Top 5 QB's in NFL History

5. Tom Brady 
Brady won three Super Bowls early in his career, but that could mostly attributed to the great defense he had. When the defense left, so did the the Super Bowls. That does not change the fact that Brady turned into a great quarterback. He broke the TD record in 2007 when he lead one of the most dominant offenses the NFL has ever seen. He is hard to stop now that he has grown into a great quarterback. I put him just above Marino because of the rings. It is not all about rings, but the fact that they are similar in their careers, makes the rings relevant.

4. Peyton Manning
While some think he should not be this high because he has only won one ring, you cannot deny he is one of the greatest ever. He is very smart, often putting a defense out of position by calling a completely  at the line of scrimmage. Manning had Marvin Harrison to begin his career, which certainly helped him, but he made some receivers look better than they really were. Manning broke the touchdown record in 2004, he was completely dominant that season. Manning has had many seasons when he could not be stopped, only to be let down by his defense. He has never played with a really good defense, sans the Broncos last season. Manning has 2-3 years left in him and I think he will solidify a great career with another Super Bowl ring in Denver.

3. Johnny Unitas 
Johnny Unitas is probably the one quarterback from the 50's and 60's that could play now. He held the record for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass with 47 until that was broken by Drew Brees and Tom Brady. He was a very talented passer during the time of smash-mouth running football. If he received the opportunities that quarterbacks do now-a-days then he would probably own a lot more passing records.

2. John Elway
John Elway is always severely underrated. Everyone knows he won two Super Bowls in the late 90's, but he made three in the 80's. Unfortunately for him, he dragged those sorry Bronco teams to all of the Super Bowls, but had no help. Those teams were terrible and they would have all been picking in the top 10 without him. He was the comeback king and teams knew that if he had the ball late in the fourth and they were either tied or down, they did not stand much chance. He solidified his great career with Super Bowl wins in the 1997 and 1998 season.  He finally had some help and it proved what could have been if he had, even, decent teams earlier in his playing career.

1. Joe Montana
I grappled with myself about whether to put Montana at number one, but I finally decided that he belonged there. He did get to play with the greatest wide receiver in NFL history, but they did win four Super Bowls together. He was a very good quarterback in the regular season, but he separates himself from the rest with his stellar postseason play. He finished perfect in the Super Bowl with a 127.8 passer rating. That is almost unheard of, especially with him playing that many games. Montana used his postseason play to catapult himself ahead of the rest of the competition.