MrMarcello
In a well-ordered universe...
The problem is that you here and the other Brady hating guy (sorry to conflate you) think that arm talent/passing ability = the best. Montana was great (and better than Marino) for the same reason that Brady was great (and better than Peyton and Rodgers): they played better in the biggest moments, when the pressure is at its highest. Both Brady and Montana even exhibited this ability in college, but their physical deficiencies led to them both being low draft picks.
That's not how I'm evaluating who was better though, you're assuming such. I only stated better passer but not the better player. I have stated in previous threads that Montana was the best of his era, and had he not suffered that injury in 1990 might have won more. But there should be zero doubt great talents like Elway and Marino would have flourished in SF's west coast offense, even Jeff Garcia had limited success in it. Elway literally dragged above average teams to three Super Bowls in the late 80s, possibly the most valiant QB play I've seen to date given what he had to work with (and under an arrogantly stubborn and terrible HC).