You definitely get kudos for having the balls to make a list. As such, you have to be open to criticism. I mostly agree with the list, but all the spots are so difficult to manage. The top five is so highly debatable and everything after 15 is basically a clusterfuck.
In any case, you have to be accepting of people disagreeing and having their own arguments. Don't get offended or anything.
I don't think Sanchez should be ahead of as many people as he is... My top ten:
1 - Peyton... In a league with rules to help the offense, and littered with some amazing talent at the QB position, he still seems to stand heads and shoulders above the rest. Still, the interception returned for a TD in the Super Bowl is not helping his case to stay atop the pile.
2 - Drew Brees... He's one of the league's most accurate passers and he just won the Super Bowl. So fuck it, he's here. You don't have to like it, it's my damned list.
3 - Tom Brady... I feel like he's going to drop off, and I don't foresee another Super Bowl in his future. That said, he's been one of the best of his generation, and possibly of all time.
4 - Phillip Rivers. I knew I was forgetting somebody. So I had to move him into the slot and move Rodgers down. I don't personally like Phyllis, but I feel like he elevates the play of those around him nearly as much as the three guys above him. He's a really good player, as much as it pains me to say that. Vincent Jackson - despite what he may think - will not be the same without him.
5 - Aaron Rodgers... Because I refuse to rank Favre ahead of him. I'm just a hater that way. He's immensely talented, puts up stats, seems to have intangibles... He's one of the most mobile pocket passers in the league, and it's a foregone conclusion in my mind that he's going to win a championship before all is said and done.
6 - Tony Romo. Again, Favre hate. I think he's actually underrated. He gets a lot of hate for seemingly no reason. Yes, the fucked up hold was a big deal... It was also four years ago. He and Aaron Rodgers seem to be, to some extent, the next Peyton-Brady rivalry. If those are the best at "tier 1", these two are the best at "tier 2".
7 - Brett Favre. I know many of you are hoping I'm wrong, but whatever. He's hurt, he's old, he should've stopped playing a while ago. He's perennially inconsistent and I don't think there's any good reason for him to keep playing. It's possible that "#4" should've been ranked at number four... But I'm a hater, so he's here, instead. Last year was possibly his greatest of all time (remember that he once played in a league that didn't have all these rules to make QBs look good). He's one of the top quarterbacks of all time, BUT HE'S INCONSISTENT. And that's why he's not higher. He threw 22 interceptions in 2008, one of the two times he's led the league in interceptions in the last five years. This sandwiched between his great 2007 and 2009 seasons makes this year's results debatable right now. The games have yet to be played... BUT, he does elevate the play of those around him, though he has played with some good and great guys.
8 - Ben Roethlisberger. Rapelisberger is a good player. I can't bring myself to rank him higher (again, hater-ism) or lower (because I don't wan to hear too much bitchiness). Personally, I would, honestly, taken any of the guys I have ranked above him before him for one game, all the marbles.
9 - Donovan McNabb. I think he's a certifiable great. He probably hasn't done enough to get into the Hall of Fame when it's all said and done, but I still like him. Plus, I'd be remiss to not try and squeeze a black guy on here. There, I said it. Racist homerism.
10 - Matt Schaub. He lead the league in passing last year. I don't think of him as an amazing player, but he did something amazing in that. And it's much discussed that he has an inconsistent running game and a shitty/average offensive line. Maybe he'd be even better if those positions were upgraded. Maybe top five. As it stands, though, he's number ten because he's never led a team past 8-8 (yes, yes, I know... it's a team effort.) and because I wanted to figure out a way to leave Elisha off.
