Alright, I'm on a studying break. The King article got me thinking. Could Favre be the 14th (most sucessful) best QB? Who would I want to win one game for my team? Don't take age into account. Don't say, "I would rather have Cutler because he still has 12 good years even if he is worse this year than Favre is."
1. T. Brady
2. Peyton
3. Brees
4. Carson Palmer
5. McNabb
6. Bulger
7. Favre
8. Rivers
What do your lists look like?
Tom Brady is the best QB today, hands down. He was working with nothing last year, and still had a stellar year. Not trying to be a jerk, but Peyton Manning had two OL Pro Bowlers, and two WR Pro Bowlers. If you put Brady in that offense, the Patriots would have won the Super Bowl by 21+ points.
So I agree with you that Brady's #1 and Manning's #2, but a lot of folks have it the other way around.
Yes, Brees is #3. Here on though, it gets harder.
#4 - Probably Marc Bulger. he put up better numbers than #5 Carson Palmer, and both had two Pro Bowlers on offense.
#6 - Sorry Rivers, but you got the best player in the NFL on your team, and everyone's focused on LT. Nobody's even thinking of what you're going to do. Sure, you put up spectacular numbers, but you're surrounded by an All-Star cast. So I'm putting you at #7 and McNabb, who is consistently good and underrated every year at #6.
Now, the McNabb thing is confusing, because a lot of Eagles fans thought Garcia had better games. The other thing is a lot of criticism of McNabb is that T.O. made him good. Giving credit to McNabb, he does what it takes to get things done, including using his very good scrambling abillity.
#8 - I really hate doing this, but I'm going to have to put Hasselbeck ahead of Favre. Sorry friends. Favre's much, much better all-time, but the student is currently better than the teacher as of '07. I'm hoping in '07, Favre proves me wrong.
#10 - I don't care. I'd care if I played fantasy, which I don't.