Over on the homepage, NRO sports columnist Geoffrey Norman declares:

Aging quarterbacks never seem to take their glory with them when traded. Joe Namath limped feebly into the sunset as a Ram after taking the Jets to the most famous football upset of all time in the 1969 Super Bowl. Johnny Unitas, the iconic modern quarterback, was an embarrassing shadow of himself in a San Diego uniform. Joe Montana, wearing a Chief’s uniform, looked as mortal as Craig Morton.

I have no gripes with the Namath and Unitas assessments, but note that even if Joe Montana wasn’t as sterling as he was in San Francisco, he was still pretty darn good in his two years with the Chiefs. His first year, 1993, he started 11 games, completed 60.7 percent of passes, threw for 2144 yards, 13 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, an 87.4 rating. The Chiefs won the AFC West (the first time since 1971), beat the Steelers and the Oilers in the playoffs before losing the AFC Championship to Buffalo. He made the Pro Bowl. In 1994, he started 14 games, completed 60.6 percent of passes, threw for 3283 yards, 16 touchdowns, 9 interceptions, an 83.6 rating. He out-dueled John Elway in a memorable game on Monday Night Football, and the Chiefs made the playoffs again as a wild card, losing to Miami. Did he improve the team? Well, the Chiefs had indeed made the playoffs the previous three years. But I doubt many would say he was just another Dave Krieg, his immediate predecessor.