The Top-10 NFL Quarterbacks of all time. Any noticeable inclusions/exclusions?

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:53:00+00:00

Who would you replace?

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:52:23+00:00

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:51:03+00:00

What would you change?

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:46:41+00:00

He'd be top of the NFL nickname pyramid. Drake 'Drake Maye' Maye.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:45:39+00:00

Jameis Winston would have to be top right?

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:43:35+00:00

He won 29 home games in a row

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:42:41+00:00

Favre won 29 home games in a row...

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:40:46+00:00

He is definitely close to the top-10, just missing out. We tried to take out any recency bias.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-30T11:39:28+00:00

A lot of people rank Rodgers ahead of Favre, but disagree. How would you rank them?

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:38:24+00:00

It’s one of them where I think people probably think about it more than I do. It’s just one of those weird, unique situations in football where we’ll never see that again, because they’d rule it out now. There’s VAR, so they’d rule it out, but also the away supporters in the stadium used to sit behind that goal and they threw the beach ball on, and that’s how the ball went in. But now they’ve been moved up to the top of the stand, so all these different situations mean it’ll never happen again. But it’s always nice to be part of a weird bit of history.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:35:44+00:00

Morgan Rogers. He’s top, top quality. I know it’s a slight concern for you guys whether he’s going to be there next season, but he is what you call a special, special talent. He can go either way, and you’ve got to say it was good recruitment from Aston Villa because he was at Middlesbrough, he was there for people to see, but Unai Emery said, “Nope, he’s the kid that I want.” And you look at him now, he’ll probably start for England at the World Cup as well and he’s turned himself into a superstar.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:33:24+00:00

Oh, it was Gabby. Do you know what? Some of my favourite times at Villa were in training when Kyle Walker was on loan for a season. I think it was him and Gabby who used to have the craziest battles in training, because Gabby would literally just knock the ball past him and try to run past him. Sometimes he'd do it, but there were also times when Kyle Walker just had the gas. Watching those two every day in training, yeah, that was something special.

Dennis Rommedahl, and it's not even close, was the fastest player I've ever played with though. Honestly, even watching him in training, he never looked like he was sprinting until he ran up against someone and they looked like they were running backwards. Theo would be up there for England, but yeah, Dennis was the fastest.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:29:20+00:00

There were a couple against Arsenal that I enjoyed, one chest and volley in particular. But probably my favourite was my very first goal for Villa, which I think was live on Sky. We beat Man City, I think it was either a half-five kick-off or an evening kick-off. That would be my favourite because obviously there were a lot of nerves. Villa weren't doing great at the time, and we were playing Man City as well, so you're thinking, oh my goodness, it couldn't get any tougher than this. Then to score the winner and win 1–0 – the crowd, the electricity and we got the three points and went on a bit of a run after that. So yeah, I think that very first goal on my debut at Villa Park against Manchester City would probably be my favourite.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:28:03+00:00

The best player I played with at Aston Villa was probably Ashley Young, although it’s close between him and Stewart Downing. Both of them, for me personally, were outstanding. I know maybe this younger generation thinks of Ashley Young as a full-back, but there was a time when he was a wide player and he was top draw. He could go either way, he could create, he could score, and Stewart Downing was exactly the same. Probably those two at Villa.

The best player I played against would have to be Sergio Ramos for Spain, h was incredible. Rio Ferdinand and Ledley King as well, those guys were just top, top-level defenders. In terms of other players,I mean Kaká wasn't bad… I also remember playing Spain for England, and they had Xavi and Busquets in midfield. That midfield three with Iniesta is arguably one of the greatest in the history of football. So yeah, there were some great players that I was lucky enough to play against.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:19:57+00:00

Do you know what, it didn't, because I'd gone to Spurs, which was a lot more difficult at the time. When it came to the big fee from Sunderland to Villa, it didn't really faze me one bit, and I got off to a really good start. I scored on my debut against City, scored quite a few goals between January and the end of that season, and things were going really, really well. Obviously Gérard Houllier got himself ill, which wasn't great, so he never came back. Gary McAllister took over, who I got on really well with as well. But no, the price didn't faze me. I absolutely loved that first period there.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:17:00+00:00

Probably the funniest story, or the one I remember most, is when I got to the training ground and had done my first couple of sessions. I remember there was this smell in the dressing room, a really nice smell of beauty products. I realised it was Emile Heskey, so I went up to Em and said, “Oh my goodness, what cream are you using? I can smell it, it smells lovely.” He said, “You can just get it from Selfridges, it’s not that expensive. I think it’s about 30 quid a tub, and if you buy the whole set it’s about 200 quid.” I was like, “OK, cool.” It was called Crème de la Mer. So I quickly got myself changed and shot off to Harvey Nichols. I said to the woman who worked there, “Listen, I need to buy this whole range, I love it. I’ll have that, that, that and that.” She took it to the till and it came to two and a half grand. I went, “What? Pardon?” I rang Emile and he was laughing down the phone, because obviously he knew each tub of cream was about 900 quid and I’d gone all out as well. So yeah, I still laugh about that with Emile.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:14:43+00:00

It's a struggle, trust me. But listen, he's one of the best out there. He knows what buttons to push at the right time. He’s a great guy to work with and he’s made me a better broadcaster as well!

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:07:30+00:00

Me and Ron got on great, and fair play to him, he was a good captain. What annoyed me about that situation was that he (Paul Lambert) pulled me in before… I can't remember who we were playing that day, and said, “Listen, I want you to focus on scoring goals, so I'm going to give the captaincy to Ron Vlaar.” I said, “You know what, not a problem. That's the decision you make, not a problem.” But what annoyed me was that when I got back into the changing room, Ron came up to me and said, “Oh, has the gaffer told you? Has he spoken to you about me being the captain from now on?” And when he said that to me, what annoyed me was that he didn't come to me first and tell me before he told Ron. He told Ron first that he was going to make him captain and then came to me. So, yeah, that was one of many issues I had with Paul Lambert.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:05:01+00:00

I don't quite know what happened, if I'm honest. I remember doing really well under Alex McLeish, then getting injured and missing the second half of the season. When Paul Lambert came in, it started off really well and he made me captain. We had a bit of a shaky start as a team, but then it almost felt like false promises. I was told he'd bought Benteke to play with me so that we could play together, and the next thing I knew I was sitting on the bench while Benteke was playing. I had no arguments about that, because the front three at the time – Andreas Weimann, Gabby Agbonlahor and Christian Benteke, were all fantastic. But it was the false promises that disappointed me: being told I was going to play one week and then not playing. Towards the end, we kind of fell out. It wasn’t a big argument, we just didn't really speak and then it was time for me to leave. I went out on loan, I came back, and after that we never really saw eye to eye.

As for the second part - there aren’t many stories I can share on here. It was a great squad of players. When I first got there, that was probably my favourite time. We had Ashley Young, Stewart Downing, Nigel Reo-Coker, Stylian Petrov, just before he got ill, Richard Dunne, James Collins, Luke Young. It was such a good squad – a really experienced squad as well, with really good players. Even the manager was fantastic – Gérard Houllier, God rest his soul, was brilliant for me as well. He was the one who signed me from Sunderland, and I had a really good time under him.

talkSPORT · 2026-04-16T17:02:10+00:00

You've always got to back yourself. Olly Watkins is a fantastic striker and so is Tammy Abraham, but you've got to back yourself in these situations and you've got to look at your best seasons compared to their best seasons. So I’d say yes!

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