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Chris Russo

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
580 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Yeah, you can't put him in top 10.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

That you can't do.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Not yet.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

You know, I think it depends how far you want to go back.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

I mean, Don Shuler once said, you know, if you're going to rank these quarterbacks, don't forget about old Otto, meaning Otto Graham.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Right.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

you know, played in 10 straight championship games.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

And remember, Paul Brown never won a title in Cleveland after Graham retired.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Graham retired after the 55 season and Brown never won another one because he wasn't a coach of the Browns in 64.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

They fired him.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Modell did and brought Blanton Collier in.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

And of course, their quarterback was Frank Lyon, not an all-time great.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

But if you go back to that level, you got to put Graham in.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

If you want to go back to the modern day quarterback, that usually starts, you know, guy who calls his own plays and football is a little shaped like it is today.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

That usually starts with Unitas.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

And if you don't even want to start Unitas, that's too far.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Well, then maybe you go, you know, since the merger.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

I've heard people say, well, let's start it since 1970.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

So it depends on the year that you want to begin at.

The Bill Simmons Podcast
NBA Panic Teams, Best QBs Ever, and Sorry Seattle With Rob Mahoney, Chris Russo, and Danny Kelly

Um, but if you look at the, the, the guys, I mean, you know, you know, it's certainly going to be Brady.