Whitlock Pimping Elway

[Mountain Bronco]

Just heard Jason Whitlock say that Elway is the best football player ever and possibly the best athlete ever.

For a KC guy I love his stance on Elway.

[SoDak Bronco]

Is he on Rome again today?

[Rugby7]

For a KC guy I love his stance on Elway

Stance
You make it sound like this is an opinion, as if an argument could be made for someone else being the best.

You know what...
I don't like YOUR stance on this subject.

Ok I will go back to lurking now, have a nice day.

[bronco militia]

Fatlock has been saying this for years.

[Tombstone RJ]

Yah, Whitlock said (on Jim Rome's show) that Elway is the best football player, ever, in the NFL. His number two football player of all time is Jim Brown.

I think he also put Elway in his top 10 athletes of all time.

[Hotrod]

Elway GOAT pimp

[broncosteven]

I saw him say the same thing in an Article about a week ago.

He knows the GOAT when he see's him.

[Kaylore]

It's true.

[Florida_Bronco]

He's also spoken out against Croyle. Obviously Whitlock knows a good QB when he sees one.

[no-pseudo-fan]

Originally Posted by Florida_Bronco

He's also spoken out against Croyle. Obviously Whitlock knows a good QB when he sees one.

Or at least he knows a bad one when he sees one.

[PRBronco]

But...Hixon scored 3 touchdowns!

[Bob's your Information Minister]

Originally Posted by Florida_Bronco

He's also spoken out against Croyle. Obviously Whitlock knows a good QB when he sees one.

Whitlock is a dumb**** on the Croyle issue. He was preaching patience this offseason and goes off on Croyle because he threw a few dumpoffs in a preseason game. No consistency.

[Bronx33]

Hummmmm no consistency bob?



Is this a rhetorical question?

[Florida_Bronco]

Bob is only consistent in his inconsistency...and complete lack of football knowledge.

[fdf]

Originally Posted by Florida_Bronco

He's also spoken out against Croyle.

Thank God he didn't let that slip by. Years from now, all sportswriters will be judged by one touchstone: how soon did they realize Croyle was a loser.

[Rock Chalk]

Best QB ever yes.

Best football player? No. For my money Im going with Walter Payton in that regard. No offense to Elway, but Walter was superior as an overall athlete. Superior to Jim Brown. He ran against much stronger and faster defensive players and still made them pay. And if he is not the best football player ever, he cant be the best athlete ever.

But hey, to each their own.

[Los Broncos]

Close to the best QB ever, not the best player ever.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Bob's your Information Minister

Whitlock is a dumb**** on the Croyle issue. He was preaching patience this offseason and goes off on Croyle because he threw a few dumpoffs in a preseason game. No consistency.

the only time you understand consistency is when you eat bran

[gunns]

Originally Posted by Alec

Best QB ever yes.

Best football player? No. For my money Im going with Walter Payton in that regard. No offense to Elway, but Walter was superior as an overall athlete. Superior to Jim Brown. He ran against much stronger and faster defensive players and still made them pay. And if he is not the best football player ever, he cant be the best athlete ever.

But hey, to each their own.

Have to disagree here. I was so appalled when Elway was stiffed on ESPN's Athlete of the Century. If nothing else he was an overall athlete. In football his goal was to win and often, despite his teammates, he did, throwing, running, and receiving...and he could kick also. He was an excellent baseball player, his basketball coach thought he would excel in basketball, and hey, he's better than Michael Jordan at golf too. Elway was definitely one of the best athletes ever....and the best QB ever.

[Rock Chalk]

Originally Posted by gunns

Have to disagree here. I was so appalled when Elway was stiffed on ESPN's Athlete of the Century. If nothing else he was an overall athlete. In football his goal was to win and often, despite his teammates, he did, throwing, running, and receiving...and he could kick also. He was an excellent baseball player, his basketball coach thought he would excel in basketball, and hey, he's better than Michael Jordan at golf too. Elway was definitely one of the best athletes ever....and the best QB ever.

Best QB ever, best athlete ever not even close doll. Not even close.

You can disagree all you want but Walter Payton > John Elway as an overall athlete. He too did it all on the field.

And golf is not a sport. Its a game. I play golf, its not a sport. The only thing needed for golf is eye-hand coordination. If that makes it a sport then video game playing is a sport. It, like golf, is not a sport.

If John was so good in baseball, he is the biggest idiot ever. Baseball pays more and you can play it longer and he chose football? No, he would have been a marginal baseball player. He wouldnt have made the pro's at basketball. No where near quick enough.

I dont mean to bash the duke. I loved Elway as much as any Bronco fan ever but this is borderline retarded. He isnt the best athlete ever. He isnt even close to the best athlete ever.

[Spider]

Originally Posted by Alec

Best QB ever, best athlete ever not even close doll. Not even close.

You can disagree all you want but Walter Payton > John Elway as an overall athlete. He too did it all on the field.

And golf is not a sport. Its a game. I play golf, its not a sport. The only thing needed for golf is eye-hand coordination. If that makes it a sport then video game playing is a sport. It, like golf, is not a sport.

If John was so good in baseball, he is the biggest idiot ever. Baseball pays more and you can play it longer and he chose football? No, he would have been a marginal baseball player. He wouldnt have made the pro's at basketball. No where near quick enough.

I dont mean to bash the duke. I loved Elway as much as any Bronco fan ever but this is borderline retarded. He isnt the best athlete ever. He isnt even close to the best athlete ever.

well in fairness to elway , elway screwed up his knee so bad in H.S. Football he wasnt supposed to play football any more at the High school level ....... Just saying

[Spider]

Come to think about it , it was his ACL he tore out in High School

[colonelbeef]

Originally Posted by Alec

Best QB ever, best athlete ever not even close doll. Not even close.

You can disagree all you want but Walter Payton > John Elway as an overall athlete. He too did it all on the field.

And golf is not a sport. Its a game. I play golf, its not a sport. The only thing needed for golf is eye-hand coordination. If that makes it a sport then video game playing is a sport. It, like golf, is not a sport.

If John was so good in baseball, he is the biggest idiot ever. Baseball pays more and you can play it longer and he chose football? No, he would have been a marginal baseball player. He wouldnt have made the pro's at basketball. No where near quick enough.

I dont mean to bash the duke. I loved Elway as much as any Bronco fan ever but this is borderline retarded. He isnt the best athlete ever. He isnt even close to the best athlete ever.

Uh, ever consider that he loved football above and beyond anything you mentioned?

Your simplistic view of what does and does not make a great athlete, not to mention your attempt at deciphering why Elway decided to play football over baseball is laughable at best. the Yankees had Elway pegged as a .300/30 HR outfielder with a rifle arm in RF, which is the reason they used a 2nd rounder on him- even though everyone knew his heart was in football.

He simply used the Yankees as leverage against the Colts. In other words, the Yankees were willing to waste a 2nd round draft pick on Elway just on the whim that he would have a change of heart and play OF for them. Marginal player? MLB scouts hardly thought so. If there was no chance of John Elway playing in the NFL, he would have been a 1st round MLB draft choice. Your argument holds no water, and I would submit that John Elway should indeed be considered one of the best athletes of all time. Walter Payton was a superior runner, of course. But John Elway was a superior thrower, a good enough runner (watching him outrun Dexter Manley was a thing of beauty) an excellent hitter and fielder by baseball standards.

[HorseHead]

Great points on "Sweetness"....if i'm not mistaken, he actually had 12 year old girls blocking for him his first 7 years in the league...

Duke best QB ever...best athlete?..I don't know, that Bo guy was preety good too...

[Spider]

Originally Posted by HorseHead

Great points on "Sweetness"....if i'm not mistaken, he actually had 12 year old girls blocking for him his first 7 years in the league...

Duke best QB ever...best athlete?..I don't know, that Bo guy was preety good too...

as I tried to point out Elway did his magic without an ACL , has that ever been done before ?