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Tanier: Brees already belongs among all-time greats - NFL- NBC Sports

Very good article saying Brees is surefire Hall of Famer.

"Yes, Brees is a Hall of Famer. He’s not a Hall of Famer if he wins another Super Bowl, or if he has three more good years, or if he breaks the right combination of records. He is a Hall of Famer even if he announces before kickoff Monday that he is giving up football for tiddlywinks. Brees is not “on his way.” He is there."


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This would be correct.

He has taken the passing game to all new heights the likes we have never seen before.

The most technically proficient QB ever. Ever. A machine in every sense of the word.

That is the best article I have ever read on Drew Brees.
 
This would be correct.

He has taken the passing game to all new heights the likes we have never seen before.

The most technically proficient QB ever. Ever. A machine in every sense of the word.

and he's alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ours. :9:

well once the new deal gets done, which in Loomis I trust. Drew aint going anywhere
 
This article is spot on...

Brees constantly gets overshadowed because he plays in the same era as Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning, who will also go down as 2 of the 10 greatest QBs to ever play the game.

He has never won an MVP because, every season some other QB just so happens to choose to have the greatest year of his career, while Brees trails slightly behind with the numbers he puts up every year.... I still think he got robbed in '09.

When all is said and done Brees will truly be one the greats, and will hold many passing records.
 
Tanier: Brees already belongs among all-time greats - NFL- NBC Sports

Very good article saying Brees is surefire Hall of Famer.

"Yes, Brees is a Hall of Famer. He’s not a Hall of Famer if he wins another Super Bowl, or if he has three more good years, or if he breaks the right combination of records. He is a Hall of Famer even if he announces before kickoff Monday that he is giving up football for tiddlywinks. Brees is not “on his way.” He is there."


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Good article! :9:

Once again:

* Thank you San Diego Chargers (for sticking with Rivers)

* Thank you Miami Dolphins (for your skepticism on Brees' worth)

* Thank you Dante Culpepper (...for appearing to be healthy enough for 'Phins to take you instead of Brees)

* Thank you Sean Payton & Mickey Loomis (for having sense enough to know that Brees was worth going after)
"It was nice to … walk into an organization where I just got the feeling like everybody believed in me," Brees said. "Sometimes that's all you need. All you need is somebody to believe in you and then, obviously, my mindset was I'm not going to let these guys down. They have a lot invested in me, so I want to prove them right."

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=capress-fbn_falcons_saints-16047432

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Does he go in as a Charger or a Saint? Just joking. He was not a hall of famer with the Chargers.
 
"Yes, Brees is a Hall of Famer. He’s not a Hall of Famer if he wins another Super Bowl, or if he has three more good years, or if he breaks the right combination of records. He is a Hall of Famer even if he announces before kickoff Monday that he is giving up football for tiddlywinks. Brees is not “on his way.” He is there."



If Drew did take up Tiddlywinks, he'd break Dave Lockwood's coveted 1987 potting record of 21 shots within a year and would break the long held 21.8 second record of 24 winks from 18 inches out by 2014. He would be a shoo in for the Tiddlywink Hall of Fame.
 
A good article! Its amazing to watch Drew work! And to think he is a Saint, what a great life we have right now as members of the Who Dat Nation!
 
Mike Tanier is my new favorite sportswriter! :ezbill:

Seriously, thanks to OP for putting this up, it was a wonderful read!
 
Second, there’s the knee-jerk distrust of statistics that marks so much football commentary. If a quarterback wins without great numbers, such as Tim Tebow or the young Brady, analysts fall over themselves crediting him with every unmeasurable virtue a human being can be imagined to possess (toughness, leadership, gumption, fearlessness, minty breath). If a quarterback wins with great numbers, such as Manning or Brees, there’s a reflexive need to credit the dazzling statistics to teammates, the scheme, or the times, or to cluck tongues when a 400-yard, four-touchdown performance is “not enough” in a 41-38 loss. And if a quarterback loses with great numbers, he might as well run through malls telling toddlers there is no Santa Claus.

This guy needs to stop reading my mind.
 
Getting this 'Marino record' this year just seals Brees as a first ballot Hall of Famer!

I can't stop pinching myself! :ezbill:
 
This is my favorite paragraph:

"And as for that “runner-up MVP” talk, those of us who crowned Aaron Rodgers in October (and I was one of them) had better take a closer look. Brees leads the league in attempts, completions, yards and completion percentage. He is second to Rodgers in passer rating, but the gap has closed to 120.1 versus 109.1. Brees has led four game-winning drives and three fourth-quarter comebacks, Rodgers has led one and zero. Brees’ December completion percentage is 76.4, Rodgers’ is 55.9. Rodgers is having one of the greatest seasons in NFL history, and Brees is gaining on him. Maybe it’s the “runner-up” label that deserves an asterisk." Bolding added by me.

I realize that Aaron will win MVP, that doesn't mean Brees doesn't deserve it.
 
I love me some Drew Brees, and hate that he always gets overlooked and/or overshadowed.
He's the Susan Lucci of the NFL. :rant:
 

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