Saints Who says Drew Brees isn't the best QB of the decade? Tom who? Football Outsiders stats show Brees' dominance. (1 Viewer)

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As we reach the end of the Decade of Brees, we can run tables for the best and worst passing plus-minus of the decade, just to show you how far Brees was ahead of any of his contemporaries.

Passing plus-minus is a stat we annually track to help provide context to completion percentage. Given the location of a quarterback's passes, it compares his completion percentage in each area to historical baselines. This stat does not consider passes listed as "Thrown Away," "Tipped at Line," "Miscommunication," or "Quarterback Hit in Motion" by Sports Info Solutions charting. Metrics are based on how often a pass is completed based on the pass distance, the distance required for a first down, and whether the ball was thrown to the left, middle, or right side of the field.

Take away those throwaways and tipped passes and the average quarterback would have completed 71.3% of the passes that Drew Brees threw in 2019. Brees, however, managed to complete 79.8% of them. Work that over 352 attempts, and you get a plus-minus of +29.9. That's his lowest total since 2015, but again, this is a counting stat. Even missing five games due to injury, Brees still managed to defend his crown.

So first in 2019 and first in the decade for passing plus/minus and the decade stats are not even close! Who Dat? Drew Dat.

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