Where former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw falls in the pantheon of NFL quarterbacks has always been up for debate. Despite winning four Super Bowls, he is almost never mentioned among the top four of five greatest quarterbacks of all time.
Another quarterback of the same era who didn’t see the individual success Bradshaw did was Archie Manning. When Manning took in a Denver Broncos practice last week, head coach Vic Fangio talked about Manning and Bradshaw and had some strong words about the comparison.
“I always said if he was with the Pittsburgh Steelers back when he played instead of [Terry] Bradshaw (if him and Bradshaw switched spots), Archie would have had all those Super Bowl rings and Bradshaw would have had to go through the agony of playing with the Saints in the ’70s,” Fangio said.
It’s an interesting debate and it has plenty of merits. Bradshaw was surrounded by Hall of Famers on both sides of the football. Manning had very little talent around him and the Saints were a joke in the league.
What do you think? Would the Steelers have still won four Super Bowls if Manning had been the quarterback instead of Bradshaw?
