There are only a handful of elite quarterbacks in the NFL, yet the word gets thrown around a lot when comparing the intangibles of one signal caller to the next.
Former NFL linebacker and CBS analyst Bart Scott felt the need to toss the word around when comparing Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan.
On Thursday night during CBS Sports weekly pregame fantasy show, Scott was taking questions from social media when the question about Flacco and Ryan came up.
Is Joe Flacco a Elite NFL quaterback in the National Football League #askbartanything@BartScott57
After pointing out that both guys are actually on the “second level” of quarterbacks in the NFL, Scott deemed Flacco the more elite.