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Who is the best improvisational quarterback in NFL history?

By YPB Team

Some of these men executed a system. Others invented one after the pocket had already collapsed.

  1. Patrick Mahomes — ranked #11
    Patrick Mahomes
    Chiefs quarterback with three Super Bowl titles and three Super Bowl MVPs before turning 30.
    1000pts
  2. Randall Cunningham — ranked #22
    Randall Cunningham
    Eagles quarterback whose scrambling and punting made him one of the era's best athletes.
    680pts
  3. Kyler Murray — ranked #33
    Kyler Murray
    Cardinals quarterback and former baseball prospect known for escaping pressure.
    647pts
  4. Michael Vick — ranked #44
    Michael Vick
    Falcons quarterback who became the first to rush for 1,000 yards in a season.
    624pts
  5. Ben Roethlisberger — ranked #55
    Ben Roethlisberger
    Steelers quarterback who won two Super Bowls and was famously hard to bring down.
    560pts
  6. Doug Flutie — ranked #66
    Doug Flutie
    Undersized quarterback who improvised his way to a long career in two leagues.
    485pts
  7. Fran Tarkenton — ranked #77
    Fran Tarkenton
    Vikings quarterback who made scrambling a legitimate style decades before it was fashionable.
    485pts
  8. Russell Wilson — ranked #88
    Russell Wilson
    Seahawks quarterback who won Super Bowl XLVIII as a second-year starter.
    397pts
  9. Tom Brady — ranked #99
    Tom Brady
    Seven-time Super Bowl champion who spent 20 seasons in New England before winning a seventh ring in Tampa Bay.
    397pts
  10. Aaron Rodgers — ranked #1010
    Aaron Rodgers
    Four-time MVP whose Packers career included a Super Bowl XLV title.
    291pts
  11. Steve Young — ranked #1111
    Steve Young
    Left-handed 49ers quarterback who threw six touchdowns in Super Bowl XXIX.
    291pts
  12. Brett Favre — ranked #1212
    Brett Favre
    Iron-man Packers quarterback who started 297 consecutive games and won three straight MVPs.
    291pts
  13. Lamar Jackson — ranked #1313
    Lamar Jackson
    Ravens quarterback and two-time MVP who redefined what a running quarterback can be.
    291pts
  14. John Elway — ranked #1414
    John Elway
    Broncos quarterback famous for the Drive, who finally won back-to-back titles at the end of his career.
    291pts
  15. Roger Staubach — ranked #1515
    Roger Staubach
    Cowboys quarterback who won two Super Bowls and coined the term Hail Mary.
    291pts
  16. Josh Allen — ranked #1616
    Josh Allen
    Bills quarterback known for combining a huge arm with punishing running.
    0pts

Comments 1

Randall Cunningham punted for his own team and Fran Tarkenton was scrambling in the 1960s, when it counted against a quarterback: https://youpick.best/articles/tom-brady-vs-patrick-mahomes-ranked

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Aug 21