I grew up in Denver and witnessed John's whole career. Until the Terrell Davis era, Elway only had 5 HOFs on his team. Joe Montana had close to a dozen. I Quote John Madden " Elway is as close to a one man gang as I've ever seen. "
Name the dozen. I grew up in the bay. Joe Montana never had an elite oline. Joe Montana was the master of pocket awareness, could scramble and throw really well on the run. Joe Montana was often injured due to taking monster hits as his oline wasn’t ever in the mold of Tom Brady’s. When he threw the ball for the iconic “catch” to Dwight Clark, Joe literally had the whole Dallas Cowboys front on him. On the ground after being hit, and Clark catching the ball, Ed “too tall” Jones told Joe that you just beat America’s team. Joe replied “Well, you can sit at home with the rest of America and watch the Superbowl." Too many novice think Joe Montana had an all star cast of players. Joe made those players look great and he had already won two rings pre Jerry Rice. John Elway is one of my favorite QBs of all time as well. Elway took teams to the Super Bowl that had no business being there. Same as Joe in 1981 and 1988. That youngster in Buffalo, Josh Allen reminds me of both Elway and Montana. All the best to you.
@@BuffaloWyoming To be fair, part of the reason Montana took so much more punishment than Manning or Brady was because he had brass balls...in that West Coast system, he could probably have dodged a lot of that contact by dumping the ball off quickly...but he was like Elway...not as big or durable, but with the heart of a lion. A true football player, first and foremost. I'll never forget the time that Montana's team had suffered a turnover, and the ball was being run back...and Montana not only made the tackle, but knocked the defensive guy out of the game. I personally think the modern game is BENEATH the true greats...I wouldn't want to see Staubach or Montana or Elway reduced to playing this weird badminton-Arena League hybrid they play today...Too much talk, too many trips overseas...and not nearly enough HITTING...Somehow, I think that if Brady had to face Lawrence Taylor in the playoffs, he'd abandon that prissy lifestyle of his very quickly...I just can't see any man surviving such beatings on the oddball diet he picked up from his supermodel ex-wife...
@@tgriffin3059 Exactly. Name the elite defensive players of today and you’ll just laugh and shake your head. There really is none due to the NFL watering down the game. Tom Brady got hurt (2008) one time and the NFL changed the rule book. The same hit Jim Kelly took vs the Minnesota Vikings in 1994. But, hey it’s Tom Brady. Go look at these ridiculous QB stats since 2009. These QBs like Patrick Mahomes and Joe “turnover” Burrow would be injured often in the old NFL. Imagine that smug Mahones or Burrow getting drilled by LT, Bruce Smith, Reggie White, Derrick Thomas, Charles Haley, Kevin Greene and then imagine these dudes thinking they could run if Ronnie Lott was out there. Those kids heads would be on a swivel, and they would be shaken. These new QBs haven’t ever saw a real legit hitting defense that could hit hard and low and actually blitz without restrictions. You’re right, those great QBs like Montana, Elway, Marino, Kelly, Moon, Fouts, Ken Anderson and so on are simply too great to play in this trashy era of “pro” ball. Blessed to see real football.
I remember vividly the story I heard about Elway's senior year at Stanford, half of the interceptions he threw that year were bounce offs. He threw the ball so hard that the balls literally bounced off the receiver's chests.
Blabla... Hearsay... Elway, one heck of a QB for sure, threw about 70 yards in the QB challenge. And thats the only hard evidence we have of his arm strength. Many QBs threw that far. Even Manning.
@@FoxxyBrown1111 Nobody's going to risk destroying his shoulder going all out at the quarterback challenge. You can't tell much from that. As for the hearsay...I'm sure all those guys who claim his arm was so strong are in a conspiracy to fool everybody...
There are strong arms and then there was John Elway..... I saw him throw on the run, a 66 yard TD to M.Jackson hitting him in perfect stride... For my money I don't think any QB threw a ball better than Elway and the touch Marino had... The Two best passers ever... IMAGINE WHAT THEY COULD DO IN TODAY'S QB FRIENDLY NFL.... THEIR STATS WOULD BE CRAZY INSANE....
It would never be the same. Part of Elway's greatness was in his toughness and granite-like durability. Today's game is so soft, his toughness would never really come into play. That's why these modern qbs that people rave about leave me cold...Brady or Manning would never survive a QUARTER if they had to take the punishment Elway took.
The first throw - 40 yards across the field and 40 yards downfield - very few people have ever made that throw. Saw him live at Stanford throw a 65 yard missile down field against USC, and all anyone could do was look up - except the receiver, who was knocked over by the force of the throw for a TD. Props to John Elway and Ken Margerum - from a USC alum!
I saw that throw on live TV, and it's been stuck in my memory ever since then. It was a cross-field frozen rope that even Ronnie Lott thought wasn't possible, and the greatest display of arm strength I've ever seen.
Marino would easily get 60 TDs and 6k yards, no doubt in my mind. His 1984 season is the greatest ever by a QB, for one simple fact. Defenses existed and were tenacious back then, chucking receivers and hammering QBs. The way he absolutely shredded Chicago the next season on MNF proves that. John Elway has the strongest arm the league has ever seen. His scrambling ability made him that much more dangerous too.
@@andrewbsfootballarchives4247 I think Jeff George might’ve had a stronger arm than both Favre and Elway, just for simple fact that he didn’t have to set up to throw it 70yds downfield. Jeff had a lot of power when he turned over the elbow and wrist. He just had poor football instincts, he didn’t listen to coaches and thought he was the shit.
Elway had the best Physical Attributes of any QB in history. Anybody says otherwise is just a fan in denial. Brady, Manning, Brees, Montana have the Stats and/or Rings. But if Dan Marino could actually move and scramble= That’s Elway. He was Steve Young just with a Rocket Arm
John Elway retired with 148 wins as a starting QB which was the record at the time and Elway did not have the greatest teammates that other great QB's had. I have been a realistic Broncos fan win or lose since 1968.
I can remember a story about one of the 3 amigos thinking maybe Jackson, said he threw the ball so hard it broke his hand, also he raised his hands and his fingers were like so crooked that he looked like he had arthritis in them.
Elway The most clutch Quarterback to ever play the game 1st round pick by the Colts Out of Stamford in 1983 (gets traded to the Broncos in exchange for Chris Hinton) League MVP 🏆 MVP of SBXXXIII 🏆🏟in 1999 2x Super Bowl 🏟 🏟Champion 5x Conference Champion The Drive vs. Cleveland in the 86/87 Conference championship
what sucks is that for the majority of his career he had to play with the overconservative Dan Reeves and they were always behind and so Elway had to constantly catch up.
The best uniforms and helmet ever, miss em so much, hate the navy blue
I grew up in Denver and witnessed John's whole career. Until the Terrell Davis era, Elway only had 5 HOFs on his team. Joe Montana had close to a dozen. I Quote John Madden " Elway is as close to a one man gang as I've ever seen. "
Name the dozen. I grew up in the bay. Joe Montana never had an elite oline. Joe Montana was the master of pocket awareness, could scramble and throw really well on the run. Joe Montana was often injured due to taking monster hits as his oline wasn’t ever in the mold of Tom Brady’s. When he threw the ball for the iconic “catch” to Dwight Clark, Joe literally had the whole Dallas Cowboys front on him. On the ground after being hit, and Clark catching the ball, Ed “too tall” Jones told Joe that you just beat America’s team. Joe replied “Well, you can sit at home with the rest of America and watch the Superbowl." Too many novice think Joe Montana had an all star cast of players. Joe made those players look great and he had already won two rings pre Jerry Rice. John Elway is one of my favorite QBs of all time as well. Elway took teams to the Super Bowl that had no business being there. Same as Joe in 1981 and 1988. That youngster in Buffalo, Josh Allen reminds me of both Elway and Montana. All the best to you.
@@BuffaloWyoming To be fair, part of the reason Montana took so much more punishment than Manning or Brady was because he had brass balls...in that West Coast system, he could probably have dodged a lot of that contact by dumping the ball off quickly...but he was like Elway...not as big or durable, but with the heart of a lion. A true football player, first and foremost. I'll never forget the time that Montana's team had suffered a turnover, and the ball was being run back...and Montana not only made the tackle, but knocked the defensive guy out of the game. I personally think the modern game is BENEATH the true greats...I wouldn't want to see Staubach or Montana or Elway reduced to playing this weird badminton-Arena League hybrid they play today...Too much talk, too many trips overseas...and not nearly enough HITTING...Somehow, I think that if Brady had to face Lawrence Taylor in the playoffs, he'd abandon that prissy lifestyle of his very quickly...I just can't see any man surviving such beatings on the oddball diet he picked up from his supermodel ex-wife...
@@tgriffin3059 Exactly. Name the elite defensive players of today and you’ll just laugh and shake your head. There really is none due to the NFL watering down the game. Tom Brady got hurt (2008) one time and the NFL changed the rule book. The same hit Jim Kelly took vs the Minnesota Vikings in 1994. But, hey it’s Tom Brady. Go look at these ridiculous QB stats since 2009. These QBs like Patrick Mahomes and Joe “turnover” Burrow would be injured often in the old NFL. Imagine that smug Mahones or Burrow getting drilled by LT, Bruce Smith, Reggie White, Derrick Thomas, Charles Haley, Kevin Greene and then imagine these dudes thinking they could run if Ronnie Lott was out there. Those kids heads would be on a swivel, and they would be shaken. These new QBs haven’t ever saw a real legit hitting defense that could hit hard and low and actually blitz without restrictions. You’re right, those great QBs like Montana, Elway, Marino, Kelly, Moon, Fouts, Ken Anderson and so on are simply too great to play in this trashy era of “pro” ball. Blessed to see real football.
Elway and Marino the Best!
A prime Elway in today's NFL would be SICK. Just shut it all down...
You know you done ✅ good 😌 when your rivals respect ✊ you
I remember vividly the story I heard about Elway's senior year at Stanford, half of the interceptions he threw that year were bounce offs. He threw the ball so hard that the balls literally bounced off the receiver's chests.
And broke many fingers...
@@goinginwardistheonlyway493 Absolutely, they had to change the way they caught the ball.
Blabla... Hearsay... Elway, one heck of a QB for sure, threw about 70 yards in the QB challenge. And thats the only hard evidence we have of his arm strength. Many QBs threw that far. Even Manning.
@@FoxxyBrown1111 it's not how far he threw the ball. They're talking about how hard he threw it dumb ass.
@@FoxxyBrown1111 Nobody's going to risk destroying his shoulder going all out at the quarterback challenge. You can't tell much from that. As for the hearsay...I'm sure all those guys who claim his arm was so strong are in a conspiracy to fool everybody...
Best to ever do it
He literally was my favorite quarter back 💯
There are strong arms and then there was John Elway..... I saw him throw on the run, a 66 yard TD to M.Jackson hitting him in perfect stride... For my money I don't think any QB threw a ball better than Elway and the touch Marino had... The Two best passers ever... IMAGINE WHAT THEY COULD DO IN TODAY'S QB FRIENDLY NFL.... THEIR STATS WOULD BE CRAZY INSANE....
And don’t forget an OC with an earpiece telling him where the coverage is right before a snap
Jeff George
It would never be the same. Part of Elway's greatness was in his toughness and granite-like durability. Today's game is so soft, his toughness would never really come into play. That's why these modern qbs that people rave about leave me cold...Brady or Manning would never survive a QUARTER if they had to take the punishment Elway took.
The first throw - 40 yards across the field and 40 yards downfield - very few people have ever made that throw. Saw him live at Stanford throw a 65 yard missile down field against USC, and all anyone could do was look up - except the receiver, who was knocked over by the force of the throw for a TD. Props to John Elway and Ken Margerum - from a USC alum!
I saw that throw on live TV, and it's been stuck in my memory ever since then. It was a cross-field frozen rope that even Ronnie Lott thought wasn't possible, and the greatest display of arm strength I've ever seen.
I never thought I would ever see this again! Thanks!
Just imagine the states he and for that matter Marino would have had in todays more receiver friendly game.
Marino would easily get 60 TDs and 6k yards, no doubt in my mind. His 1984 season is the greatest ever by a QB, for one simple fact. Defenses existed and were tenacious back then, chucking receivers and hammering QBs. The way he absolutely shredded Chicago the next season on MNF proves that.
John Elway has the strongest arm the league has ever seen. His scrambling ability made him that much more dangerous too.
@@andrewbsfootballarchives4247 I think Jeff George might’ve had a stronger arm than both Favre and Elway, just for simple fact that he didn’t have to set up to throw it 70yds downfield. Jeff had a lot of power when he turned over the elbow and wrist. He just had poor football instincts, he didn’t listen to coaches and thought he was the shit.
The best of all time.... sorry Tom Brady
Anybody who knows football, knows Elway was the best
@@madnessatgath-anactingproj784 Joe Montana says hello
Elway had the best Physical Attributes of any QB in history. Anybody says otherwise is just a fan in denial. Brady, Manning, Brees, Montana have the Stats and/or Rings. But if Dan Marino could actually move and scramble= That’s Elway. He was Steve Young just with a Rocket Arm
John Elway retired with 148 wins as a starting QB which was the record at the time and Elway did not have the greatest teammates that other great QB's had. I have been a realistic Broncos fan win or lose since 1968.
*Thanks for the memories!* 🤗
Even Raiders give props to Elway 😂😂
I can remember a story about one of the 3 amigos thinking maybe Jackson, said he threw the ball so hard it broke his hand, also he raised his hands and his fingers were like so crooked that he looked like he had arthritis in them.
They had to bring in a ball machine to emulate the velocity of John's throws
Thanks John ✌ Denver should go after Daniel Jones ...good fit for Mile High
Oh he had a arm
Elway
The most clutch Quarterback to ever play the game
1st round pick by the Colts Out of Stamford in 1983 (gets traded to the Broncos in exchange for Chris Hinton)
League MVP 🏆
MVP of SBXXXIII 🏆🏟in 1999
2x Super Bowl 🏟 🏟Champion
5x Conference Champion
The Drive vs. Cleveland in the 86/87 Conference championship
what sucks is that for the majority of his career he had to play with the overconservative Dan Reeves and they were always behind and so Elway had to constantly catch up.
Does anyone remember the band game??
Why slow motion? The whole point is to show his arm strength, not spirals.
I hate all NFL Films! Allways in stupid and boring slowmotion with the field camera
Holy crap! Look at that Broncos practice facility! Complete with cheap Sears tin shed.
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Lose the “throw that ball” its lame….
This is from a tape from the 90s…