That’s not to say he didn’t have talent. Nobody plays 16 years in the NFL without it. And he was talented enough that Lisle Blackbourn, Starr’s first coach, recognized it the second day of camp his rookie year and singled him out.
While Starr also won five NFL championships, more than any quarterback in history, it also might be true he was the least talented of the 25 modern-era quarterbacks in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. After all, as the 200th overall selection in 1956, Starr was by far the lowest draft pick ever among the 25, although Warren Moon signed as a free agent after playing six years in the Canadian Football League.