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To those who know him, Drew Christopher Brees comes across as an honest and upright man. He has a great image in the NFL, which he tries to uphold. The truth is, he has a dirty little secret. He’s been living a double life and hiding his true identity from the NFL and its fans, for quite some time now.

It’s time we expose him for what he truly is…

Brees has lead the NFL in passing yards five out of the last six years. In 2013 he was second to Peyton Manning with 5,162 yards.

In the entire history of the NFL, there have been only 9 seasons in which a quarterback has thrown for at least 5,000 yards. Brees has 5 of them and 4 other guys have one each. That means he has had one more 5,000 yard season then all the other QBs in the NFL combined.





Only 25 quarterbacks have ever thrown for over 4,429 in a season. Brees has averaged that in his eleven years in New Orleans. Eleven quarterbacks have thrown for at least 37 TDs in a single season. Brees has averaged that as a Saint.

To put it into perspective, Montana, who many consider the greatest quarterback of all time, never threw for more than 3,944 yards. Brees who barely ever gets mentioned hasn’t thrown for less than 4,388 in the past eleven seasons, which is an NFL record, and that was in 15 games.

Not a bad run for a guy who is too short to play as a pro quarterback in the NFL and who’s best wide receiver was an undrafted free agent who nobody had heard of until Brees turned him into a stud.

Yet, this guy had never been rewarded an MVP and people laugh when I say he is the best quarterback of this generation and on his way to being the best of all time.



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SaintFanInATLHELL

Unfortunately there is only one single measure of QB greatness:

Super Bowl Championships:
Brady 5
Montana 4
Peyton Manning 2
Rothlisberger 2
Eli Manning 2
Brees 1

Other numbers notwithstanding, it really would take two more SuperBowl MVP wins to get Brees into a conversation.

SFIAH

SmashMouth

... Terry Bradshaw then?

Beastmode

He's not retired yet. Many Vet QB's have a stellar year or two right at the end. He also has two legit top 10 caliber WR's. Maybe even a top 5. He could certainly add a ring if the defense gets a C on the report card.

SaintFanInATLHELL

Forgot. But yes....

SFIAH

hagan714

This why the saints need to prove they want another ring for Drew by keeping him upright and healthy. If not this could be the end

Kevin Zeitler RG Cincinnati Bengals
Rick Wagner RT Baltimore Ravens
O.J. Howard TE Alabama

If Drew has any doubts these three moves will set his mind at ease
This would jump start the running game to taking a load of his shoulders

Holes left to fill?
Only thing missing is a solid 3rd down back that can pick up the blitz
A bigger faster #2 WR would help too. A killer 4 WR rotation

Now you have an offense that single handling has the ability to make other teams one dimensional by half.

"We may have lost the game, but you'll be hurting tomorrow." Doug Atkins

skymike

People have used the Super Bowl argument against Elway and
dont forget Jim Plunkett, who won two, well after his prime.

We see how this worked.

SaintFanInATLHELL

All true. Won't matter though. Brady and his 5 rings declares him as the GOAT no matter what happens down the stretch.

Statistically Brees has had the best prolonged stretch of QB production in NFL history. But just like the MVP robbery in 2009 it simply will not matter in the grand scheme of things.

The best to hope for is that Brees goes out in Elway fashion with 2 championships at the end and a 1st ballot HOF induction. But no matter how many more 5000 yard/40 TD seasons he puts up down the stretch, there's no hope of changing many folks minds about the best QBs in NFL history. And Brees will never be in that conversation.

SFIAH

Super Bowl Championships: New Orleans Saints:1, Carolina:0, Atlanta Chokers: STILL ZERO

Only Atlanta choked in an unchokable situation... Life is definitely good.