When the 2025 NFL season kicks off on Thursday, with the Dallas Cowboys visiting the Philadelphia Eagles, undoubtedly, fans and broadcasters watching the game will make comparisons of current players to greats of the past. When discussing the greatest quarterback of all time, Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas’s name should enter the conversation.
NFL teams are stacked with talented, young quarterbacks with promising careers. At the top of the list is Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence of the Jacksonville Jaguars, Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen, and Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, who has led his team to five Super Bowl appearances, winning three. Highly successful, no doubt. With their careers in progress, labeling any as the greatest or among the “best of the best” might be a bit premature.
