foreverfan

I can't believe some people. What do you want from NBC Sports anyway.

The guy on the right opinion stinks. We all have watched Drew Brees over the years. What is your opinion? I posted my response in the comments and yes that is a picture of me from 10 years ago. LOL



My Comments...
Having watched every game Drew Brees has played as a Saint, I post this. Both of you make great points, but consider this... for too many years Drew played with a team that never had an All Pro WR or RB or a defense rated higher than #28. He carried the whole freaking team. He had 5 seasons passing for more than 5000 yards and 7 seasons with more than 4000 yards. He avoided the rush and make average WRs and TEs look great. Despite this the Saints are always a TOP 5 NFL offense. Why? Brees throws the BEST CATCHABLE PASSES EVERYWHERE ON THE FIELD. This has led to a 68.3% completion percentage with the Saints. And he did this all without the strongest arm or being tall enough by NFL standards or being able to run away from NFL pass rushers. Drew is past INCREDIBLE at EVERYTHING he does. HE IS JUST GREAT AT EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE A GREAT NFL QB. If anything, this should make him even better than the other QBs with greater NFL player standards. Despite all of his perceived shortcomings, he will soon break and own every NFL record besides INTs.

For years the Saints had an extremely bad defense rated between #28-#32. They didn't stop other teams running or passing games or force turnovers. They sucked on a grand scale. I never heard Drew Brees bit.ch or moan once or even saw it in his face once. He was never the problem but always was the solution. Every game he just showed up and inspired the whole team. This led to an outstanding career with 5 seasons passing for over 5000 and 7 over 4000 yards... an NFL record that should last for years.

Had Drew had a defense rated under #15 which forced some turnovers he would have been in the Superbowl many times just like Tom Brady, Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Kelly and John Elway.

While this topic will always be debated and a personal opinion, I think both Drew Brees and Tom Brady are tied as the two best QBs to ever play in the NFL and Brady gets the nod because of his Superbowl titles. Sorry Joe Montana... You were the best... were. Peyton Manning? GTFOH I'm not sure if he should be in the top 5.

And what about Terry Bradshaw... he has carried Fox NFL for years and won 4 Superbowls too!
Love you Terry. LOL

2019 Death of a Parrot.

jeanpierre

JP's Top 10 All-Time NFL Passers, Quarterbacks

1 - Dan Marino

2 - Peyton Manning

3 - Drew Brees

4 - Brett Favre

5 - Tom Brady

6 - Joe Montana

7 - John Elway

8 - Steve Young

9 - Warren Moon

10 - Dan Fouts

Update: Brees moves ahead of Manning with another Superbowl as he would have essentially taken two (2) different teams to the Superbowl (not counting the punter)...

foreverfan

jeanpierre

Who you got that should be on the list???

foreverfan

The one that comes out first is in Green Bay. Discount Double Check.





Other names that come to mind in order...

Johnny Unitas
Roger Staubach
Troy Aikman
Fran Tarkenton
Terry Bradshaw
Bart Starr
Jim Kelly

Thirty3

Greatest passer? Drew, hands down. Quarterback? Elway, Farve,Starr,Unitas

neugey

I'm going to take the LeBron/Jordan copout on this argument and defer answering until Brees is retired.

blackangold

Aikman
Elway

The two guys I feel are most overrated that get consistently put on top QB lists. They were surrounded by talent on both sides for most of their career.

Manning
Montana
Brady
Brees
Favre

I give Manning the nod now because of the success with multiple teams and different coaching staffs

Rugby Saint II

The top two are Montana and Brees! "Nuff' said"!

lumm0x

I really find it hard to compare during eras and don't think it is fair. And it seems fans always find a way to insert team statistics into a discussion about a single player. Super Bowls and team wins are team statistics. Passing yards, touchdowns, etc. are individual statistics. Marv Fleming has 4 Super Bowl rings and I don't think anyone considers him one of the all time greats at TE. QB's who can't sniff the jocks of the great QB's like Dilfer, Hostetler, and Brad Johnson all have Super Bowl rings and it doesn't change my opinion of their abilities as a QB. Some mediocre players get the benefit of having been a part of great teams and win Super Bowlsand some great players have the detriment of being part of mediocre teams ( Marino for example) and never get Super Bowls. Super Bowl wins rank outside my personal opinion factors when I think of the greatness of a player.

With that said, in this current era of football Brees clearly ranks in the top 5 best QB since 2000 along with Brady, Manning and Rodgers. I think the 80's-90's is a different era and a different game and likewise with the decades and generations of QB's before that. It's not fair to compare between these as it was a different game all around and the comparisons do not translate to me. And frankly there just doesn't need to be opinionated lists like this when pretty much every name that can or will be mentioned is just damn great in their own regard.