Best QB/RB/WR Trio in NFL History.

[Bellsprout]

Rodgers/Kuhn/Cobb

[sportjames23]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Montana/Rice/Craig

This should have ended this thread.

I was gonna go with Aikman/Smith/Irvin, but Montana/Rice/Craig...beastly.

[buckeye02]

Manning/James/Harrison never won ring together.

Manning/Harrison/Freeney makes more sense.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by sportjames23

This should have ended this thread. I was gonna go with Aikman/Smith/Irvin, but Montana/Rice/Craig...beastly.

If you compare the two, Rice and Montana were significantly better than Aikman and Irvin, while obviously as good as Craig was (first 1,000/1,000 RB), Smith is a top 5 player at his position.

For me it's Montana/Rice/Craig and then everyone else.

[Chip Douglass]

Quote: Originally Posted by untrugby

it was only reason i could think of for saying Aikman wasnt even good enough to be considered for a trio. Sure you might not think its the best trio even though a staggering number of people do. But to say they arent a trio is just silly.

That isn't even close to what I said.

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depends on what your quantitative stat is. If its SB wins id say hes in the top 30

That would defeat the purpose of looking at quantitative statistics.

Playing on a great team is not an individual skill.

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He retired 16th (iirc) in passing yards and is still 26th even with the passing boom. Hes still 17th all time passes competed. He retired about 40th in passing TDs now 58th. He retired 13th (iirc) in career passer rating now 44th. The passing boom has trivialized his stats but he did have them and the rings to go with them.

Even if you adjust for era, he was nothing special.

He finished top 5 in passing yards once, top 5 in passer rating 3 times, top 5 in touchdowns once, and never made the All-Pro team.

Among 1990s QBs, he's at best the 4th or 5th best QB - and you could make a plausible argument for Kelly and Moon over him.

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NFL network ranked him as the 13th best QB and the fan voting ranked him 9th

No one disputes that there are alot of Cowboy fans.

[bkrich83]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chip Douglass

That isn't even close to what I said. That would defeat the purpose of looking at quantitative statistics. Playing on a great team is not an individual skill. Even if you adjust for era, he was nothing special. He finished top 5 in passing yards once, top 5 in passer rating 3 times, top 5 in touchdowns once, and never made the All-Pro team. Among 1990s QBs, he's at best the 4th or 5th best QB - and you could make a plausible argument for Kelly and Moon over him. No one disputes that there are alot of Cowboy fans.

Troy Aikman was a fine QB, but for a HOF QB his numbers are pedestrian at best. He threw for 20+ TD's in a season once. His TD-INT ratio is good but not great. In 11 seasons he surpassed 3.000 yards 5 times and his career high was 3,400 yards. Y/PA is an mediocre 7.0, and he was a career lifetime passer rating of 81.

Very good QB, who won 3 championships, but statistically at least his numbers are so-so. If he plays for any team but Dallas he probably doesn't make the HOF.

Going on pure production he's probably #5 or #6 in his era. I think Warren Moon and Jim Kelly were both better players than he was.

[TheMatrix31]

Quote: Originally Posted by buckeye02

Manning/James/Harrison never won ring together. Manning/Harrison/Freeney makes more sense.

Not if you're saying best QB/RB/WR combo, lol.

[Rancid Radio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dayman

Rodgers/Kuhn/Cobb

Haha, that made me laugh for whatever reason.

Kuuuuuhhhhhhnnnnnnn.