Coolest QB who wore #12.

[Bob806]

13 hours ago, Gorka said:

Eh..I guess it depends on how you define cool.

I loved the time some big D lineman picked him up and slammed him.  I believe it was way after the play was over.

 

Yeah, vs the Packers. McMahon never recovered from that cheap shot,basically ended his career.

[mjp28]

9 hours ago, Bob806 said:

Yeah, vs the Packers. McMahon never recovered from that cheap shot,basically ended his career.

McMahon who  wore #9 his whole career  had very few full seasons with 4 teams most notably the 1985 Bears era, 

Injuries hampered his performance despite having Walter Peyton  and that tough "46" defense which produced ONE superbowl win and ONE funky team video.

* EDIT !  Even though Jim McMahon was with 6 teams he didn't really play at all at GB and  AZ largely due to injuries.   After his football life he had a lot of other issues like some other football players had.  Some of these guys were old men at 40+ but almost all of them would say that they'd do it again. 

• Stats

Regular Season

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Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
Career					119	97	67-30-0	1492	2573	58	18148	100	3.9	90	3.5	15	87	7.1	6.3	12.2	152.5	78.2	226	1344	8.1	6.00	5.27	11	14	71
7 yrs		CHI			66	61	46-15-0	874	1513	57.8	11203	67	4.4	56	3.7	0	87	7.4	6.6	12.8	169.7	80.4	146	890	8.8	6.22	5.51	6	7	49
3 yrs		PHI			21	12	9-3-0	215	363	59.2	2581	13	3.6	13	3.6	0	75	7.1	6.2	12.0	122.9	78.1	26	160	6.7	6.22	5.39	1	2	8
2 yrs		GNB			6	0		4	5	80	45	0	0	0	0	3	24	9.0	9.0	11.3	7.5	104.2	0	0	0	9.00	9.00			0
1 yr		ARI			2	1	0-1-0	23	43	53.5	219	1	2.3	3	7	12	33	5.1	2.4	9.5	109.5	46.6	3	23	6.5	4.26	1.76			1
1 yr		MIN			12	12	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4	0	58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2	23	104	6.5	5.27	4.76	2	2	6
1 yr		SDG			12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1	0	69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	8.1	5.68	4.96	2	3	7
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7	3-4-0	120	210	57.1	1501	9	4.3	7	3.3		50	7.1	6.5	12.5	187.6	79.9	27	196	11.4	5.51	4.94	0	1	8
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13	7-6-0	175	295	59.3	2184	12	4.1	13	4.4		87	7.4	6.2	12.5	156.0	77.6	42	266	12.5	5.69	4.67	1	1	8
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	85	143	59.4	1146	8	5.6	2	1.4		61	8.0	8.5	13.5	127.3	97.8	10	48	6.5	7.18	7.63			6
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11	11-0-0	178	313	56.9	2392	15	4.8	11	3.5		70	7.6	7.0	13.4	184.0	82.6	26	125	7.7	6.69	6.11	1	1	12	PB
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6	6-0-0	77	150	51.3	995	5	3.3	8	5.3		58	6.6	4.9	12.9	165.8	61.4	6	40	3.8	6.12	4.46			3
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6	5-1-0	125	210	59.5	1639	12	5.7	8	3.8		59	7.8	7.2	13.1	234.1	87.4	22	136	9.5	6.48	5.96	3	3	7
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	114	192	59.4	1346	6	3.1	7	3.6		63	7.0	6.0	11.8	149.6	76.0	13	79	6.3	6.18	5.23	1	1	5
1989	30	SDG	QB	9	12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1		69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	8.1	5.68	4.96	2	3	7
1990	31	PHI		9	5	0		6	9	66.7	63	0	0	0	0		21	7.0	7.0	10.5	12.6	86.8	1	7	10	5.60	5.60			0
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11	8-3-0	187	311	60.1	2239	12	3.9	11	3.5		75	7.2	6.4	12.0	186.6	80.3	21	128	6.3	6.36	5.59	1	2	7
1992	33	PHI		9	4	1	1-0-0	22	43	51.2	279	1	2.3	2	4.7		42	6.5	4.9	12.7	69.8	60.1	4	25	8.5	5.40	3.91			1
1993	34	MIN	QB	9	12	12	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4		58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2	23	104	6.5	5.27	4.76	2	2	6
1994	35	ARI		9	2	1	0-1-0	23	43	53.5	219	1	2.3	3	7	12	33	5.1	2.4	9.5	109.5	46.6	3	23	6.5	4.26	1.76			1
1995	36	GNB		9	1	0		1	1	100	6	0	0	0	0		6	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	91.7	0	0	0	6.00	6.00			0
1996	37	GNB		9	5	0		3	4	75	39	0	0	0	0	3	24	9.8	9.8	13.0	7.8	105.2	0	0	0	9.75	9.75			0

Edited March 25, 2022 by mjp28

[Bob806]

1 hour ago, mjp28 said:

McMahon who  wore #9 his whole career  had very few full seasons with 4 teams most notably the 1985 Bears era, 

Injuries hampered his performance despite having Walter Peyton  and that tough "46" defense which produced ONE superbowl win and ONE funky team video.

• Stats

Regular Season

Playoffs

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
Career					119	97	67-30-0	1492	2573	58	18148	100	3.9	90	3.5	15	87	7.1	6.3	12.2	152.5	78.2	226	1344	8.1	6.00	5.27	11	14	71
7 yrs		CHI			66	61	46-15-0	874	1513	57.8	11203	67	4.4	56	3.7	0	87	7.4	6.6	12.8	169.7	80.4	146	890	8.8	6.22	5.51	6	7	49
3 yrs		PHI			21	12	9-3-0	215	363	59.2	2581	13	3.6	13	3.6	0	75	7.1	6.2	12.0	122.9	78.1	26	160	6.7	6.22	5.39	1	2	8
2 yrs		GNB			6	0		4	5	80	45	0	0	0	0	3	24	9.0	9.0	11.3	7.5	104.2	0	0	0	9.00	9.00			0
1 yr		ARI			2	1	0-1-0	23	43	53.5	219	1	2.3	3	7	12	33	5.1	2.4	9.5	109.5	46.6	3	23	6.5	4.26	1.76			1
1 yr		MIN			12	12	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4	0	58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2	23	104	6.5	5.27	4.76	2	2	6
1 yr		SDG			12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1	0	69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	8.1	5.68	4.96	2	3	7
1982	23	CHI	QB	9	8	7	3-4-0	120	210	57.1	1501	9	4.3	7	3.3		50	7.1	6.5	12.5	187.6	79.9	27	196	11.4	5.51	4.94	0	1	8
1983	24	CHI	QB	9	14	13	7-6-0	175	295	59.3	2184	12	4.1	13	4.4		87	7.4	6.2	12.5	156.0	77.6	42	266	12.5	5.69	4.67	1	1	8
1984	25	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	85	143	59.4	1146	8	5.6	2	1.4		61	8.0	8.5	13.5	127.3	97.8	10	48	6.5	7.18	7.63			6
1985*	26	CHI	QB	9	13	11	11-0-0	178	313	56.9	2392	15	4.8	11	3.5		70	7.6	7.0	13.4	184.0	82.6	26	125	7.7	6.69	6.11	1	1	12	PB
1986	27	CHI	qb	9	6	6	6-0-0	77	150	51.3	995	5	3.3	8	5.3		58	6.6	4.9	12.9	165.8	61.4	6	40	3.8	6.12	4.46			3
1987	28	CHI	QB	9	7	6	5-1-0	125	210	59.5	1639	12	5.7	8	3.8		59	7.8	7.2	13.1	234.1	87.4	22	136	9.5	6.48	5.96	3	3	7
1988	29	CHI	QB	9	9	9	7-2-0	114	192	59.4	1346	6	3.1	7	3.6		63	7.0	6.0	11.8	149.6	76.0	13	79	6.3	6.18	5.23	1	1	5
1989	30	SDG	QB	9	12	11	4-7-0	176	318	55.3	2132	10	3.1	10	3.1		69	6.7	5.9	12.1	177.7	73.5	28	167	8.1	5.68	4.96	2	3	7
1990	31	PHI		9	5	0		6	9	66.7	63	0	0	0	0		21	7.0	7.0	10.5	12.6	86.8	1	7	10	5.60	5.60			0
1991	32	PHI	QB	9	12	11	8-3-0	187	311	60.1	2239	12	3.9	11	3.5		75	7.2	6.4	12.0	186.6	80.3	21	128	6.3	6.36	5.59	1	2	7
1992	33	PHI		9	4	1	1-0-0	22	43	51.2	279	1	2.3	2	4.7		42	6.5	4.9	12.7	69.8	60.1	4	25	8.5	5.40	3.91			1
1993	34	MIN	QB	9	12	12	8-4-0	200	331	60.4	1968	9	2.7	8	2.4		58	5.9	5.4	9.8	164.0	76.2	23	104	6.5	5.27	4.76	2	2	6
1994	35	ARI		9	2	1	0-1-0	23	43	53.5	219	1	2.3	3	7	12	33	5.1	2.4	9.5	109.5	46.6	3	23	6.5	4.26	1.76			1
1995	36	GNB		9	1	0		1	1	100	6	0	0	0	0		6	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	91.7	0	0	0	6.00	6.00			0
1996	37	GNB		9	5	0		3	4	75	39	0	0	0	0	3	24	9.8	9.8	13.0	7.8	105.2	0	0	0	9.75	9.75			0

That Bears '85 team was the best "one season" team I've ever seen, they rolled everybody except Miami. 

Theres a great ESPN "30 for 30" about it & Buddy Ryan that's truly worth watching.

[nickers]

44 minutes ago, Bob806 said:

That Bears '85 team was the best "one season" team I've ever seen, they rolled everybody except Miami. 

Theres a great ESPN "30 for 30" about it & Buddy Ryan that's truly worth watching.

Buddy Ryan was as colorful and controversial as they come... That whole family is a special kind of wacko you just gotta love...

[Icecube]

On 3/23/2022 at 9:29 PM, SkippinTurtles said:

Namath wanted to kiss Suzy Kolber.  Kenny would have got her on the first date if he dated pigs.  Stabler coolest #12 in a landslide.  Made the Hall of Fame right after he died.  What a disgrace.

[SkippinTurtles]

Switch #12 Stabler with #12 Brady Freaky Friday style.  Stabler never gets hit and thrives while Brady cries home to mommy.  No 7 rings.  Just Pampers.

[mjp28]

13 hours ago, SkippinTurtles said:

Switch #12 Stabler with #12 Brady Freaky Friday style.  Stabler never gets hit and thrives while Brady cries home to mommy.  No 7 rings.  Just Pampers.

Take any of the quarterbacks from the 70s, 80s and more before all of the CTE facts (and NFL payouts)  which led to all of the new rule changes. 

It goes beyond Brady all of these quarterbacks,  Brees and others playing at 40+ and putting up video game numbers would be nonexistent  ! 

Ask Bradshaw,  Namath,  Unitas, the Stabler family and more if this is true.  Can you imagine the numbers and SB rings they'd rack up.

Again this was about coolest #12 but big numbers can be cool too.   And Namath #12 and Joe cool #16 were my coolest. 

[ATOM]

joe willie

[Tour2ma]

On 3/25/2022 at 12:35 PM, Bob806 said:

That Bears '85 team was the best "one season" team I've ever seen, they rolled everybody except Miami. 

Theres a great ESPN "30 for 30" about it & Buddy Ryan that's truly worth watching.

Greatest team ever! '85 Bears... that 30 for 30 is great.

 

My #12? Joe Willie... The man defined "cool".

[mjp28]

2 hours ago, Tour2ma said:

Greatest team ever! '85 Bears... that 30 for 30 is great.....with that strange  and unforgettable music video  " Superbowl Shuffle ".

My #12? Joe Willie... The man defined "cool"..

And Broadway Joe in that amazing time in American history,  it sure was fun !

[mjp28]

♥︎ Well the NFL Draft is just 10 days away from fun Las Vegas,  NV.

And our final wrapup of the coolest NFL QB to win the #12 it appears (alphabetical order) that  Namath and  Stabler pretty much have it locked up. 

Now the most uncool to wear #12 the list is pretty long.  I'd start with Bob Greise or maybe  Jim Kelly.   I'm sure a few Rodgers or Bradshaw voters will pop up but there are PLENTY of others.   Your pick or picks ?

[nickers]

For me it was always Joe and Kenny... Guys who didnt wear 12 I thought were cool was Don Meredith And Roman Gabriel and I gotta put John Brody in there... They were just good guys that I liked growing up.

[SkippinTurtles]

Brady was the best #12 cheater.  Not cool.  Stabler and Namath cool all day.  Brady loves tree trunks.  Giselle is packing down there.

[SkippinTurtles]

2 minutes ago, SkippinTurtles said:

Brady was the best #12 cheater.  Not cool.  Stabler and Namath cool all day.  Brady loves tree trunks.  Giselle is packing down there.

Fistfull Of Dollars.

[Dutch Oven]

Necessary? Is it necessary that I drink my own urine?

No, but it's sterile, and I like the taste. 

[SkippinTurtles]

None of Brady's rings count.  Barry Bonds isn't in the HOF for steroids.  Same circumstances.  Brady developed a rocket arm in the pros naturally.  Please.  BALCO science and illegal filming.  Bay Area shenanigans.  Tom grew up there.  Most corrupt team ever.