(01-15-2023, 12:49 AM)RicoTx Wrote:

(01-13-2023, 06:53 PM)Bullseye Wrote: Great QBs have many traits, objective and subjective, tangible and intangible, that make them great.    Championships won...number of wins...number of post season accolades.  One such trait is the ability to rally a team from behind to a late game victory.  Most of the all time great QBs have done this in their careers. 


Roger Staubach had the Hail Mary in the playoffs against Minnesota and the comeback against Washington that featured some two TDs in the last two minutes to win 35-34 (a game I saw). They have gone down in NFL lore as two of the more famous wins in NFL history.

Joe Montana's 2nd year featured a season ending rally from a 35-7 halftime deficit to beat the Saints.  The next year, his legend was made trailing 27-21 to Dallas in the NFC title game to throw the game winning TD to Dwight Clark (forever known as "the catch") with 68 seconds remaining to win 28-27 (a game that nauseates me to this day).  Of course Montana did it again in Super Bowl XXIII, driving the team 88 yards to hit WR John Taylor to beat the Bengals.

John Elway was always a high profile player dating back to before he was drafted.  He didn't want to be drafted by the Colts and threatened to play baseball for the Yankees.  However, his football legend was forged in Cleveland, where he led the Denver Broncos 98 yards for a TD late in the 4th quarter in freezing temperatures to beat the Cleveland Browns in the playoffs in what is known as "the Drive."

For all of Peyton Manning's greatness, he too, has his share of come from behind wins.  Perhaps his best was the MNF game against the Bucs, where he rallied the Colts from a 21 point deficit to beat the Bucs in the last 4 minutes of the game. 

Brady's greatness was already well established by the time they played Atlanta in the Super Bowl, but he added another important chapter when he rallied the Patriots from a 28-3 deficit to beat the Falcons in the Super Bowl.

While having this trait alone does not guarantee greatness for Trevor Lawrence, and I do not assert Trevor Lawrence is in their class in terms of career accomplishments, records set, or championships won, I submit he has demonstrated he shares with them the trait of being able to rally the team from large deficits to late game wins over the Raiders, Ravens and Cowboys.    While sadly he will never have the advantage of having his exploits memorialized on a John Facenda narrated highlight package like Staubach, Montana, Marrino, etc., if he continues to develop and he continues to get help, he will be a legend in his own right.

Showed a ton of character.