Drew Brees the best QB in the NFL

[Guest ATENEARS]

Heres the difference Brees was drafted in the 2nd round, Quinn was drafted in the first...... DA... the sixth.

 

Lets talk Wonderlic Drew Brees 28, Brady Quinn 29, Derek Anderson 15

 

Lets see about arm strength... Derek Anderson, then Quinn, then Brees

 

How about college stats..... Oh whats that? You've had enough?

 

Quinn is the better Prospect Ate, he shows all the signs, has the work ethic, give him time and he will get it done

 

Thanks for talking Wonderlic though, I feel so much more assured. Akilli Smith scored a 26 on the ole Wonderlic thingie-a-bob right? and was drafted higher than 'em all? Hmmm ... I believe he had as much arm strength as Anderson too ... hmmm ... Do you have his phone number?

 

Dan Marino and Jim Kelly both scored 15's just like Anderson ... I guess we will never win a Super Bowl.

[RedDawg]

Nice Post. San Diego was considering benching Brees for not producing. He was dumping the ball off a lot, and not looking down field much.

 

But Brees turned things around before his shoulder injury, and really blew up after becoming a Saint. However both teams are probably better off now.

 

The Chargers needed a guy like Rivers who constantly looked to go deep. And the Saints needed a high percentage passer.

 

 

For those upset Quinn isn't looking very good (even though he doesn't have a running game and St. Clair at RT), think about this.

 

Today's front page on MSN asks if Drew Brees is the NFL's best QB. They are asking this about him at age 30 and he's been around since 2001. He didn't get there overnight.

 

Drew Brees' stats with QB ratings in bold:

 

2009 New Orleans Saints 51 68 75.0 669 9.8 9 2 2 23 132.9 1 -1 -1.0 0 2 0

2008 New Orleans Saints 413 635 65.0 5,069 8.0 34 17 13 92 96.2 22 -1 0.0 0 6 1

2007 New Orleans Saints 440 652 67.5 4,423 6.8 28 18 16 109 89.4 23 52 2.3 1 9 4

2006 New Orleans Saints 356 554 64.3 4,418 8.0 26 11 18 105 96.2 42 32 0.8 0 8 3

2005 San Diego Chargers 323 500 64.6 3,576 7.2 24 15 27 223 89.2 21 49 2.3 1 8 5

2004 San Diego Chargers 262 400 65.5 3,159 7.9 27 7 18 131 104.8 53 85 1.6 2 7 2

2003 San Diego Chargers 205 356 57.6 2,108 5.9 11 15 21 178 67.5 21 84 4.0 0 5 3

2002 San Diego Chargers 320 526 60.8 3,284 6.2 17 16 24 180 76.9 38 130 3.4 1 2 0

2001 San Diego Chargers (played only one game)

 

AND, in 2002/2003, LaDainian was cranking out 1600+ yards/season.

 

Now, I'm not saying Quinn will be Brees; I'm not saying give it time and for sure it'll be alright; I'm not saying Quinn is doing well. He can do better. But, I think we all agree the Browns have to work on making everything in the offense better, not just the QB position. The downer is it's tough to imagine a scenario where we look good this year. They just need to keep working at it from all angles.