McCoy weighs in at 216 pounds according to the Browns' site.

Brees is 209 pounds according to the Saints' site.

Some of the doubters have said that McCoy may not be able to take a beating in the NFL, but at his current weight there is no reason that he cannot take a beating, especially if Brees, who weighs in a bit lighter, can take it.

Just another example of the doubters fishing for any excuse they can find.

McCoy is the winningest quarterback in the NCAA's history, and his stats are better than those of Brees when he was in college at Purdue. This could be a result of better players at Texas with McCoy, but the point is that both had good college careers, and Brees has been able to transition to the NFL successfully.

Brees's Purdue stats: 11,792 yards, 61-percent completion percentage, 90 touchdowns

McCoy's Texas stats: 13,253 yards, 70-percent completion percentage, 112 touchdowns

Both Brees and McCoy were Heisman Finalists two times each.

McCoy was a finalist in 2008 and 2009.

Brees was a finalist in 1999 and 2000.

Both McCoy and Brees won similar awards at the college level, including both the Maxwell Award for most outstanding college player and the Davey O'Brien Award for the nation's top quarterback.

Brees won the Maxwell in 2000 and the O'Brien in 1999.

McCoy won both the Maxwell and O'Brien in 2009.

Brees has been known for his high football intelligence, and McCoy has said to have a high football IQ as well.

Back in 2000 Brees, along with one other player (Kyle Vanden Bosch), was named to the National Scholar Athletes list in its second year of naming college athletes.

McCoy was named to the National Scholar Athlete list in 2009 alongside other notables like Tim Tebow and Eric Decker.

It is well-known (or should be by now) that McCoy has looked up to Brees and that Brees was one of his idols while he was growing up and playing at Texas.

Brees even reached out to McCoy while he was at Texas to give him advice, tips, and whatever else mentors give to their fans and pupils.

Brees is a class act, and since McCoy has followed Brees closely and has been a fan, his career could closely mirror that of Brees'.

This also is speculation, but the key to success in McCoy's case is not only the advice he has already received from Brees while in college, but also the fact that Holmgren has decades of quarterbacking knowledge to share with McCoy.

It really is getting old. This man has done nothing but played his heart our for us. Won us a Super Bowl! A Super Bowl! He is not done. He is HURT! Now I don't know what to say about 0-3 at the moment. But it is not on Brees.

Hope you guys have a good week!

Yea he played his heart out and got us a SB. I want another one, with or without Brees. Im not just going to go on hoping we keep him even when he cant play just as a thank you for a ring we got 7 years ago.

I see my post didn't go through regarding franchise QBs. But it has not been once every three years. Today franchise qbs are coming out more and more. You just have to be smart enough to know one that runs a lot isn't one unless it's Wilson. Cook this year, last year Mariotta(he went toe to toe with Luck), the year before Carr(the others was a partyboy, and a bunch of primarily running QBs including him), the year before was a joke year and we knew about that beforehand(no name draft), the year before was Luck and Wilson, the year before that was Newton(franchise for their team but he's not great) and Dalton, the year before were QBs from system offenses(Tebow, McCoy, Bradford). But QBs now are more prepared than ever.

Should Drew recover fully from this latest injury, he will be around for another 2-3 years with the Saints.