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Thanks for creating and sharing that.

I'm surprised to see Chryst so high on the list, and I'd have guessed Stenstrom and Husak higher.  I can't comment on Elway, before my time.

I can. I think Msqueri got it exactly right.

Of course, the sport has evolved greatly over half a century and stats aren't apples-to-apples comparisons from the 1970s and the 2010s.

Obviously even in the same era there is no way one can accurately eliminate all the variables, like the offensive philosophy, OL play and receiver play. Elway had to do more with less in many cases. That meant he had to take chances that others didn't. He wasn't much of a "touch" passer, but he was accurate. The receivers claimed on short passes they caught the ball in self-defense. That said, I think that it is clearly incorrect that Chryst is even in the same conversation as Elway, let alone ahead of him. I also do not think Costello, Mills, and Lewis are anywhere close to what Elway did even early in his college career. Different eras make it hard to compare, that is for sure.

[Goose]

Thanks for creating and sharing that.

I'm surprised to see Chryst so high on the list, and I'd have guessed Stenstrom and Husak higher.  I can't comment on Elway, before my time.

I can. I think Msqueri got it exactly right.

Of course, the sport has evolved greatly over half a century and stats aren't apples-to-apples comparisons from the 1970s and the 2010s.

Obviously even in the same era there is no way one can accurately eliminate all the variables, like the offensive philosophy, OL play and receiver play. Elway had to do more with less in many cases. That meant he had to take chances that others didn't. He wasn't much of a "touch" passer, but he was accurate. The receivers claimed on short passes they caught the ball in self-defense. That said, I think that it is clearly incorrect that Chryst is even in the same conversation as Elway, let alone ahead of him. I also do not think Costello, Mills, and Lewis are anywhere close to what Elway did even early in his college career. Different eras make it hard to compare, that is for sure.