It's a tangent, but this topic sucks so what the heck: Roger Staubach was an absolutely insane player compared to his peers, and the more you look into it the crazier it gets. People lose sight of it because it was a different era that was much more hostile towards throwing the ball for everyone, so the numbers weren't as gaudy as they are now. Until 1978 offensive linemen couldn't even pass block for the QB like they do now (!!!), and until 1977 you were allowed unlimited mugging of wide receivers all over the field. The kill-shots allowed on QBs were basically unlimited too.
In 1971 Staubach had a passer rating (104.8) that will probably still be elite in 2021. Now, passer rating is just a rough guideline, mostly because it can be easily inflated by throwing short and inflating your completion %. But Staubach led the league in yards per attempt and was averaging 14.9 yards per completion. For perspective, when Tom Brady was throwing unlimited rocketballs to Randy Moss in 2007, he averaged... 12.1. Staubach did that while having the LOWEST interception rate in the league that year. If you like more "advanced" stats he also crushed the rest of the league in AYA and ANYA.
And he averaged 8.4 yards per rushing attempt. Vick's career average was 7.0. So... yeah.
Basically his career as a whole was like peak Aaron Rodgers, if Rodgers had a couple more "literally #1 passer rating in the league" seasons (Staubach had 4, Rodgers has had 2.) And another Super Bowl title. And could survive 1970s murderball. You get the idea.
So you take a QB that has been top 10 at his position once or twice in his career over a QB that has always been in the top 10 with multiple appearances in the top 5? And you're calling other people's thinking skewed?
