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  • June 28, 2017 at 12:29 pm #70501
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    The Franchise QBs: Finals rankings of the top signal-callers in Rams history

    ESPN.com

    http://www.espn.com/sportsnation/story/_/id/19683317/the-franchise-qbs-final-rankings-top-signal-callers-los-angeles-st-louis-rams-history

    We’ve identified the top all-time quarterbacks for every NFL team and asked our NFL Nation beat reporters — and you, the fans — to help us determine each signal-caller’s place in franchise history.

    What follows is the final ranking of the top quarterbacks in Rams history, both from our NFL Nation reporter and our final fan polling.

    NFL Nation ranking:

    1. Kurt Warner

    2. Norm Van Brocklin

    3. Bob Waterfield

    4. Marc Bulger

    5. Roman Gabriel

    We’ll go with the three Hall of Famers at the top, starting with a man whose career with the Rams was short, yet brilliant. Undrafted out of Northern Iowa, Warner came out of nowhere to lead “The Greatest Show on Turf” and put together arguably the most impressive three-year run in NFL history, a stretch that consisted of a Super Bowl championship and two regular-season MVP awards. Van Brocklin and Waterfield teamed up at quarterback to win the NFL championship in 1951 and combined to play in 195 games and throw for nearly 28,000 yards in a Rams uniform. Bulger followed Warner and put up a passer rating of 91.3 as the starting quarterback from 2002 to ’06. Gabriel was a star in Los Angeles who spent his first 11 years with the Rams and was named first-team All-Pro in 1969. — Alden Gonzalez

    Fan ranking:

    1 Kurt Warner

    – One of only nine players to win multiple MVP awards
    – Threw 41 TD passes in 1999, second QB ever with 40-plus TDs in a season (Dan Marino)
    – Led team to only Super Bowl title in franchise history in 1999; took team to two of its three Super Bowls
    – Led the league in completion percentage in every season from 1999-2001 (min. 50 attempts)
    – In 1999, became the first player to throw at least 40 touchdowns and fewer than 15 interceptions (41, 13)
    – Two 4,000-yard passing seasons; all other Rams quarterbacks have combined for two such seasons (Marc Bulger and Jim Everett)
    – 2017 Hall of Fame inductee

    2 Norm Van Brocklin

    – Holds NFL record for most passing yards in a single game (554 in 1951)
    – Six Pro Bowl selections (no other Rams quarterback has more than three)
    – Led the league in game-winning drives in 1955 as member of Rams (also did so later in career with Eagles)
    – Hall of Fame Class of 1971

    3 Roman Gabriel

    – Franchise record 154 passing touchdowns and 74 wins
    – Threw for 2,000 yards in seven straight seasons from 1966-72, longest streak in franchise history
    – Won MVP in 1969 after leading the NFL with 24 TD passes and guiding the Rams to an 11-3 record

    4 Jim Everett

    – Threw for 20-plus touchdowns in four seasons, most in franchise history
    – Holds franchise record for passing yards
    – Five seasons with 200-plus completions, tied for most in franchise history

    5 Bob Waterfield
    – First QB in franchise history to win a playoff start
    – Tied for league lead in passing TDs in 1945 and 1946
    – Hall of Fame Class of 1965

    6 Marc Bulger

    – Franchise leader in completions
    – Threw for 4,301 yards in 2006, fourth-most in franchise history and one of four 4,000-yard passing seasons in franchise history
    – Five seasons with 200-plus completions, tied for most in franchise history

    June 28, 2017 at 1:19 pm #70506
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    I didn;t see all these guys play, but, I am a student of Rams history so I watch vids and read people etc. So it’s a kind of informed opinion. I don’t put the W/L record entirely on the qb btw, though it’s obvious a good one helps with wins and a bad one doesn’t.

    BEST STARTERS

    1. Kurt Warner

    2. Norm Van Brocklin

    3. Bob Waterfield

    4. Roman Gabriel

    5, tie: Jim Everett/Marc Bulger

    6. Ferragamo (might be higher if he played longer for them and at a more consistently high level)

    (Bradford never really got going with the Rams and was on a series of struggling teams, and although he was pretty decent for a stretch there from the 2nd half of 2012 up to his injury, objectively he doesn;t belong any higher than “better than all the rest.” His best years will be as a non-Ram.)

    BEST #2 TYPES

    Tie: Jamie Martin/Case Keenum. (Martin did have the advantage of playing with the GSOT offense. Keenum hung in there with a weaker offense than Martin had until that just crashed, which is what happens with #2 types sooner or later).

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