This whole hypothetical "He he still be good if he...." is just stupid. He plays in the system he in, how successful he is in that system relies on his talent and skill level.
As I said in my post on the 1st page, every quarterback is manipulated by the system they are in. If the Chargers would have held on to Brees, and brought in Norv Turner, Brees would be mentioned as a top QB. If he went to Miami, he probably would have stunk because they've been a merry go round of coaches and havent brought in good players.
Throw away the stats and wins for a minute and just look at the body of work on the field. You cant scheme what Drew Brees has done. Drew Brees makes the entire team better. He makes Sean Payton better, and Sean makes him better.
Sean brought Drew in and worked together to build this offense. Sean's offense isnt some plug and play type of deal. He designs his scheme around you skill set. And it all flows through Drew Brees.
So the entire notion of "Drew Brees isnt as good as so and so because he cant play for any team" is just dumb. Drew Brees isnt some guy with a weird skill set. He possess all the skills you want in an elite quarterback, that can be put to use in ever system. As far as stats goes, who knows. If he went to a run 1st offense, of course wouldnt put up the numbers he does now, but he would be efficient and he would execute the offense at a top level.
Im sure a good 25 teams would laugh at this article.