All-time Franchise Altering QBs

Who are the best quarterbacks to turn around struggling franchises? (80s onward)

  • Drew Brees

    Votes: 8 8.2%
  • Brett Favre

    Votes: 8 8.2%
  • John Elway

    Votes: 5 5.2%
  • Peyton Manning

    Votes: 14 14.4%
  • Joe Montana

    Votes: 13 13.4%
  • Tom Brady

    Votes: 49 50.5%
  • Other (older or someone else that made significant impact but never won a SB)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    97
It’s not Brady. They had Bledsoe who just took them to the Super Bowl a couple years before Brady came in. They were already a good team. Colts were awful before Manning, and the year he missed due to neck injury, they were awful again. Manning is the choice here.
Not sure if five years counts as a couple. It absolutely is Tom, and I'm not even a big fan of the guy. The Pats don't win six super bowls without him, who knows if they even win one. Another point that Tom should get more credit than Belichick for the Pats success is that Tom won another super bowl in his first year on a new team and Belichick is .500 post-Brady and has yet to win a playoff game.
 
If anyone followed the Packers in the 70's and 80's, this wouldn't even be a question. When your first round pick, 4th overall, decides to play in the CFL instead of your team, your franchise is beyond ****, and that was Green Bay before Favre.
 
All good choices but I went with Breese. The saints were nothing since forever or when Papa Manning showed up (kinda). I also took into consideration what he did for the city after Katrina.
 
Bradshaw was definitely the leader on offense. He called his own plays.

That I didn't know but I'd guess that was more common in that era?

He still had some great players around him. Was a pretty rugged dude though.
 
Montana. He single handedly dethroned the Cowboys as America’s team.
 
Without Purdy on the list for the next 10 straight Super Bowls he's going to lead the 49ers to, the poll is hardly relevant.

Absent that, I'd probably go Brady (ugh) just because he took them from decent to an extreme level for a prolonged period.
 
Without Purdy on the list for the next 10 straight Super Bowls he's going to lead the 49ers to, the poll is hardly relevant.

Absent that, I'd probably go Brady (ugh) just because he took them from decent to an extreme level for a prolonged period.
I guess it sort of goes with it in a way but Brady also had the luxury of playing in a division where the other teams were almost never a threat.
 
You can look through these to see a teams relative quality over the years to get a better idea of the impact of each of these QBs. Based on this, it looks like Favre (Packers), Manning (Colts), and Brees (Saints) qualify as turning around long struggling franchises. The others and others stops for some of these guys occurred after much shorter downturns, except for Brady in Tampa

 
Tom Brady comes to mind. He didn't just elevate the Patriots but helped redefine an entire era. As for your point about the Browns, Raiders, and Jets, it's often a combination of factors—team dynamics, management, and even a bit of luck. Btw, if you're keen on exploring new horizons, fitness studio franchise opportunities could be interesting. Check out this link: https://hitsona.com/congleton/. So, whether it's dissecting QB impact or considering fresh ventures, cheers to lively discussions and finding success both on and off the field.
 
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I don't think the Raiders have ever recovered from Jamarcus Russell or do we only mean the "good" kind of altering?
 

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