Article:The Best Quarterback Ever Tournament...Sweet Sixteen P2

Continuing are quest to find the best ever, we will move on to Part 2 of the sweet sixteen. Part 1 featured the top four seeds blowing out there competition (Dan Marino was th eonly one with a sweep.)  Now we have the matchups which will cause more debate and should be a little closer. As always results from last matchup and the new matchups are below the rankings.

(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

10. Bart Starr 152 | 24,718 | 80.5

11. Jim Kelly 237 | 35,467 | 84.4

12. Troy Aikman 164 | 32,942 | 81.6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sweet Sixteen Part 1 Results

#1   Dan Marino  OVER #19 Phill Simms   18-0

#2   Joe Montana  OVER #18   Terry Bradshaw   17-1

#3   Brett Favre  OVER #16   Roger Staubach   13-5

#4   John Elway  OVER #13   Peyton Manning   12-6

Sweet Sixteen Part 2...VOTE NOW!!!

#5  Fran Tarkenton  vs #12  Troy Aikman

#6   Johnny Unitas  vs #11  Jim Kelly

#7   Steve Young  vs #10  Bart Starr

#8  Warren Moon  vs #9  Dan Fouts