Sly Fox wrote:We're talking about the Pro Football Hall of fame in Canton ... not Cooperstown. The standards are much lower and his numbers stack up very nicely in comparison to most of his contemporaries.
Absolutely he belongs. Initially I looked up some stats real quick from some recent HOF QB's (Steve Young, etc.) and was surprised that Warner has a lot of stats that are significantly better....then found a guy who summarized a lot. I'll put in some interesting notes below but the full article/blog...( It was written last spring right after/during the Super Bowl. So these stats don't include this year, but Warner actually had a year that will increase some of his averages, and certainly not significantly decrease any.
The article is found here:
http://uponfurtherreview.kansascity.com/?q=node/537
It basically compares Warner to 12 quarterbacks: Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, John Elway, Dan Fouts, Bob Greise, Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Warren Moon, Joe Namath, Roger Staubach and Steve Young.
No shock that in nearly all passing categories Warner is ahead of them all. Bradshaw, Aikman & Montana are the only QBs with more championships, although Warner is near the bottom with only 3 Pro-bowls. But that also indicates the other great QBs of his era.
Warner has more Yards per Game than any of the 12 QBs, and more TDs per game than all except Marino (marins is 1.74 Warner 1.65). He also boasts the best Completion % (a full point higher than Young and 2 percentage points higher than anyone else). He has played in the fewest games of those 12 but if you look at his yards and total stats they match up favorable with a lot of guys (within 1,000 yards of Steve Young in passing). He has the 2nd best QB rating (to Steve Young) out of the group and is middle of the back (6th) in both interception % and sack %.
Good stuff. Certainly his playoff numbers help him, and the argument can be made he played in pass happy offenses etc. But he still completed well over 60% of his passes, kept a high QB rating, is well respected among his peers, and both his overall #'s and averages are better than the majority of the guys in the HOF. Imagine if he would have started for more than what, 8 years? Maybe 9? And of those years 3 or 4 of them he didn't play a full 16 games. I want to see a good argument to keep him out.
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