What does Mr. Brees have to do before you change your opinion of him?
My only beef is when people try to categorize Brees as the best/one of the best/elite QB's in the game.
Brees is a nice player who puts up big numbers. But (dot dot dot) he literally threw away the Saints playoff chances two straight seasons, and he's been horrendous late in games in crucial situations, with statistics that bare this out. He hardly ever gets his teams to the playoffs, and when he does, he shits the bed.
That's not an elite player at his position, that's a stat monkey who is a hero for the fantasy geeks.
He's the antithisis of a guy like Eli Manning, who is not in a system that even allows him to approach those types of gaudy numbers, but put the money on the line, and he almost always gets the job done.
For example...he needed three points last night, and calmly & promoptly marched into field goal range from his own 15 and a 1st & 20, with 100k screaming idiot Dallas fans in his ear. When has Brees
ever done that? Not to mention winning three road playoff games, then beating an undefeated team in the SB.
Game on the line, who would you want behind center?
The idea here isnt about Brees vs. Eli, the idea is you can't be an elite QB without winning under pressure. It's the nature of the position, and Brees has almost no history of coming up big in the clutch. In fact, he usually is just the opposite, and reverts to flat out bad play.
6 TD's vs. the Lions is fantastic. Now go win something.