Western PA. Quarterbacks

Steve Sabol of NFL Films has put together a segment on the Top 100 Players of all time in the National Football League. With a tremendous amount of research and detailed discussions with the right people close to the game, this Top 100 of all time can be fairly accurate. John Steigerwald's JustWatchTheGame Blog has a segment on this. John's piece is very interesting to say the least. I would have to agree with John that MLB Dick Butkus of the Chicago Bears may be the best and most dominate player of all time on the defensive side of the ball. 2 running backs were just off the chart in Bears Walter Payton and the Lions Barry Sanders. Another player that probably in there is RB Earl Campbell from the Houston Oilers. On the flip side, this can be difficult to accomplish. The speed of the game since the late 1970's has been the most noticeable difference in this great game and also the size and agility of the big guys. I hope OLB from the Steelers Jack Ham is on the list for he is a player that would be able to play at any time. Just my opinion, but my top QB of all time would be Monongahela, PA Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers. He is another in the long lines of products out of this region that produced some of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. Joe Namath from Beaver Falls, Dan Marino from Pittsburgh Central Catholic, and John Unitas of Mount Oliver who developed in the sandlot leagues in this area. Why has Pennsylvania especially Western Pennsylvania produced so many good quarterbacks? There has to be a reason for this. Least we forget Jim Kelly who was born in Pittsburgh but played his high school football in the Western PA community of East Brady.