Giants quarterback Eli Manning stirred up NFL talk this week when he called himself a top five NFL quarterback. Eli isn’t even top two in his own family. Regardless, Ravens QB Joe Flacco was a guest on “The Scott Van Pelt Show” on ESPN radio in which he too called himself a top five NFL quarterback.
According to Matt Vensel of the Baltimore Sun, Flacco was asked about Eli Manning’s comments and responded that he felt the same way Eli did. “I think of myself the same way,” he said. “You don’t want to talk about yourself as a quarterback, but here in Baltimore, we’ve won a lot of games in the last three years and we’ve won playoff games each year. And when you’re talking about football games, it’s all about winning football games and that’s what we’ve done.”
As Vensel points out, Eli can at least lean on his Super Bowl ring. On the contrary, Flacco’s numbers in the postseason are nothing stellar. Of his seven playoff games, Flacco has only completed half or more of his passes in three of them. He’s thrown four touchdowns compared to seven interceptions and has an overall QB rating of 61.6 in those games.
So who are the top five quarterbacks in the league? I’ll clear the air with my list.
- Tom Brady
- Aaron Rodgers
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Drew Brees
- Peyton Manning
Based on talent alone:
1. Manning
2. Brady
3. Rodgers
4. Brees
5. Rivers
Flacco somewhere between 9-15 which means he is quite useful but he far from elite. If one considered contract along with skill level he’d be much closer to top 5.
1. Tom brady
2. Drew brees
3. Aaron rodgers
4. Peyton manning
5. Phillip rivers
Flacco is good but top 5 good no. Top 10 good probably not. But he is defiantly worth top 15.
Is Flacco drunk? Top 5 QB? A top QB CAN change plays at the line, call alot if not most plays, has a say in the game plan… Flacco prior to this year has not had any of those. And even though Hardballs says he will have more responsibility it needs to be seen during the season.
Have to say, this is the year that you’ll be able to see what kind of QB Flacco is. If he continues his “Dink & Dunk” passing while under-throwing receivers past 15 yards then he’s Trent Dilfer Jr.
In no order but QB’s better than Flacco…
Peyton Manning
Josh Freeman
Drew Brees
Tom Brady
Philip Rivers
Michael Vick
Matt Ryan
Aaron Rodgers
Ben Roethlisberger
Rex Grossman (Just Joking)
Matt Schaub
Eli Manning
I put Flacco in this group of QB’s
Jay Cutler
Sam Bradford
Matt Cassell
Tony Romo
That puts Flacco the Great (in his eyes) between 12-16…
NFL even ranks Flacco the 11th best QB behind even Freeman and Romo.
Typical- your list sucks!
(i’m just mad because you rejected my man date!)
Harbaugh said today they are taking the reins off of Flacco and he’ll be able to audible out of “around half of the plays”.
Not sure that equates to taking the reins off.
Zach, you are such a Manning hater. The dude is awesome.
Show me some hardware.
I rejected you Sad’s because your a “Mimbo”… A male bimbo…
Actually I hope Flacco does good as my framed Joe Flacco autographed jersey will only go up in value…
Ravens2488
I take it you didn’t get this jersey when he was stiffing JBA Chevrolet, right? You know, when he agreed to do 3 commercial spots, only did 1 and then when they couldn’t get him to return the Tahoe they had lent him for being their spokesman? Oh, he eventually returned it, after the lawyers got involved. Of course it was trashed on the inside.
No, didn’t get it then but I did get it before he left over 1 hour prior to his finish time of signing autographs for people when he was contractually obligated to stay the entire time.
Geezzzz , you people don’t get it,,,,,,,,,,,if you don’t believe you are an elite Q-back you will never be one,,,,,,,,,,,get real people……..it’s sports and it does have a three prong approach , physical , mental , spiritual , I don’t expect most of you to understand this………..
does it matter pittsburgh gonna win the superbowl and week 1 ratbirds suck and flacco does 2
Yea, SteelersAllDay… How’d that work out for you so far??