Poll: Greatest Ram QB Ever

[ScottD413]

Lets put aside all of our frustration for a while and try to have a little fun. I have posted the following poll question: Who do you think is the Greatest Ram QB Ever? I have listed the following options:

Bob Waterfield - (1945-52)
Guided Rams to two NFL Championships (1945 and 1951). Only rookie QB to lead team to NFL title (1945). Threw for two touchdowns against Washington to win 1945 Championship, 15-14. Three-time All-Pro selection. Voted to two consecutive Pro Bowls (1950-51). Received Joe F. Carr Trophy as NFL Most Valuable Player in 1945. Named NFL Played of the Year in 1950 by Washington D.C. Touchdown Club. Selected to NFL's All-Decade Team for 1940's. Led NFL in passing (1951).

Norm Van Brocklin - (1949-57)
Led Rams to 1951 World Championship with 73-yard touchdown pass in fourth quarter to beat Cleveland. Led NFL in passing twice (1950 and 1952). Set NFL record with 554 passing yards against New York Yankees in 1951. Named to six consecutive Pro Bowls with Rams (1950-55). NFL Player of the Year by Washington D.C. Touchdown Club in 1954. Selected to NFL 1950's All-Decade Team. Also played for Philadelphia Eagles (1958-60). Led Eagles to 1960 NFL Championship and threw for three touchdowns in 1960 Pro Bowl. Finished with 23,611 yards passing.

Roman Gabriel - (1962-72)
He ranked as the Rams' all-time passing leader with 22,223 yards and 154 touchdowns (1,705 com./3,313 att.) and threw for 7,221 yards and 45 touchdowns (661 com./1,185 att.) He still holds the Rams' career records for touchdown passes (154), passing yards (22,223), passes attempted (3,313), and passes completed 1,705.

G ATT COM YDS AVG TD INT
183 4498 2366 29444 6.55 201 149

All-Pro 1969; Pro Bowls; 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
1968 Pro Bowl MVP
1969 NFL Most Valuable Player
1973 NFL Comeback Player of The Year
Led the league in TD's in 1969 (24)

Kurt Warner - (1998-2003)
Come on...you all know the story here

2 Time NFL MVP (1999, 2001)
Super Bowl MVP (1999)
Ranked 3rd NFL All Time Passer Rating (93.8)
Ranked 1st NFL All Time Completion Percentage (65.6)
3 Time Pro Bowler (1999, 2000, 01)

Comp Att PCT YD Y/A TD INT
1645 2508 65.6 20591 8.2 125 83

Led the NFL in Completions in 2001
Led the NFL in Passing TD's in 1999 and 2001
Led the NFL in Passing Yards in 2001

If you choose "Other" please post who and why. Let the debate begin!

[Drew]

im a bit young to have seen old "stoneface" and the dutchman...even when they became coaches at the Rams and Vikings respectively..and infact ten years too young to remember Roman,so tho i have read about them and seen some footage of them strutting their stuff i cant compare them fairly so out of my own list of QB`s i have seen play in more than just clips,which consists of Everett,Brock,Banks,Miller,Green,Warner,Chandler,Martin,Bulger etc....

i`ll go Warner,i think in some ways Bulger is better like Young is in some ways better than Montana but well 41 Td`s in a season and the superbowl says it cant be no other!

still glad we chose to run with Marc instead of Kurt tho even tho it was a very bitter pill to swallow when he left...

[rampower]

its hard for me to vote elsewhere than kurt, I could not give a fair judgement on the other qb's listed. In my time only Marc and Jim Everett could be used for comparison, its difficult, kurts time was so short but productive. Jim's time a bit longer but less productive, but then He had greg bell Versus Marshall, no comparison there. Can Marcs lack of offensive line and lack of marshall also mean a fair comparison is not that, fair? But a ring gets the final vote ( even if it took an adjustment to an underthrown ball to Mr bruce to win it!).

[laram0]

I went with Roman Gabriel. Obviously KW will get alot of votes as he helped bring us to our only Superbowl victory.

[GreatestShow99]

Being a Ram fan for 13 years, I felt that it was mandatory to study the team's history. that two headed monster of Waterfield and Brocklin in 1951 was great, but for a 3 year stretch, Warner was greater. So I picked him instead.

[RealRam]

The Roman General. :r

I'll go with Gabriel because in addition to his 11 years as a Ram, during which he compiled an impressive stack of statistics that you pointed out, he was also my first Rams hero (1965).

1969 NFL MVP.

He was the pilot of a fine Rams bomber offense -- Gabriel to Snow (80 yard TD); Gabriel to Pope; Gabriel to Casey. Gabriel to Truax. I remember those years very well.

[AvengerRam]

Its a difficult choice.

Without doubt, from 1999-2001, Warner had the best three year stretch of any QB in the Rams history. However, from the standpoint of longevity, his time was too short.

I'm going to vote for Warner, but I will say this: Marc Bulger may one day be in this discussion.

[RAMMAN68]

Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin, and Roman Gabriel are all legends; but in my time as a Ram fan, no one compares to Warner.

When you consider all of the QB's the Rams have gone through in the last 30 years, no one accomplished more in a shorter period of time than Warner.

[Rambos]

Other...but Warner is a close second.

Jim Everett
Quarterback
Ht/Wt: 6-5, 212
Born: 1/3/1963
College: Purdue
Drafted: 1986, round 1, by the Houston Oilers
1-time Pro Bowler: 1990


Game-by-game data | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |


+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Passing | Rushing |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Year TM | G | Comp Att PCT YD Y/A TD INT | Att Yards TD |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| 1986 ram | 6 | 73 147 49.7 1018 6.9 8 8 | 16 46 1 |
| 1987 ram | 11 | 162 302 53.6 2064 6.8 10 13 | 18 83 1 |
| 1988 ram | 16 | 308 517 59.6 3964 7.7 31 18 | 34 104 0 |
| 1989 ram | 16 | 304 518 58.7 4310 8.3 29 17 | 25 31 1 |
| 1990 ram | 16 | 307 554 55.4 3989 7.2 23 17 | 20 31 1 |
| 1991 ram | 16 | 277 490 56.5 3438 7.0 11 20 | 27 44 0 |
| 1992 ram | 16 | 281 475 59.2 3323 7.0 22 18 | 32 133 0 |
| 1993 ram | 10 | 135 274 49.3 1652 6.0 8 12 | 19 38 0 |
| 1994 nor | 16 | 346 540 64.1 3855 7.1 22 18 | 15 35 0 |
| 1995 nor | 16 | 345 567 60.8 3970 7.0 26 14 | 24 42 0 |
| 1996 nor | 15 | 267 464 57.5 2797 6.0 12 16 | 22 3 0 |
| 1997 sdg | 4 | 36 75 48.0 457 6.1 1 4 | 5 6 0 |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| TOTAL | 158 | 2841 4923 57.7 34837 7.1 203 175 | 257 596 4 |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+

[ScottD413]

Other...but Warner is a close second.

Jim Everett
Quarterback
Ht/Wt: 6-5, 212
Born: 1/3/1963
College: Purdue
Drafted: 1986, round 1, by the Houston Oilers
1-time Pro Bowler: 1990


Game-by-game data | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |


+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Passing | Rushing |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| Year TM | G | Comp Att PCT YD Y/A TD INT | Att Yards TD |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| 1986 ram | 6 | 73 147 49.7 1018 6.9 8 8 | 16 46 1 |
| 1987 ram | 11 | 162 302 53.6 2064 6.8 10 13 | 18 83 1 |
| 1988 ram | 16 | 308 517 59.6 3964 7.7 31 18 | 34 104 0 |
| 1989 ram | 16 | 304 518 58.7 4310 8.3 29 17 | 25 31 1 |
| 1990 ram | 16 | 307 554 55.4 3989 7.2 23 17 | 20 31 1 |
| 1991 ram | 16 | 277 490 56.5 3438 7.0 11 20 | 27 44 0 |
| 1992 ram | 16 | 281 475 59.2 3323 7.0 22 18 | 32 133 0 |
| 1993 ram | 10 | 135 274 49.3 1652 6.0 8 12 | 19 38 0 |
| 1994 nor | 16 | 346 540 64.1 3855 7.1 22 18 | 15 35 0 |
| 1995 nor | 16 | 345 567 60.8 3970 7.0 26 14 | 24 42 0 |
| 1996 nor | 15 | 267 464 57.5 2797 6.0 12 16 | 22 3 0 |
| 1997 sdg | 4 | 36 75 48.0 457 6.1 1 4 | 5 6 0 |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+
| TOTAL | 158 | 2841 4923 57.7 34837 7.1 203 175 | 257 596 4 |
+----------+-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------+

Jim Everett was my first Rams Hero and I was sooo close to adding him to this list. (I also almost added Bulger). Maybe I should have

[ScottD413]

I'm going to vote for Warner, but I will say this: Marc Bulger may one day be in this discussion.

I agree 100%! I almost added Marc to this list, but I think he needs a few more years or a ring before he can be compared to these guys. And here's to hoping he gets it!
I know Warner only played for us for a short time but as we know, he accomplished so much!

BTW, I love your Linehan picture

[Keenum]

I was kinda torn between Warner and Gabriel, but I started to think about just pure passing ability, and I'm convinced that there is no QB in NFL HISTORY that is more accurate than Kurt Warner. Joe Montana is close, but just take a look at Warner's completion percentage, #1 all time.
The Superbowl and rags-to-riches story helped as well

[jkramsfan]

and to think no one mentioned Dieter Brock, I have to go with Kurt,because of the SB34 win.

[Dwight Frye]

Hey! First time poster! I'll say Warner. Can't help it. Everett is a close second, then Marc. The other guys played before my time. I came on board in '75 or so. I think it was Pat Haden back then. I remember McCutcheon and Youngblood and Olsen. (Merlin was there in '75, right?) But, I gotta say Everett, Flipper, Ellard, Slater.... MAN! I loved that team. Those guys should've .... nevermind. I'm sure we all know. Certainly hope that's not how the CURRENT team is remembered. STILL got high hopes for the current bunch.

[mpire]

Voted for Kurt, but I would have gone Everett if he was listed.