Where is Johnny Unitas?
I would put Montana and Brady in the same tier; if everyone wants to say Brady is the GOAT, fine, but these are tiers. Bump Manning down to tier three (now tier two), bump Favre, Aikman, and Bradshaw down to tier four (now three), and move Brees up into tier three (now two). Young has a pretty good argument to stay with Brees, but I think I wouldn't. Oh, and I'd move Warner down a tier.
My bias: I was a 49ers fan during the peak Montana years (and thought the franchise appropriately moved on to Young when it should have), and a Packers fan since the early 90s (and thought the franchise appropriately moved on from Favre when it should have).
My tiers are basically:
1) The best of the best
2) Mind-blowingly elite numbers plus super bowl wins.
3) All time elite arms, plus inarguable super bowl success as game managers (Staubach, Aikman, Bradshaw). This is where I would put Unitas, though I think the historians would have him in either my tiers 1 or 2.
