Joe Namath:
Career 50.1% completion PCT. Best season was 52.9%. Had 7 seasons where he completed less than 50% (5 of those seasons he started more than half his team's games).
Career TD/INT ratio: 173/220.
Led the league in passing yards 3x. In all three seasons, he threw more picks than TDs.
His entire legacy is one game (SB III).
Eli, in roughly the same length career to date as Namath: more passing yards, higher completion PCT, 38 more TDs, 76 fewer picks, and 2 rings (both against Brady/Belichick).
Roethlisberger, in slightly fewer games than Namath: more passing yards, higher completion PCT, 18 more TDs, 112 fewer picks, and also has 2 rings.
Namath shouldn't be mentioned along with Eli Manning or Ben Roethlisberger, unless preceeded by the phrase "not anywhere as good as".
2/26/2013 7:08 PM (edited)