Josh Deemers Discusses the Losingest Quarterbacks

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Pictured above are the people who could have played QB for the Patriots or Steelers according to Josh.

I met with Josh Deemers to discuss this list of the top ten losingest Quarterbacks.

"The writer does not miss a chance to send a dig at Peyton Manning," he said.

I reminded him to make the 100-loss club, a QB must be good enough to start for a long time and the writer assumes at least six more years for Peyton.  Not good enough.

"Lumping Peyton with Fran Tarkenton, Brett Favre, and Dan Marino is a cheap shot, pure and simple.  If you don't see that, I pity you," he said.

I could not hide my confusion.  "But you yourself have said many times that winning is irrelevant," I said.

"It is, look at Joey Harrington," then he sighed.  "What a waste.  He was on the Lions. The Lions!   He had the pre-requisite losses to be great.  The 1-15 Dolphins were a good choice I guess, but by not staying put he missed 0-16."

I had to correct him.  "The Dolphins were 6-10 that year.  For the 1-15 year he was in Atlanta replacing Vick."

"He failed at replacing the most overrated QB ever?  I might need to re-evaluate him," he said and paused as he stared into space.  "No, he was still mediocre.  Better than Brady or Roethlisberger, but that is not saying much."

Then I made my big mistake.  I should have steered towards Vick and maybe have gotten some of his mom's meatloaf.  But nooo...I had to go there.

"So you claim the winningest QB's in history, along with Montana, are lousy?" I asked.

"Don't put words in my mouth.  They are not lousy.  Above average.  Mediocre to good. Good defenses dragged them to the Super Bowl where each inflated his reputation."

"So good defensive talent dooms a QB, but good offensive talent does not?"

"Get out of my room!  I should have known better than invite you to dinner."

I apologized, but he kept pointing at the cellar door.  Is there a good place to eat alone on a Friday night in Indianapolis?

Other Josh Deemers stuff.  Sorry, It won't let me link as much as I want.  Steelers fans, he used to write about how Peyton was greater than Tom Brady, but now he's noticed Ben Roethlisberger too.  Older stuff does not mention Ben, I think.

Note to editors: Losingest apparently has a hyphen, but in the headline it automatically capitalizes the "E".  "Losing-Est" looks stupid but if you know a trick, I'd appreciate it.

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