I enjoy this morning’s discussion about Aaron Rodgers on the Zohn, about whether he’s the best QB in the the NFL. Spurred on by that I’m posing a hypothetical. Who was a better QB, Joe Montana or John Elway? I can phrase this another way: If Elway played for Bill Walsh would he have been better than Montana? One former player told me Elway would have been better if he played for Bill.

It’s an interesting question. Everyone assumes Joe was the best ever, but Elway was bigger and stronger and had a better arm. He had everything. Who was better?

Let me say this. Shortly before he died Walsh watched tape of Joe for a presentation he was to give. Bill told me, with awe, that Joe made every throw and made it perfectly. All those years later he was in awe of Montana as the perfect practitioner of his system. I believe Montana was the most precise passes I’ve seen and a great leader. I put him ahead of Elway but I do it shakily. Your thoughts?