According to Pro-Football-Reference, Drew Brees Approximate Value 8th All time among all NFL players.

Drew Brees Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com

Not just QB. That is damn impressive. This is a stat that takes into account just about everything a QB does and how much his value is worth. He's 2nd among active players with Brady just barely ahead.

To put into perspective just how good Brees has been and how the talking heads continue to underrate him? Aaron Rodgers is 58th all time. They take into account things like sack% and game winning drives. To put it frankly, while Rodgers may not turn the ball over like Brees does, he still accounts for a ton of drives ended with terrible sacks. He's also incredibly bad historically with game -winning drives ranking 73rd all time while Brees is 7th. As a matter of fact, it looks like Rodgers has never beat a team with a winning record that is ahead of his team in the 4th QT. A whopping 0-36? I could be wrong but someone is welcome to do more research.

AV rankings:
1. Peyton Manning
2. Brett Favre (people still underrate him for reasons I have no idea. Too bad people only think of him as interceptions but Brett Favre for a decade was damn near unstoppable)
3. Jerry Rice
4. Tom Brady
5. Frank Tarkenton
6. Reggie White
7. Bruce Smith
8. Drew Brees
9. Ray Lewis
10. Dan Marino
58. Aaron Rodgers.


AV isn't the end all be all but we Saints fans know just how good he's been.