Chris Russo
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Yeah, you can't put him in top 10.
That you can't do.
Not yet.
You know, I think it depends how far you want to go back.
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.
Right.
you know, played in 10 straight championship games.
And remember, Paul Brown never won a title in Cleveland after Graham retired.
Graham retired after the 55 season and Brown never won another one because he wasn't a coach of the Browns in 64.
They fired him.
Modell did and brought Blanton Collier in.
And of course, their quarterback was Frank Lyon, not an all-time great.
But if you go back to that level, you got to put Graham in.
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.
That usually starts with Unitas.
And if you don't even want to start Unitas, that's too far.
Well, then maybe you go, you know, since the merger.
I've heard people say, well, let's start it since 1970.
So it depends on the year that you want to begin at.
Um, but if you look at the, the, the guys, I mean, you know, you know, it's certainly going to be Brady.