Why Drew Brees is better than Tom Brady
 

Hard to argue with his reasoning!


You see, I was able to dig up that Brees had played 217 career games as opposed to Brady’s 225. And Brees still has better statistics, by a mile.

Brees, who has not had a Hall of Fame wide receiver like Randy Moss (or even perennial-gifted slot receivers like Julian Edelman or Wes Welker,) or Rob Gronkowski, has put up better stats.

He has 60,903 passing yards (fourth all-time,) compared to 58,028 for Brady. Brees and Brady also are tied for third most touchdowns with 428 in a career.

Brees has 5,365 completions compared to Brady’s 4,953. Not bad at all.

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They are about even in my book.

I would say the scale might tilt to Brady a bit. Stats don't matter much, winning counts and Brady knows how to win, particularly in the playoffs.

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Has Brady ever had the 32nd ranked defense on his team?

Brees has played with it in 2012, 2014 and 2015. No wonder Brady wins in the playoffs, he doesn't have to score every single drive.

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I've looked up the stats numerous times as I generally have to argue best QBs on Drews behalf in the past. Most of Drews stats are better which helps in the argument. The only thing that hurts is that both QBs have about the same amount of TDs but Drew has around 50 more INTs.

However, I believe the INT differential is because like dizzle88 said, Drew felt like he had to score every drive to compete. Which caused forced passes.

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doesn't hurt that when the Patriots get busted for cheating it doesn't affect them on the field, what the Saints had to deal with set the team back about 3 years

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Good point regarding the pressure for Brees to score at every drive.
It reminds me a little of Archie Manning's career what he could have done on a good team.

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Football players from Archie's era have said that if he had played on a team like the Steelers he would have won 3-4 Super Bowls.


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Individually yes he is a better QB. It's a shame it's a team sport. Belichek is the greatest coach in the game and Brady has always had a better team than anyone else. The same team with Matt Cassell at QB goes 11-5.

If Brady never won a Super Bowl he would never be mentioned in the same sentence as a guy like Manning.

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Like the article said, if Brady had to play with the defenses that Brees did he would have finished 5-11 or 6-10.


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This why I am not a fan of comparing positions and players because its the team around them... the situations they are in.

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Yeah. It doesn't feel fair to make comparisons between the two. Maybe we can sort it out when they get to Canton :)

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In a team game, individual comparisons are severely flawed.

They're both HOF QBs.

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Brady has always been clutch, even in college.

Very valid point, I don't like Drew's INT numbers, but agree with the "have to score on every drive" sentiment.

I think it suffices to say they're both pretty good, :lol:.

Re: Why Drew Brees is better than Tom Brady
 

I love Brees, but he'll never be considered better than Brady until he wins 3 more superbowls

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I didn't read the article yet but a blind man can see if we had a defense we would have 3-4 Championships to date.

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All I can say is, there isn't a QB I would have rather had these past 10 years then Drew Brees. Not even Brady, Manning, or Rodgers. Brees has been a blessing to the team and city. I come down hard on him often, but it's only because he's been so infallible that you come to always expect nothing but perfection from him. So in a discussion of who's better, it could go either way. The masses will say Brady because of the rings, but winning a ring isn't an individual accomplishment.

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Brady cheats. Drew leads by example and is without a doubt the better man. I also believe that he is the better player.

He inspired the nation back in '09. Leading the Saints back from Katrina and then winning the Super Bowl was a tremendous story. The press and the public ate it up. The NFL...........not so much. How dare a small market team upset the beloved Peyton Manning led Colts? Shortly after that concussion issues allowed Roger Godhell to get even and set the franchise back three to four years with a made up Bounty program.

Anyway, if I were in their shoes I would rather wake up to Brittney rather than Gisselle. However, I do believe that I would rather go to bed with Giselle...........:banana:

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Both first ballot Hall OF Famers. Drew is the best ever. But I'm a homer.

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hard to say really. rings defenses ignored there is no three QBs in the NFL i would rather have on my club. Rodgers has to be in the conversation. These three QBs set themselves apart from the others in one simple area.

No matter who they have on the field to throw to, they are successful.

Measure of greatness at QB is the ability to make players look much better than they are. There is a long list of WRs that left both teams and were exposed for what they are on other teams. Usually turn into 3 and 4 WR in a rotation. The NFL has caught on to this fact and that is why so many of the FA WR are had for fairly cheap and very few are hot commodities.

With that said I lean towards Drew because over the years he has less talent during his career at WR than Brady or Rodgers.