Steelers Now
Former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway is apparently not fond of Pittsburgh Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw. During a recent interview with Netflix Sports, Elway was asked if several quarterback legends were better than Joe Montana. Elway went with Montana over the likes of Patrick Mahomes, Peyton Manning and Steve Young due to his four Super Bowl titles.
He was complementary of Mahomes, Manning and Young, however. The same can’t be said for Bradshaw.
“No doubt, Joe Montana. Terry Bradshaw is way down on my list,” Elway said.
Elway had Brady over Montana. But he’ll take himself over Brady.
“I always said I would never trade my ability for anybody else, and so I’m going to take me,” he said.
DAMN: Legendary #NFL quarterback John Elway takes shots at former #Steelers QB Terry Bradshaw and his four Super Bowl rings.
“Terry Bradshaw’s way down my list…”
John is not a fan of Bradshaw 😬😬😬
(Via Netflix)
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) December 25, 2025
It seemed personal with how Elway disregarded Bradshaw. Elway could hold a grudge against Bradshaw for when he famously criticized him early in his career. Bradshaw ripped Elway for refusing to play for the Baltimore Colts in 1983, calling him “not the kind of guy you win championships with” and saying he was babied and inconsistent.
“He didn’t want to go to a team that needed his services,” Bradshaw said at the time. “The thing in the National Football League is the team with the worst record gets an opportunity to improve by picking the best player. And Elway going to Baltimore would have helped them a lot. And by him saying, ‘I don’t want to do that,’ to me, it was a slap in the face to the draft and to the National Football League. I could have come out of Louisiana when I was the first player picked and said, ‘Well, hold it. I don’t want to go up to Pittsburgh. It’s ugly, it’s cold, the people don’t understand a southern boy, and I want to be close to my mama.’ I could have done the same thing, but I didn’t. I went. And the thing why I went was because they were 1-13. I said, ‘Well, I’ll go up there and I’ll make them a winner.’ And we did. So, the challenge of that and proving to him everybody that I was worthy of being the first draft choice was what inspired me to go on and do the things that we’ve done. And for a guy like Elway to come and say, ‘Well, I want to be on the West Coast and I want to be on the beach and I’m a California boy.’ Well, who cares what you are, you know? And he said, ‘Well, I’ll play baseball.’ Play baseball. You should play baseball, because in my opinion, he’s not the kind of guy you win championships with. He never did it...
