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Matt Ryan if you count him as active? He never said he retired officially.
OPOTY, MVP, went to a Superbowl.
#7 in ALL TIME passing yards, everyone around and above him are HoFers, top 10 in passing touchdowns EVER. Top 10 in most wins by a QB EVER.
People forget how good he is/was.
y’all crazy for not thinking russ is in this conversation
Mahomes and Rogers are locks.
The crazy part is 2 years ago Russell Wilson was a lock...
He actually played his way out of the HOF
Rodgers and Mahomes for sure. Russ is a maybe, others don't have enough to be in the conversation yet
Has Mahomes done enough as of TODAY to get in? Honest question.
Mahomes and Rodgers are locks, Russ and Stafford are wild cards.
Mahommes and Rodgers are first ballot unanimous HOF.
We could make arguments for Russ, Kirk, and Matt Stafford.
Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen have nice resumes too
Based on current resume, probably just rodgers and mahomes. Russell wilson is close, maybe stafford
Kirk and dak are ring of honor guys for their respective stadium but not HOF’ers yet.
Rodgers 100%
Mahomes more than likely
Stafford, Russel Wilson the only other 2 I can think of that would even be worth having a conversation about
Mahomes and Rodgers.
I think Willson gets in, but don't think he should.
Mahomes & Rodgers are the only ones that come to mind for me
Mahomes and Rodgers should get in instantly, and I believe Russell Wilson would get in over time.
Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, and Matthew Stafford (maybe)
Technically Kendall Hilton is already, if only in jersey form
Rodgers, Russ, Mahomes
CJ Stroud after Sunday’s game
Jake haener.
Tom Brady.
Wait, shit. Sorry. Just used to saying Tom Brady in these questions.
Sam Darnold, easy choice.
Thomas N. DeVito
Kenny Pickett of course!
Rodgers and Mahomes
Rodgers
CJ Stroud
Rodgers and Mahomes are it. Nobody else retiring today is ever going to sniff it.
Mahomes and Rodgers, for sure. Stafford, after a while probably gets in
Mahomes, Rodgers, Stafford, Russ.
Stroud
Aside from Mahomes and Rodgers? There are a few that are borderline but probably wouldn’t make it.
Matt Stafford comes to mind for his impressive stats and his Super Bowl ring. Kirk Cousins has revitalized his career In Minnesota. Lamar Jackson is the only one not named “Patrick Mahomes” or “Aaron Rodgers” who has an MVP. That’s the best I can come up with.
Recently Retired/Not Yet Eligible:
Brady (1st ballot)
Brees (1st ballot)
Roethlisberger (not 1st ballot, eventual)
Current players:
Mahomes (could retire tomorrow and would already be 1st ballot)
Rodgers (slam dunk 1st ballot)
Mike Glennon (1st ballot)
Brock Purdy. 😉
From my objective and unbias opinion,
CJ Stroud
Danny DeVito
Rodgers was a lock a few years ago. Mahomes has done enough imo. I've never seen a QB with the ability to see the field and manipulate defenses how he does. Mahomes plays like he's on mushrooms, it's ridiculous, he could (and should) retire tomorrow and get in.
My UNCLE RICO is the GOAT of all HOFers...
Mahomes and Rodgers are the only ones.
Mahomes and Rodgers. Put them both in Canton tomorrow.
Need a bit more from Russ, but if not I could see him as a legacy guy getting in 25+ years from now
Not impossible for Stafford but he needs to get busy. He's a team honor guy for sure though
Kirk might be a ring of honor guy here in Minnesota but I have my doubts he's anything more than that.
Everyone else has so much more to be written.
I think people are way off saying guys like Stafford and Cousins. You have to look at what makes a HoF QB... It's either Superbowls (and usually multiple or one + other accolades), Pro Bowls and APs, MVPs and stats
In the grand scheme of things, Stafford and Cousins are guys whose stats would've made them HoF'ers in a different era probably, but they are pretty much just good QBs for the era they played in.
Mahomes and Rodgers are locks, no questions asked. Russ is probably a no, but borderline.
Outside of those 3, I would argue that the QB with the 4th best chance of they retired today that is currently playing is honestly Lamar. That isn't to say he would get in.... He wouldn't, not by a long shot, but he has more of a case than guys like Stafford and Cousins.
Russell Wilson is getting slandered lol.
Y’all might hate him, but he has just as many SB’s as Brees, a better TD:INT ratio, and currently a higher rating by 2-points.
I’m not saying he’s the GOAT, but he’s definitely gonna get in at some point. Dude was a dog in his prime. Still competitive today.
Mahomes, Rodgers and Russel Wilson (even though he hasn’t been that good in Denver he’s still a 9x pro bowler and a Sb Champ)
Mahomes, Rodgers and Stafford. Russ potentially
People are forgetting how good Russel Wilson was. Wouldn’t be much of an argument if he retired after Seattle so this is all recency bias
Since Marty ice is not retired, but will be soon, if add him. Honestly as a falcons fan I’m doubtful he gets I because 28-3 always finds a way to pop up, despite Matt having the highest passer rating in a Super Bowl while also playing his ass off that game. He’s got all kinds of passing records, an MVP, a bunch of pro bowls (which would be more but he decided not to appear for one reason or another), and he is just a really awesome guy. If you read about what he’s done for Atlanta and all the kids he has helped, it’s really amazing the effort he puts in to helping people. I legitimately think he’s one of the most genuine NFL athletes of all time.
Mac Jones. He probably has to pay full price for his ticket though
Russ is not close to being a HoFer.
Rodgers 100% lock. Mahomes 99% -- he'd get criticized for only playing 6 seasons as a starter, but 2 SB rings, 2 MVP's, 2 SBMVP's, 5 pro bowls, and 2 All Pros kind of counters any arguments about longevity IMO. Maybe it just prevents him from being 1st ballot. You could make an argument for Wilson and Stafford, but I definitely wouldn't call either one a lock.
Looking at the other veteran QB's, honestly I don't think anyone else makes the cut if they retire today. We've seen the full turnover of generations in the past few years. The great QB generation of 2000-2020 is gone. Brady, Manning, Manning 2, Brees, Roethlisberger, Rivers, Ryan, Warner and Favre if you want to include them, are all retired. Rodgers, Wilson, and Stafford are all at the end of their careers. Even guys like Newton, Palmer, Romo, and McNabb, that sort of made up that 2nd tier, are all retired. The top QB's currently are all too young and haven't accomplished anywhere near enough yet, and the best veterans that still have a decent stretch ahead of them are... Kirk Cousins, Dak Prescott, Jared Goff, and Derek Carr? No one has really accomplished anything notable.
Mahomes and Rodgers is the answer as others have stated.
Mahomes and Rodgers. End of list.
Stafford has the longest starting experience behind only Rodgers (by 1 year) but has been mid
Crazy how just a half decade ago we had a handful of QBs who would fall under this category