COACHES AND QUARTERBACKS – NFC EAST
Both high
profile, and arguably the most important components of a successful football
team. More credit and blame than they deserve? Probably. I’ve gone back 50
years and chose only one of each as the greatest for selected teams. Some were
easy choices, others not so easy.
PHILADELPHIA
EAGLES
Coach: Andy Reid
Very close call
here. I wanted to go with Vermeil simply because I like his personality. But
Reid has a slightly better resume.
Quarterback: Donovan McNabb
Again, I wanted
to go with someone else - Jaworski. I don’t like McNabb. I think he wilted in
the clutch. But then, I don’t recall any clutch heroics from Jaworski either.
Randall Cunningham was the most athletic.
WASHINGTON
REDSKINS
Coach: Joe Gibbs
George Allen was
cool but Gibbs is the obvious choice here.
Quarterback: Joe Theismann
I don’t want to
just simply submit the player with the best stats, so I didn’t do an in-depth
resume comparison to players like Rypien, Kilmer, or Jurgenson. Theismann was just
the better player.
DALLAS COWBOYS
Coach: Tom Landry
Jimmy Johnson
gives him a run, but Landry’s a legend.
Quarterback: Roger Staubach
Aikman was good,
but I don’t think he was quite as integral to the team as Staubach was. That’s
not to say Aikman wasn’t integral, it’s just that I don’t think he had to
shoulder as much as Staubach.
NEW YORK GIANTS
Coach: Bill Parcells
Tom Coughlin is close,
but no cigar.
Quarterback: Phil Simms
Simms had a nice
Super Bowl but is otherwise slightly overrated. Almost went with Tarkenton.
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