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Best quarterback in football

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by BrianGriffin, Jan 23, 2012.

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Whos the best quarterback in the NFL right now?

  1. Tom Brady

    11 vote(s)
    31.4%
  2. Drew Brees

    5 vote(s)
    14.3%
  3. Aaron Rodgers

    19 vote(s)
    54.3%
  1. BrianGriffin

    BrianGriffin Active Member

    Two things about Brees: 1. They abandoned the running game after Thomas got popped. 2. They were buried in a hole created out of turnovers, two of which belonged to Brees.

    In that regard, he had his struggles.
     
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    In fairness, he's had some bad seasons along the way to where he is now. That includes last year. I think he also gets judged on a somewhat unfair sliding scale for being a No. 1 overall pick.
     
  3. BrianGriffin

    BrianGriffin Active Member

    One thing to note is - and I know some hate the stat - Eli has never finished with a passer rating in three figures. Rodgers. Brees and Brady have done it three times apiece. All three did it this year.

    Plus, there's a consistency issue, both with the player and the teams. Eli's best seasons have been 9-7, 10-6 type years where they slick into the playoffs, then play their best ball in the post-season. Which is fine, except the other three have led teams that have won big in the regular season and continued the success in the post-season.

    Yeah, there is a bit of a gap between the big three and Eli.
     
  4. derwood

    derwood Active Member

    Tebow!
     
  5. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Peyton Manning.

    And the strongest argument in his favor is just how horrendous his team is without him
     
  6. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Really hard not to vote for Rodgers simply based on INT percentage -- Brees and Brady are not bad in that regard, but they are twice as likely as Rodgers to throw them and their teams lost games this year primarily because of those interceptions. Rodgers' TD-INT ratio is twice as good as theirs too. He also adds a significant running presence that neither of the other two can match.

    Rodgers and Brady are a notch above because they are a bit better at throwing the downfield lasers into coverage. And Rodgers is a notch above Brady because he can do it on the run.
     
  7. sgreenwell

    sgreenwell Well-Known Member

    He gets extra credit because the Colts thought it was a good idea to have Curtis Painter and Kerry Collins as back-ups before finally settling upon Dan Orlovsky? If they don't cycle through those first two horrible options and just use Dan the whole year, they probably win 4 to 6 games instead.
     
  8. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Eli was tough as nails yesterday (don't think I can remember a QB getting hit 20 times) but he only got 300 yds on 60 attempts; the defense shut him down. He just happened to be on the "Tebow" side of the coin.

    Its Rodgers. His 45/5 ratio was ridiculous.
     
  9. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I'll take Alex Smith based on the number of third downs he converted last night.
     
  10. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    By those standards, Cutler is the second-best QB in the league and Tom Brady sucks.
     
  11. BrianGriffin

    BrianGriffin Active Member

    I'd be more in support of that argument if Manning had played three games, got the Colts off to a 3-0 start, then got hurt and the wheels came off.

    But since he did not play at all, who's to say that even if Manning did play, the Colts still would not have slipped to a below-.500 team? It's not like you can assume that if Manning plays, this would be vintage Colts.

    Plus, there's the whole question of whether he'll play again, or be the same player.

    But I do agree, if he's healthy and clicking, we have a Big Four, not a Big Three. We'll see next year if that happens.
     
  12. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    That's just wrong. (The only conversion was on the freebie at the end of regulation.)

    Problem with Crabtree is he's slow, not even quick, and loses the hand to hand battle on press coverage. He makes Welker look like Usain Bolt. This was problem No. 1 and must be Baalke/Harbaugh's priority in the draft (easier to get a stud in draft than free agency; see how the FAs have done the past few years, horribly. How's Sidney Rice doing? Deion Branch? etc.)
     
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