Is Peyton Manning The Best Quarterback In NFL History?

Peyton Manning has his Indianapolis Colts off to a tremendous start this football season.  And he is not having too bad of a year personally either, by the way.  So, to me, it begs the question  “Is he the best ever at the quarterback position in NFL history?” Some may say that it is too early to ask that question.  That you have to wait until he is finished before you try to make those kinds of comparisons.  But if you look at what he has accomplished so far, I’m not sure that it’s crazy to ask the question.Let’s start first with some numbers.   First, Manning has more passing yards and more touchdowns than any other quarterback in NFL history by age 33.   And he is sixth overall for career passing yards.  In the seven most recent seasons, the Colts have gone 112 games without losing three games in a row.  This year he passed Joe Montana to move into 6th place overall in career wins for a quarterback.  He also passed Colts legend Johnny Unitas for the team career record in wins.   And there are many more statistics that I could quote, but you get the idea.

So Peyton is not the career leader in these statistics, not yet anyway.  But when you look at the combination of all the statistics he has amassed and he has answered one of the big questions always asked about quarterbacks, can he win a Super Bow.  He’s done that.

Now back to the original question… is Peyton the best ever at his position.  And is it really crazy to ask that question at this point in his career.  Well, I asked the question, but I am going to say this.  I don’t think that we can declare Peyton the king just yet.  But given what he has accomplished, I believe that it is only a matter of time.  I’m not wimping out, I will go ahead and say that he will end up being declared the best quarterback ever to play football in the NFL.  I just don’t think it’s quite time yet to make that declaration.

But I do believe that what Peyton has done to this point in his career has positioned him to claim that title, even if he isn’t as productive for the rest of his career as he has been so far.

Ok, football fans, let’s hear you weigh in on this one.