Article:The Best Quarterback Ever Tournament...Elite Eight

So the Quest continues! The top eight seeds are the last remaining seeds. Steve Young was the closest one to being upset when he defeated Bart Starr eight votes to six. We are only three round away from crowning "The Best Quarterback Ever" and having that respected man join Jim Brown in "The Best Ever" Shrine. As usual the last matchup results and the new matchups are below rankings! ENJOY...and vote!

(Stats by players names are TD/Yards/QB Rating)

1. Dan Marino 420 | 61,361 | 86.4

2. Joe Montana 273 | 40,551 | 92.3

3. Brett Favre 442 | 61,655 | 85.7

4. John Elway 300 | 51,475 | 79.9

5. Fran Tarkenton 342 | 47,003 | 80.4

6. Johnny Unitas 290 | 40,239 | 78.2

7. Steve Young 232 | 33,124 | 96.8

8. Warren Moon 291 | 49,325 | 80.9

 9. Dan Fouts 254 | 43,040 | 80.2 [Lost in Sweet 16 to W. Moon 9-5 ]

 10. Bart Starr 152 | 24,718 | 80.5 [Lost in Sweet 16 to S. Young 8-6 ]

 11. Jim Kelly 237 | 35,467 | 84.4 [Lost in Sweet 16 to J. Unitas 10-4 ]

 12. Troy Aikman 164 | 32,942 | 81.6 [Lost in Sweet 16 to F. Tarkenton 9-5 ]

 13. Peyton Manning 306 | 41,626 | 94.7 [Lost in Sweet16 to J. Elway 12-6 ]

 16.  Roger Staubach 153 | 22,700 | 83.4 [Lost in Sweet16 to B. Favre 13-5 ]

 18. Terry Bradshaw 212 | 27,989 | 70.9 [Lost in Sweet16 to J. Montana 17-1 ]

 19. Phil Simms 199 | 33,462 | 78.5 [Lost in Sweet16 to D. Marino 18-0 ]

 14. Joe Namath 173 | 27,663 | 65.5 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to P. Simms 13-8 ]

 15. Dave Krieg 261 | 38,147 | 81.5 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to T. Bradshaw 18-3 ]

 17. Boomer Esiason 247 | 37,920 | 81.1 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to R. Staubach 16-5 ]

 20. Tom Brady 197 | 26,370 | 92.9 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to P. Manning 11-10 ]

 21. Drew Bledsoe 251 | 44,611 | 77.1 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to T. Aikman 11-1 ]

 22. Bob Griese 192 | 25,092 | 77.1 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to J. Kelly 11-1 ]

 23. Sammy Baugh 187 | 21,866 | 72.2 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to B. Starr 11-1 ]

 24. Vinny Testaverde 275 | 46,233 | 75.0 [Lost in Qualifying Rd. to D. Fouts 12-0 ]

Sweet Sixteen Part 2 Results

#5 Fran Tarkenton   ' vs #12   Troy Aikman   9-5'

#6 Johnny Unitas   ' vs #11   Jim Kelly   10-4'

#7 Steve Young   ' vs #10   Bart Starr   8-6'

#8 Warren Moon   vs #9 Dan Fouts   9-5

ELITE EIGHT...VOTE NOW

#1  Dan Marino  vs #8  Warren Moon

#2  Joe Montana  vs #7  Steve Young

#3  Brett Favre  vs #6  Johnny Unitas

#4  John Elway  vs #5  Fran Tarkenton