29-06-2025
2 Colts' QBs make ranking of top 25 players in NFL history
Two former Colts quarterbacks would make a recent list that ranked the top 25 players in NFL history.
Two former Indianapolis Colts quarterbacks would make a recent list that ranked the top 25 players in NFL history.
Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports recently put these rankings together, and representing the Colts were quarterbacks Johnny Unitas and Peyton Manning.
Unitas came in at No. 13 in DeArdo's rankings while Manning was at No. 6.
"The NFL's best quarterback during the league's first 50 years," DeArdo wrote. "Johnny U" led the Colts to NFL titles in 1958 and '59 and a Super Bowl title in 1970. He was the winning quarterback in what many consider the greatest game in NFL history: the 1958 NFL Championship Game between the Colts and Giants that was the first overtime contest in league history.
"His record of 47 straight games with at least one touchdown pass stood from 1960 until Drew Brees passed him in 2012."
Unitas played 18 seasons with the Baltimore Colts. Over his career, he was a 10-time Pro Bowler, a five-time All-Pro, a three-time MVP, a three-time NFL Champion, and a one-time Super Bowl champion.
Unitas would throw for 40,239 yards with 290 touchdowns, and he's a member of the Hall of Fame.
Manning, meanwhile, played 13 seasons with the Colts, which included winning a Super Bowl, making 11 Pro Bowls, five first-team All-Pros, and being named the league MVP four times.
Manning would throw for 54,828 yards while with the Colts, along with 399 touchdown passes. He is also in the NFL's Hall of Fame.
"If Brady is Jack Nicklaus, Manning is Arnold Palmer in this epic QB rivalry," DeArdo wrote. "Brady has more titles, but Manning has his own unique legacy that includes a record five league MVPs as well as being the first starting quarterback to win Super Bowls with two different clubs. And like Palmer did with golf, Manning has served as a significant ambassador for the NFL, both during his playing days and in retirement."
