John Elway and Andrew Luck easily. Steve Young. Mark Brunell (just kidding). Cam Newton.Mariota has the highest TD:INT ratio in the history of college football. He's probably the only QB you could ever put on any team regardless of style and they'd probably get better, but never get worse.
Who else could do that?
The only first round pick on that team was Stevens and in 2000 he was a Sophomore IIRC. And then was a very late first rounder...what Tui accomplished considering his surrounding talent is as impressive as anybody mentioned.
Without running the numbers, has someone really hashed out the "talent" of the 2000 team. It seems to be a common theme that they didn't have that much talent, but i feel like there were some pretty fucking athletic guys on that squad.
Off top, Anthony Vontoure was the most gifted dude I can remember. J. Stevens was a nightmare up the seem, Alexis was a frosh all-american and Hurst had some wiggle, Pharms was scary, Silvers and ward on the line went to the league, and I think Akbar did too.
Plus when tui got hurt a little known picket came in and filled in nicely aka depth. I don't know
How the fuck did Harbaugh not go the distance with Luck and that O-line? How did he lose to "i'm a man, i'm 40" Gundy?
As far as physical ability he is probably the best ever, for a career he'll never pass Leinart regardless of how this season ends.
You know not of what you are talking.
Elway was picked #52 overall in the MLB draft by the Yankees. He would have played for the Yanks after Indy picked him #1 overall in the NFL draft but they worked out a trade for him to go to Denver.
If he can survive injuries in the NFL (since he has a slight build and is a dual-threat QB), he'll definitely have a better pro career than Leinart but won't match Elway or even Luck.
As far as physical ability he is probably the best ever, for a career he'll never pass Leinart regardless of how this season ends.