Bradshaw four Superbowl wins and no losses. Decided his elbow was shot even though he threw 4 tds against the Jets. Ben been to 3 SB's and won two and seems not the same qb since the last SB. Who is better ?
Bradshaw four Superbowl wins and no losses. Decided his elbow was shot even though he threw 4 tds against the Jets. Ben been to 3 SB's and won two and seems not the same qb since the last SB. Who is better ?
Of course with my somewhat bias post I'm going Bradshaw and seen both.
Ben not the same QB since its last SB (2010)?
It's ridiculous....Ben has been a top 5 QB for the majority of years since that time.
Either one works for me
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Both HOF QBs
Ben had the benefit of walking into a situation that the team was ready to win immediately whereas Bradshaw had to wait for talent to arrive - but once that talent arrived it was the best (5 HOF players on offense and Steel Curtain's prime was also Bradshaw's prime)
Ben probably the better QB but under 70s rules Ben's style of playing hero ball on every play for the first half of his career probably would have resulted in him being knocked out of the league after 5-6 years
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Right now the score is 4-2.
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Beat me to it...Originally Posted by fansince'76
Different times, different eras. Cant really compare and if you do, there is no wrong answer.
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I'll take either one as opposed to Malone, Stout, Brister, Kordell, O'Donnell, Maddox, etc.
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I don't know but who had more suddeness and glide: Rich Erenberg, Jack Deloplaine, or Fred McAfee?
Ill take Brister out of that group. Kordell if he stays Slash. Its a better debate topic than Ben vs Bradshaw.
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...don't leave out the formidable Kent Graham, Mike Tomczak, Jim Miller or David Woodley.
Add them all together, and that was a long, painful stretch.
I vote McAfee, but always enjoy saying Walter Abercrombie.
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I VOTE FOR BEN BRADSHAW!!!!!!!!!!!
Nah, Terry Roethlisberger can at least throw a deep ball!
Ben. And you're right. Ben isnt the same QB since 2010. He's hit his prime since then, and that prime might not even be over yet. I may egg on the guy for sucking on the road the past few seasons but i can see that its too early in the season to close shop on Ben's elite status.
I like them both, but i think Bradshaw was more consistant.
Hard to compare, one won more super bowls with a better team, the other posted better stats in an era where it's easier to throw the ball.
Would Ben have won 4 super bowls playing with 8 other hall of famers? Probably
Would Bradshaw be top 10 all time in pass yards and touchdowns playing to today's pass happy league? Probably
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Yup. Makes you consider how many future hall of famers he has played with.
Jerome Bettis is already in. Troy Polamalu, Alan Faneca, Antonio Brown, and Maurkice Pouncey as shoe ins. Casey Hampton and James Farrior with somewhat of a chance, but ILB's arent exactly a popular gold jacket candidate, and neither are nose tackles with little in stats. Aaron Smith 100% deserving but we know he never will. James Harrison and Hines Ward with an outside chance. Cameron Heyward/Ryan Shazier pending, but Im not sure Cam's stats will ever be quite pretty enough and ive always seen him as just on the cusp of being great but not quite (think he'll have a few years such as the current season where he is great though). Ryan I dont think will have a long enough career for this.
So thats 5 in my opinion
For me thats 5.
I never felt it was fair for anyone to diminish Bradshaw's 4 SB wins because he played with a legendary defense.
Usually this debate shakes out along generational lines....who was the Steelers QB when you got hooked.
I still feel that Terry threw a better and more consistent deep ball than Ben.
If not for Bradshaw, at least two of the Super Bowls May have gone the other direction.
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