The Five Greatest QB-RB-WR Trios in NFL History

[Jipper]

Staubach, Dorsett, and Drew Pearson?
Bradshaw, Swann, and Franco?
Elway, Smith, Davis?

How can at least one of these trios not make that list?

Simple answer - recency bias.

 

[mcmvp]

Why do people follow this twitter/x account? Aren’t they the ones that just said the Cowboys are the 2nd best defense heading into 2025? They obviously know where their bread is buttered… And they troll on both side sides of that fence… they are apparently getting their desired results too

 

[Runwildboys]

Not sure if he's ranking these..........coz Big Ben, AB and Bell should be 4th or 5th

The graphic on the right side would seem to indicate the ranking.

 

[DandyDon1722]

Go look at the numbers of Meredith, Perkins and Hayes in 1967. We were one of the most prolific offenses in the history of the NFL.,

 

[GMO415]

Not sure if he's ranking these..........coz Big Ben, AB and Bell should be 4th or 5th

CORRECTION
SF
DAL
COLTS
PITT
RAMS

 

[plasticman]

Not much of an historian....

Forget the inflated numbers of today, they are the result of rule changes specifically designed to open the offense too more scoring.

Look to the results. I'm not saying that every one of these should replace the existing five. However, each should be strongly considered:

Griese-Czonka-Warfield (three consecutive SB appearances, although Greise missed one due to injury, it took the formation of a new league to break them up)

Staubach-Dorsett-Pearson (Their careers intersected for three seasons, bringing 2 SB appearances and a championship, the Cowboys most dominant period in their franchise history)

Bradshaw-Harris-Swan (Four Super Bowl championships)

Starr-Taylor-McGee (The most feared trio of the 60's powered the Packer dynasty, five championships in 8 seasons)

Graham-Motley-Speedle (five consecutive NFL championships for the Browns).

 

[DB_Cooper]

I’d move #4 to #1, leave #2 and the rest is all debatable. Not a bad list though.

I agree. #3 might have been the best of all three for one season but didn’t have the longevity of #4 and #2.

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Not sure if he's ranking these..........coz Big Ben, AB and Bell should be 4th or 5th

Rothlisberger, Brown and Bell never won a SB as a trio

Not to mention 0 MVPs between the three of them and 5 First Team All Pro selections between them.

The triplets have an 3 Super Bowls, 1 MVP and 5 First Team All Pro selections between them

 

[Whirlwin]

Wonder how many news outlets will be associating Antonio Brown solely with that #1 trio assignment and franchise per recent events?

It’s a shame, but that’s how it goes. You’re only respected throughout the lifespan not what you did for me yesterday. OJ.

 

[Whirlwin]

Not sure if he's ranking these..........coz Big Ben, AB and Bell should be 4th or 5th

Bradshaw Stallworth Franco
Staubach Dorsett , Pearson
Roethlisberger lol

 

[Whirlwin]

As football players the Pitt trio deserves their credit but they are no where near #1.

I take Bradshaw Stallworth and Franco over them

 

[SultanOfSix]

LOL. 2) should be 1) and 1) shouldn’t even be on the list.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I take Bradshaw Stallworth and Franco over them

I'm not there's a HOF legend more disrespected than Terry Bradshaw...........I wonder why

 

[acr731]

Wait...why isn't Dak-Deuce Vaughn-and George Pickens on there?

HATERS !!!!!!

My first thought was how upset the Daksters were going to be because their hero was left off the list.

 

[quickccc]

Wonder how many news outlets will be associating Antonio Brown solely with that #1 trio assignment and franchise per recent events?

Likely this article related to a bias Pittsburgh Steelers writer ..?

Bell & Brown are not even Hall of Famers.. and yet they make the all time NFL top 5 trio ..?

 

[DallasEast]

Likely this article related to a bias Pittsburgh Steelers writer ..?

Bell & Brown are not even Hall of Famers.. and yet they make the all time NFL top 5 trio ..?

I find the objective credibility of 'MLFootball' to be practically zero. Nonetheless, I was loosely referring to how the sports media/social media identify former players to their past teams in terms of negative news stories.

Currently, Antonio Brown is wanted on an attempted murder charge. I was curious whether news outlets, especially local news outlets, would report the ongoing story identifying Brown as a former Pittsburgh Steelers player only. Or mention him as a New England Patriot and/or Tampa Bay Buc also.

 

[jmnichols75]

Staubach, Dorsett, and Drew Pearson?
Bradshaw, Swann, and Franco?
Elway, Smith, Davis?

How can at least one of these trios not make that list?

For whatever reason, I hadn't even thought of Elway, Smith, and Davis. I was too young to have actually watched your first two trios actually play a full game and don't feel comfortable evaluating their place based solely on highlights and reputation. But I'd definitely kick the Rothlisberger, Brown, Bell trio off the list and put the Broncos one on there.

I'd also rearrange things a little bit:

1-Rams triplets
2-Cowboys triplets
3-Colts triplets
4-49ers triplets
5-Broncos triplets

The first two are basically interchangeable to me. I almost put the Aikman, Smith, and Irvin at #1 (and am still tempted to edit to do so before posting...but I'll stick with what I put down). I feel the same way about the bottom three. It's really hard to decide between them.

 

[maryquality]

Hurts, Barkley and Brown for the egals fans.

 

[jazzcat22]

Wait...why isn't Dak-Deuce Vaughn-and George Pickens on there?

HATERS !!!!!!

Hey.. what about Rush, Deuce, Mingo?