Just how great was Drew Brees in the Super Bowl

Quite a moving clip. We are certainly blessed.

( I'm sorry, I cried.)

 

Funny you should say that. I was wondering what their fans were thinking, so I started lurking on a Chargers message board. As expected, there were mixed reviews. Most were of the sentiment that Rivers is 'just as good as Brees', but because the Saints have better receivers, the perception is that Brees is the better QB.

Whatever...

They seem to forget the H2H matchup in London last year where Brees owned them.

|lombardi| (ha, my first chance to use the Lombardi smiley)

 

Breesus!!!!!

 

Colston, Shockey, Henderson, Moore, Thomas, none of them would be nearly as effective in San Diego, or with Philip Rivers. Now you bring Jackson, Gates (and its been proven with Gates) Davis, i cant remember the other guys, Nane maybe if i got his name right, would all be superstars with Brees, even though Gates already is one.

As a matter of fact, i would even go as far as to say, that every receiver on the Saints would be mediocre at best with any other quarterback. Its like Dilfer and Steve Young were saying, Drew Brees throws receivers open, has there ever been a more effective back shoulder throwing quarterback in the league? Brees doesn't always hit a guy in stride, but its because he isn't trying to, he is putting the ball exactly where the defense cannot pick the ball off. He is an aggressive safe quarterback if that makes sense.

Thanks for the Charger info, that was pretty funny, man are we lucky to have Drew Brees as an ambassador for this state, and playing for the home NFL team.

 

when brees first got here i was comparing his accuracy to warner in his prime. kurt warner was scary accurate with the rams, video game accurate with consistency. drew is like that now and after shoulder surgery on his throwing shoulder, truly amazing.

trent dilfer needs to slap hasselback around.

seriously, were any of the saints WR's big names? would guys like devery and lance moore have the same role on any other team??

meachem might be out of the NFL if he was on some other squad.

don't eff with the breesus.

 

I like how they have the F Da Eagles girl in there.

 

Only 18 QBs in history have been named Super Bowl MVP, 12 of whom are current or future HOFers...

Drew Brees ('09) -- (will be in Hall of Fame) 4x Pro Bowl, 1x First-Team All-Pro
Eli Manning ('07) -- 1x Pro Bowl, no First-Team All-Pro
Peyton Manning ('06) -- (will be in Hall of Fame) 10x Pro Bowl, 5x First-Team All-Pro
Tom Brady ('01, '03) -- (will be in Hall of Fame) 5x Pro Bowl, 1x First-Team All-Pro
Kurt Warner ('99) -- (will be in Hall of Fame) 4x Pro Bowl, 2x First-Team All-Pro
John Elway ('98) -- Hall of Fame, 9x Pro Bowl, no First-Team All-Pro
Steve Young ('94) -- Hall of Fame, 7x Pro Bowl, 3x First-Team All-Pro
Troy Aikman ('92) -- Hall of Fame, 6x Pro Bowl, no First-Team All-Pro
Mark Rypien ('91) -- 2x Pro Bowl, no First-Team All-Pro
Doug Williams ('87) -- no Pro Bowl or First-Team All-Pro
Phil Simms ('86) -- 2x Pro Bowl, no First-Team All-Pro
Joe Montana ('81, '84, '89) -- Hall of Fame, 8x Pro Bowl, 3x First-Team All-Pro
Jim Plunkett ('80) -- no Pro Bowl or First-Team All-Pro
Terry Bradshaw ('78, '79) -- Hall of Fame, 3x Pro Bowl, 1x First-Team All-Pro
Roger Staubach ('71) -- Hall of Fame, 6x Pro Bowl, no First-Team All-Pro
Len Dawson ('69) -- Hall of Fame, 7x Pro Bowl, 2x First-Team All-Pro
Joe Namath ('68) -- Hall of Fame, 5x Pro Bowl, 1x First-Team All-Pro
Bart Starr ('66, '67) -- Hall of Fame, 4x Pro Bowl, 1x First-Team All-Pro

 

Active QBs (assuming 40-year-old Favre and 38-year-old Warner have retired)

Most Career Completions (Active QBs)
1. P. Manning (age 33) -- 4,232
2. Collins (age 37) -- 3,279
3. McNabb (age 33) -- 2,801
4. Brunell (age 39) -- 2,753
5. Brees (age 30) -- 2,697
6. Brady (age 32) -- 2,672

Most Career Passing Yards (Active QBs)
1. P. Manning (age 33) -- 50,128
2. Collins (age 37) -- 38,618
3. McNabb (age 33) -- 32,873
4. Brunell (age 39) -- 31,928
5. Brady (age 32) -- 30,844
6. Brees (age 30) -- 30,646

Most Career Passing TDs (Active QBs)
1. P. Manning (age 33) -- 366
2. Brady (age 32) -- 225
3. McNabb (age 33) -- 216
4. Brees (age 30) -- 202
5. Collins (age 37) -- 192
6. Brunell (age 39) -- 182