabler (George Blanda)
Pittsburgh Steelers: Terry Bradshaw (Neil O'Donnell)
Philadelphia Eagles: Ron Jaworski (Donovan McNabb)
San Diego Chargers: Dan Fouts (Stan Humphries)
San Francisco 49ers: Joe Montana (Steve Young)
Seattle Seahawks: Dave Krieg (Jim Zorn)
St. Louis Rams: Norm Van Brocklin (Bob Waterfield)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Vinny Testaverde (Steve Young)
Tennessee Titans: Warren Moon (Steve McNair)
Washington Redskins: Sammy Baugh (Sonny Jurgensen)
A couple of edits: credit to Jelly Roll, who reminded me Jurgensen is best known for his Redskins years rather than Eagles. And I can't believe I forgot Jaws for Philly QBs! And staying in Pennsylvania, I switched out Big Ben for Neil O'Donnell, just to cheese off Steeler fans.
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Nice list altogether however Ive got a few bones to pick here Joe. First off, nice call on Neil Lomax -- in his prime he was terrific for a terrible franchise. Injuries and the aforementioned bad franchise are the only things keeping more people from knowing how good he was. Now, to the problems. Youve got Jergenson listed on the wrong team. His greatness and remembrance is for his time on MY Washington Redskins and he should replace Theismann on that list. Donovan deserves to be on the Eagles list over Randall--Randall never made it to the SB, or even a championship game I dont think. As for the Saints, Archies best asset uis his kids. Brees, though only on the team for two years, is their best QB. One more, and this one is fun, Jim "chrissie" Everett should be on the Rams list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HNgqQVHI_8
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