Top Ten Rams Quarterbacks All Time

[den-the-coach]

I forgot lol I guess Pat Haden? Not a lot of noteworthy Rams QBs after him.

Please, that's bull shit. @Ground Chuck list is fine. Without Pat Haden, the little bastard.

7. Jared Goff- (69 starts 42-27 .609) Goff came in 1st overall pick in 2016 and recovered from a terrible start to take the Rams to the Super Bowl LIII in the 2018 season. Goff may have lacked the killer instinct, but his .609 winning percentage and overall success put him at #7 on the list.

8. Vince Ferragamo- (44 starts 26-18 .591) Taking the Rams to the Superbowl is always going to raise your stature in the eyes of Rams fans. In 1979, Ferragamo took over as starter and took an improbably team (Probably the least-talented Rams team of the 1970's) and nearly beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. I only wish his time as starter was more consistent, and longer, and the Rams may have hoisted a Lombardi in the early Eighties.

9. Mark Bulger- (95 starts 41-54 .432 yeesh) Mad Mike Martz made a bad decision giving up on Kurt Warner when he battled a thumb injury in 2002. But he was onto something that wasn't too crazy. Mark Bulger was a very talented (and the best of the Brady 6) quarterback. Two-time Pro Bowler Bulger is ninth on this list.

10. James Harris- (27 starts 21-6 .778) With apologies to John Hadl (Not enough games -19 starts 15-4 .789) and Pat Haden (I just couldn't -55 starts 35-19) James Harris was one of the first black starting quarterbacks (I hate that label) when it truly was groundbreaking and came with a lot of pressure. He was a good leader, steady and deserves #10 on this list.

 

[PARAM]

Warner is number 1 in my book because he won one super bowl and then got us to another Super Bowl that we would have easily won if if not for Belacheat and his cheating ways and Martz being stubborn with passing all game instead of running it more with Marshall.

He passed the ball 44 times with Marshall only running the ball 17 times for 76 yards. That's almost 4.5 yards a carry.

And yet in 99, we ran the ball 13 times for 29 yards and won the SB.

 

[VeteranRamFan]

Wow, Waterfield did have two titles, but (way before my time) wasn’t Van Brocklin the primary QB in ‘51 for the second one? I was shocked he only had 22 starts. I wonder what that looked like when he and NVB plattoned. (@VeteranRamFan ?)

How old do you think I am? I know time hasn't been kind to my boyish good looks but geez! I was born in 1956.

 

[Ground Chuck]

How old do you think I am? I know time hasn't been kind to my boyish good looks but geez! I was born in 1956.

No insult intended my brother.


...So seriously, what was it like to Witness Babe Ruth in person?

 

[Loyal]

Please, that's bull shit. @Ground Chuck list is fine. Without Pat Haden, the little bastard.

7. Jared Goff- (69 starts 42-27 .609) Goff came in 1st overall pick in 2016 and recovered from a terrible start to take the Rams to the Super Bowl LIII in the 2018 season. Goff may have lacked the killer instinct, but his .609 winning percentage and overall success put him at #7 on the list.

8. Vince Ferragamo- (44 starts 26-18 .591) Taking the Rams to the Superbowl is always going to raise your stature in the eyes of Rams fans. In 1979, Ferragamo took over as starter and took an improbably team (Probably the least-talented Rams team of the 1970's) and nearly beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XIV. I only wish his time as starter was more consistent, and longer, and the Rams may have hoisted a Lombardi in the early Eighties.

9. Mark Bulger- (95 starts 41-54 .432 yeesh) Mad Mike Martz made a bad decision giving up on Kurt Warner when he battled a thumb injury in 2002. But he was onto something that wasn't too crazy. Mark Bulger was a very talented (and the best of the Brady 6) quarterback. Two-time Pro Bowler Bulger is ninth on this list.

10. James Harris- (27 starts 21-6 .778) With apologies to John Hadl (Not enough games -19 starts 15-4 .789) and Pat Haden (I just couldn't -55 starts 35-19) James Harris was one of the first black starting quarterbacks (I hate that label) when it truly was groundbreaking and came with a lot of pressure. He was a good leader, steady and deserves #10 on this list.

You just didn't like my receding hairline, ya bastid! ~Pat H.

 

[Ground Chuck]

You just didn't like my receding hairline, ya bastid! ~Pat H.

No. Actually it was your receding zip-on-the-ball.

- @den-the-coach

 

[Tano]

And yet in 99, we ran the ball 13 times for 29 yards and won the SB.

Well 2.23 yards a carry is shit. If it isn't working, just stop.

4.5 yards a carry is not bad and I would have kept at it.

 

[Allen2McVay]

I wonder what that looked like when he and NVB platooned.

... 7 Eleven

 

[VeteranRamFan]

No insult intended my brother.


...So seriously, what was it like to Witness Babe Ruth in person?

Funny you should mention the Babe. My dad got to see him play when he was a kid.

That is all, no interesting story.

 

[Alaskan Ram]

When I think about how different Goff was under Fisher vs McVay; with a No Name Left Tackle vs Andrew Whitworth -- it has to make you wonder "what could have been" just as @fearsomefour eluded to earlier in this thread.

Some of our QBs were short-stack fucked out of the gate.

So here's my what-if ranking of Rams QB's in my observable lifetime
in a parallel universe - -on a McVay team - -with an Elite LT (Orlando Pace/Whitworth)

1) Warner
2) Bulger
3) Stafford
4) Sam Bradford
5) Jared Goff
6) Jim Everett

I think any of those QBs get us to the Super Bowl in 2018.
Top 4 win it. Bottom 2 don't.

 

[den-the-coach]

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The Flying Dutchman. Difference is Waterfield was a nice guy, Van Brocklin, not so much.

 

[den-the-coach]

When I think about how different Goff was under Fisher vs McVay; with a No Name Left Tackle vs Andrew Whitworth -- it has to make you wonder "what could have been" just as @fearsomefour eluded to earlier in this thread.

Some of our QBs were short-stack fucked out of the gate.

So here's my what-if ranking of Rams QB's in my observable lifetime
in a parallel universe - -on a McVay team - -with an Elite LT (Orlando Pace/Whitworth)

1) Warner
2) Bulger
3) Stafford
4) Sam Bradford
5) Jared Goff
6) Jim Everett

I think any of those QBs get us to the Super Bowl in 2018.
Top 4 win it. Bottom 2 don't.

Not sure if they win with Bradford because he would have tripped getting off the bus and would not have been active.

 

[Ground Chuck]

Not sure if they win with Bradford because he would have tripped getting off the bus and would not have been active.

I'm surprised the Browns didn't sign him to a record-setting contract THIS YEAR. Has Bradford announced his retirement? It's been a minute since Sam signed a huge contract, then got injured. Surely there is some room on the Browns roster for a generational talent such as his.

 

[fearsomefour]

When I think about how different Goff was under Fisher vs McVay; with a No Name Left Tackle vs Andrew Whitworth -- it has to make you wonder "what could have been" just as @fearsomefour eluded to earlier in this thread.

Some of our QBs were short-stack fucked out of the gate.

So here's my what-if ranking of Rams QB's in my observable lifetime
in a parallel universe - -on a McVay team - -with an Elite LT (Orlando Pace/Whitworth)

1) Warner
2) Bulger
3) Stafford
4) Sam Bradford
5) Jared Goff
6) Jim Everett

I think any of those QBs get us to the Super Bowl in 2018.
Top 4 win it. Bottom 2 don't.

Putting Bulger ahead of Stafford is insanity.

 

[Ground Chuck]

Putting Bulger ahead of Stafford is insanity.

“I did it once I can’t do it again“
-mad man, Mike

 

[RecklessRams]

 

[jap]

Warner is number 1 in my book because he won one super bowl and then got us to another Super Bowl that we would have easily won if if not for Belacheat and his cheating ways and Martz being stubborn with passing all game instead of running it more with Marshall.

He passed the ball 44 times with Marshall only running the ball 17 times for 76 yards. That's almost 4.5 yards a carry.

Respectfully, Marshall Faulj was being illegally tackled! every time he went out for a pass by (I forget the LB's name.). The LB was called for it only ONCE! A bewildered Pat Sumerall, who color commentated (new word?) the game said,

"They can call that penalty anytime!"

 

[fanotodd]

What about John Hadl?
He didn’t make anybody’s list?

…but. Bradford does? Not one winning season as a Ram.

 

[dieterbrock]

What about John Hadl?
He didn’t make anybody’s list?

…but. Bradford does? Not one winning season as a Ram.

Didn’t Hadl only play 1 season for the Rams? I thought he played mostly for the Chargers

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

Didn’t Hadl only play 1 season for the Rams? I thought he played mostly for the Chargers

Yeah one and a half before being traded to GB for a bonanza of picks. He lit it up for us in 73 though before a weird playoff loss to the Cowboys.