Here's a Flea Flicker look at the best quarterback, the all-time franchise quarterback, of each NFL team.
Minnesota Vikings
Fran Tarkenton
The Vikings have been looking for Tarkenton's replacement since 1978.
Green Bay Packers
Aaron Rodgers
The Packers have had ridiculous talent at this all-important position. Arnie Herber and Bart Starr are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Brett Favre will be there next year. Rodgers will be join them five years after he retires. Herber and Starr have nine NFL titles between them. Rodgers gets the pick here because he's the most talented of the bunch. Plus, he went to Cal.
Chicago Bears
Sid Luckman
The Bears have been for Luckman's replacement since 1950.
Detroit Lions
Bobby Layne
It's difficult to believe now that there was a time when the Lions were one of the best teams in the league. That was the 1950's. Layne was the reason.
New York Giants
Eli Manning
Because of Manning's occasional struggles it's so tempting to pick Charley Conerly or Y.A. Tittle. Manning has twice as many titles as Tittle and Conerly combined.
Dallas Cowboys
Roger Staubach
He was great. He was even better at the end of games.
Washington Redskins
Sammy Baugh
He's one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game. He was a terrific defensive back and punter too.
Philadelphia Eagles
Tommy Thompson
It's tough to decide between Thompson and Norm Van Brocklin. Thompson's titles in 1948 and 1949 trumps Van Brocklin's title in 1960.
New Orleans Saints
Drew Brees
The Saints have been a league afterthought for most their existence. Brees made the Saints relevant.
Atlanta Falcons
Matt Ryan
He's been very good since his rookie season. He has to lead the Falcons to greater postseason success.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Brad Johnson
Well, he won a Super Bowl. The Buccaneers have a tendency to let their best quarterbacks leave. Doug Williams, Steve Young. Maybe Jameis Winston will put an end to that tendency.
Carolina Panthers
Cam Newton
He's easily the most talented quarterback in team's short history.
San Francisco 49ers
Joe Montana
Here's another team with an incredible abundance of talent at the position. Y.A. Tittle, John Brodie, Montana, Steve Young. Montana is in the argument for best quarterback ever.
St. Louis Rams
Bob Waterfield
Some might want Kurt Warner in this spot. Waterfield gets it instead. He led the Rams to titles in 1945 and 1951. He's in the Hall of Fame. He married Jane Russell.
Arizona Cardinals
Paul Christman
Some might want Kurt Warner in this spot as well. He was magical in the Cardinals run to the Super Bowl. The Cardinals are the oldest team in the league. They've experienced very little success in all of those years. Their "golden years" were a couple of years in the late 1940s. They won the title in 1947. They played for the title in 1948. Christman was the quarterback of those teams.
Seattle Seahawks
Russell Wilson
This is only his fourth year in the league! Jim Zorn might get some consideration but Wilson has been too remarkable in his brief time in the league.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Ben Roethlisberger
It's hard to not pick Terry Bradshaw but Roethlisberger is the best quarterback in franchise history.
Cleveland Browns
Otto Graham
He led the Browns to ten straight championship game appearances in his ten-year career. Winning seven of them. This choice is so easy.
Cincinnati Bengals
Ken Anderson
He should be in the Hall of Fame.
Baltimore Ravens
Joe Flacco
This is another easy choice for a franchise with a fairly short and very strange history. They were the Browns prior to the 1996 season. Flacco has been a very good quarterback in the regular season. He becomes a great quarterback when the playoffs start.
New England Patriots
Tom Brady
You don't have to think too hard on this one.
New York Jets
Joe Namath
Anyone that doubts his Hall of Fame credentials should listen to the defensive players that had to play against him. He was an unbelievable passing talent.
Buffalo Bills
Jim Kelly
Another easy one.
Miami Dolphins
Dan Marino
Here's a quarterback debate that isn't decided with title tallies. Bob Griese won two Super Bowls. Marino lost his only Super Bowl appearance. Dan Marino was the best quarterback in Dolphins franchise history.
Indianapolis Colts
John Unitas
This might be the most difficult decision of them all. You can't go wrong with Peyton Manning or Unitas. Maybe they should share the spot.
Tennessee Titans
Steve McNair
He nearly stunned the unbeatable Rams in the Super Bowl. He's a very underrated leader and quarterback.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Mark Brunell
Brunell was a fine quarterback but he's hopefully holding this spot for Blake Bortles.
Houston Texans
Matt Schaub
This is just sad.
Oakland Raiders
Ken Stabler
Jim Plunkett gets no respect. As a Vikings fan in the 1970s, no quarterback worried me more than Staubach and Stabler. Fortunately the Vikings didn't play the Raiders often. Although one meeting was Super and it didn't end well. For Vikings fans. Stabler was great and should be in the Hall of Fame this time next year.
Denver Broncos
John Elway
No debate here.
San Diego Chargers
Dan Fouts
By the time he's done Philip Rivers might wrestle this away from Fouts. For now, it's Fouts.
Kansas City Chiefs
Len Dawson
Dawson was one of the best, if not the best, quarterbacks of the pass-happy AFL.
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