I am trying tp figure out if you are arguing that Krieg and Hass were not stars because Wilson was better than them?
Krieg and Hass were both stars. For anyone to say otherwise is a stretch.
Neither had the benefit of a coach who was either able to assemble the all around talent that Pete did, or in themselves the individual talent to extend plays and turn a traditional nfl playbook into their own personal playground. You could judge both Krieg and Hass as superior qbs from an Xs and Os perspective. But you have to give Russ the nod for being so gifted a passer that he could just get the ball to the wr when it was all said and done and legs to wear out coverage to the point someone broke open.
But I doubt Russ would be able to do what he did for aby other team Tham Seattle or for any other coach.
Krieg did it for almost 20 years for multiple teams and never an offensive minded coach or brilliant coordinator to get him to excel beyond his own gifts. He had solid and sometimes spectacular seasons almost everywhere he went. Didn't matter the system, his teammates or whether he was starting or coming off the bench.
The word on him was he was always good enough to beat out whoever was in front of him, but would always play bad enough to warrant not keeping around.
His biggest triumph might have been in KC when he came off the bench late in the afc championship game to relieve Jor Montana in game in which Joe played poorly. Krieg had the Chiefs make a game of it late but they ran out of time.
But yeah, if we are going to say a qb who coukdnt read defenses but excelled in a system catered tiward him was great, then we can surely say a guy like Kreig who seemed to work his way into the QB 1 slot wherever he went was as well. Same for Hass, who for a few years was slinging it with the best of them in the NFC.