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Drew Brees made the list twice!

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The word "great" is thrown around the sports arena entirely too liberally. Too many coaches, players, games or teams are considered great. Instead, the word should be reserved for the truly remarkable. Therefore, defining greatness becomes the key, and since there are infinite ways to describe the best, beauty lies solely in the eye of the beholder. Any of the memorable season's produced by the quarterbacks listed below could make a legitimate case to be No. 1.

Heart, toughness, statistical production, winning championships, clutch performances, leadership and overall physical ability are just a few of the ways to quantify greatness. It is using a combination of all these factors — NFL records, team records, wins and losses, championships and personal awards — that Athlon ranks the greatest complete NFL seasons a quarterback has ever had—from Week 1 through Super Sunday.

6. Drew Brees, New Orleans, 2009
One could argue Brees' 2011 season was better, but I am guessing if you ask him which year was better, he would take 2009 everyday and twice on Sunday. He led the NFL in completion rate (70.6 percent), breaking the aforementioned Anderson's NFL single-season record. He also topped the charts in touchdown passes (34) and QB rating (109.6) en route to a 13-3 final record. He finished with 4,388 yards and only 11 interceptions. He then capped the magical New Orleans resurrection with 732 yards passing, eight touchdowns and no interceptions in three playoff wins. His performance in the Super Bowl XLIV win over the Colts and Peyton Manning gave the Saints franchise their first championship. Brees completed 82.1 percent of his passes and claimed the game's MVP honors.

7. Drew Brees, New Orleans, 2011
It is hard to argue that from a statistical perspective, no quarterback has ever had a better regular season than Brees last fall. He set NFL records for completions (468), passing yards (5,476) and completion rate (71.2 percent) while leading the Saints to a 13-3 record. He then proceeded to throw for 928 yards and seven touchdowns in two playoff games. His defense let him down in the postseason and he contributed two of the team's costly five turnovers in the loss to the 49ers.


10 Greatest Quarterback Seasons in NFL History | AthlonSports.com

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TheOak

6thand 7th .. BS!

xan

The guy's justification for Young's being best is not what he did in 94 but what he did in 95.

Garbage in-garbage out.

And how do you have the best statistical season in the history of the NFL in all aspects and not make the top 5? Short bus?

Rugby Saint II

Everyone looks bigger coming off the short bus.

Mardigras9

Steve Young? Are you kidding me?

lumm0x

Brees deserves to be on there twice. But both should be in the top 5 and Steve Young is a joke.

pherein

Year Saints were created 1967, Brees 6 th 7th, yep he belongs here.
Only PM made the list 2x, and Brees beat him out, sweet.

QBREES9

Another one I can't stand Steve Young.

Luda34

They never want to give us credit you guys act like your surprised

Crusader

I'd say thats about right. If Brees 2011 season would have gone further in the playoffs it would have been ranked higher. He was great but the D stunk, unfortunately its a team sport so...