School Comparison Column: Joe Namath or Jim Kelly: Whos the Best?
of Kelly’s retirement, only three Hall of Fame quarterbacks, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Fouts, and Johnny Unitas, had passed for more yardage than Kelly and only Tarkenton, and Fouts had completed more passes. Analysis: I’ll ‘keep it real’ by admitting that this was one of the easiest ‘Old-School’ Comparison Columns I have ever written. The more I wrote and thought about both of these quarterbacks, I realized that this decision was going to be a definite ‘no-brainer’. As a matter of fact, I’ll go a step further and say that I am shocked that Namath was ever elected into the Hall of Fame in the first place after viewing his mediocre career passing statistics. While many people may want to point out the fact that Namath did manage to win one Super Bowl title in his career and Kelly finished his career without one, I say that fact is totally overvalued, when looking at the overall accomplishments of their respective careers. (Just think Trent Dilfer people). Namath’s career passing statistics ar
