NFL Top 100 Players of All Time - #6 Johnny Unitas

R.I.P. To my favorite QB of All Time. All credit and images belong to the National Football League, and NFL Films. I do not own any of this content by any means. Credit to Hulu for having this footage available.

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[Anthony Gullotta]

Lol, it looks like that dude is wrong. Joe Dimaggio's record still stands, and Unitas's doesn't. No disrespect, it's just funny how that guy turned out wrong.

[DannySportsTalk]

To me this is still Unitas' record. Drew Brees broke the record in the most pass happy era in NFL history EASILY. Plus Brees is throws more at the goal line more then any QB I've seen. I'd like to see Brees try to break this record without these rules. I just wanted to get that off my mind.

[Ramman35 .]

All these knucleheads say Brees and Manning Faced better athletes is fair game, but lets say if today's athletes played in the pre-1978 rules. I guaranteed that they wouldn't survive. Exhibit A, the 2004 season playoffs Colts vs Patriots, where the refs let Ty Law and co. get away with pre 1978, and you saw how manning performed

[DannySportsTalk]

That's not a great example of Manning facing physical play. He probably played the worst game of his career that game.

[DannySportsTalk]

And that was his own fault, and not the physical play. He just played like total shit either way.

[Kraackerism]

Damn. It makes me sad that Drew Brees broke his record.

[MakeMeKing09]

fuck the colts for stealing Baltimore history.

[Jclutch24]

To me johnny unitas 47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass is much more impressive then Drew brees's 51 games or whatever. Unitas accomplished his in a generation where most qb;s only threw for 8 or 9 touchdowns a season brees did his in the most pass happy generation in nfl history

[Caponis]

Unitas could easily dominant today too. He transcended eras.

[Sean Brock]

If the athletes of the past had the technology of nutrition, kinesthesiology, and just the simple technology of shoes they'd have been bigger and would have timed faster in the 40 yard dash though too. Goes both ways imo.

[Little Timmy]

That is just an excuse. Drew Brees broke the record. There shouldn't be any * next to that record that Brees broke, you're speaking of him as if he is a Barry Bonds. "He throws more at the goal line than any QB", I'm still trying to see your point. The man broke the record, end of discussion.

[germanfactoryD]

passing @ the red zone is difficult too , bro :)

[jarlaxlesmercs]

mel blount was 6'3 205 pounds according to his page. that's a GREAT size for a receiver today, but there's still freaks like brandon marshall and calvin johnson at 6'4 240 and faster than blount. anyways i'm sure the players of the past were unquestionably tougher than today's guys, i just don't believe you can overcome the size/speed developments of the modern athlete. we'll never know

[Nascablowsstill]

Mel Blount for instance had the size of a linebacker. He could eliminate everybody in the game who has ever played, if they played by the old rules.

[jarlaxlesmercs]

there might be a couple of games where they got "acclimated" to the old rules. but once they saw they could play rough, with the size and speed athletes today have, they'd bully the old school players like a Varsity team playing the JV. and that doesn't even take anything away from the old guys, it's just how the sport has evolved.

[Matthew Hilliard]

You can't compare Unitas to players today, these are two VERY different eras... you cant say "oh if brees played back then..." or "if unitas played today..." respect the players that dominate their own eras. such as Montana and the 49ers in the 80's or the cowboys in the 90's. Unitas dominated the QB position IN THIS ERA.

[farmerallis]

RIP Johnny. You were the best ever in my book (and in many others).