Brees had a 5 year stretch from 2012-2016 where his teams had a losing season and missed the playoffs in 4 of them. Guys like Manning, Brady, Wilson, Ben, and Rodgers just haven't had stretches like that.
Brees' highs have been as good as anyone's highs, no doubt. But he just hasn't as consistently kept his teams elite for his entire career like those other guys. He put up massive stats in those down years, but he was almost never a guy who would will his teams to wins in the playoffs.
I'm not disagreeing with you about him being a first ballot HoFer, but in a generation that's produced 6 or 7 of those at the QB position, I'd put him toward the back of that group.
I have never seen anyone say Brees is overrated before. I think a lot of it is usually people remember what you did last. He doesn't look anywhere close to his play in his prime.
"I may not be a mathematician, but I can count to a million." - Shannon Sharpe
We should make a top 25 all time QB thread, and everyone can vote for each 5-QB tier. For example, we'd start with top 5 and everyone would get to submit two or three names by PM, they get tallied, and the top 5 vote getters are the top 5. Then 5-10 and repeat up to 25.
I'll volunteer to tally if y'all want to give it a go.
Originally Posted by Sting
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