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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
So because he threw the ball a TON more than other QB's of his era he was great???
The two years he won MVP he threw as many INT's as TD's and completed barely 50% of his passes. Just because some yutz gives you an award doesn't mean you are great.
You also seem to conveniently have left out contemporaries like Unitas and Tarkenton and focused on good QB's from run oriented teams.
QB Rating
Namath - 65.5
Starr - 80.5
Griese - 77.4
Dawson - 82.6
Tarkenton - 80.4
Unitas - 78.2
Completion Percentage
Namath - 50.1
Starr - 57.4
Griese - 56.2
Dawson - 57.1
Tarkenton - 57
Unitas - 54.6
Interception Percentage
Namath - 5.8
Starr - 4.4
Griese - 5
Dawson - 4.9
Tarkenton - 4.1
Unitas - 4.9
Now just for grins and giggles let's look at some NON-HOF guys of his era with similar numbers
Rating
Lamonica - 72.9
Roman Gabriel (Who won an MVP) - 74.3
Norm Snead - 65.5
Completion %
Lamonica - 49.5
Gabriel - 52.6
Snead - 52.3
INT%
Lamonica - 5.3
Gabriel - 3.3!!!
Snead - 5.9
It's pretty obvious which group Namath belongs in and he's not even the class of that group!
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Yes it is obvious. He belongs in the middle of the Hof class. Never said he was the best QB of his era, he was just better than some contemporaries in the Hof. Nice strawman though.
Namath was also voted the greatest QB in AFL history, over Griese, Dawson and Lamonica. I'll take the word of those yutz who saw them play over some random internet poster who probably didn't.