Am also a Patriots fan since the days of Steve Grogran, John Hannah, Russ Francis, Mike Haynes, Stanley Morgan...

But I still argue with one of my best friends that Manning was better than Brady, though I've given Brady more respect since the come-from-behind-win vs the Falcons...

This is how I finally got one in on my Brother in this debate...

We both agreed that Barry Sanders was head and shoulders a superior running back to Emmitt Smith (wasn't hard as he hates the Cowboys)...

So I brought up that Smith had three Superbowls and the rushing title and without thinking twice he responded "But that was a team effort to..."

As he said it, he realized I had finally had him...

It is much the same truth for Brees. For years, especially when it came to Brees' contracts, I'd argue that Brees is the beneficiary of Payton...

But now reflecting on Payton's tenure since 2006 with Brees, I now admit I was wrong to criticize Brees to go along with his greed-is-good agent...

I've become a more intense follower of the NFL Draft the last twelve years, and I realized it's Payton that's the failure for only winning one with Drew...

Payton is a lot like Don Shula who basically go tenure for a SuperBowl win and really has coasted with Brees, and that's a shame to waste Brees talent...

Now, like many here, I've high hopes for this squads' success this year, but I no longer extend any slack whatsoever to the Payton-Loomis front office...

And when the books are done and it's time to account for Brees' career and success - I will be very unforgiving to Payton-Loomis and the chances they wasted...

I googled “top ten QBs of all time” and this was the very first thing that popped up.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndica...-time.amp.html