Listed here are the best quarterbacks for each of the 30 teams. Here in the Briggs Files, we don't play that silly "add up all the numbers" game. We weight each attribute as we do see fit. Open to criticism, here is the formula employed:

• MAXIMUM SPEED: 0.2
• PASSING SPEED: 1.4
• PASS CONTROL: 1.0
• PASS ACCURACY: 1.0
• AVOID RUSH: 0.2
• COOLNESS: 0.2

			MS	PS	PS	PA	AR	CO	RATING	%
1	Marino	MIA	6	81	75	63	69	81	283	100%
2	Young	SF	44	69	81	63	75	81	281	99%
3	Aikman	DAL	13	63	75	75	81	69	271	96%
4	Elway	DEN	31	75	44	69	81	69	254	90%
5	Moon	MIN	19	56	75	69	63	75	254	90%
6	Kelly	BUF	13	63	69	56	63	75	243	86%
7	George	ATL	13	81	50	50	63	63	241	85%
8	Cunningham	PHI	44	69	56	56	63	56	241	85%
9	Favre	GB	19	63	69	56	50	69	241	85%
10	Bledsoe	NE	13	75	63	50	38	63	241	85%
11	Esiason	NYJ	13	63	56	56	69	81	233	82%
12	Humphries	SD	13	56	63	56	50	63	223	79%
13	Hostetler	OAK	25	69	44	56	50	50	222	78%
14	Everett	NO	13	56	56	63	44	63	221	78%
15	Testaverde	CLE	25	50	63	44	38	56	201	71%
16	Bono	KC	13	50	50	56	44	56	199	70%
17	Miller	STL	19	56	50	50	38	44	199	70%
18	Blake	CIN	13	56	50	44	44	50	194	69%
19	Erickson	IND	13	56	44	44	56	56	191	68%
20	Mirer	SEA	31	44	50	50	56	56	190	67%
21	Krieg	ARI	13	56	44	44	38	56	188	66%
22	Dilfer	TB	13	56	38	44	50	44	182	64%
23	Walsh	CHI	13	44	44	50	56	56	181	64%
24	Shuler	WAS	19	56	44	38	31	31	177	62%
25	Reich	CAR	13	44	44	44	56	56	175	62%
26	Ware	JAC	25	56	38	38	44	25	173	61%
27	Mitchell	DET	13	50	44	38	44	38	171	61%
28	O'Donnell	PIT	13	44	44	44	56	38	171	61%
29	Chandler	HOU	13	38	56	38	44	50	169	60%
30	Brown	NYG	13	38	44	44	31	38	158	56%

Conclusions:

Passing speed is important. We'd also consider weighing coolness more if we could prove exactly what it measures.

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