Top ten QB's in the league right now

Top Ten Quarterbacks in the NFL Right now

Written by: Cory Carlton

There is a lot of debate over who is the best quarterback in the NFL. There has always been this debate and there is almost never a unanimous best player because of the subjective nature of the question. What defines best? Even in history there is no definitive best quarterback. Depending on where you are and who you ask, you may hear names like Montana, Unitas,Elway,Dan Marino(you might hear Brett Farve as well but that is just utter nonsense). Well I think there is no difference between best and greatest, they should be one in the same. Now we must decide how we must define true greatness in a quarterback. Over and over again the common theme in great quarterback is leadership. Leadership is very subjective as well, there is only one way to define leadership and that is W’s. And there is only one place where W’s matter and that’s the playoffs. So as a result you will see this as a common theme throughout my list.

1. Brees- I know he only has one ring, but look at who he beat, the so called best quarterback in the NFL. With a team with ZERO pro bowlers on offense besides him. You put Sean Payton and Drew Brees on ANY offense in the NFL and they will put up numbers and more importantly theywill win. This year New Orleans is hurt to no end, Brees is on one leg and they still find ways to win. Ill take Drew Brees and you can have the field and Ill come out on top.

2. Brady- Three Rings. Period the end. Whether it be with Randy and Wes or the disappearing act Deon Branch, Tom Brady is to Joe Montana what Kobe Bryant is to Michael Jordan.



3. Roethlisberger :Another shocking pick I feel. Don’t get me wrong I am NOT a Big Ben fan in any capacity. But as they say men lie, women lie, RINGS don’t lie,especially from the QB position. Sure he has always had a good run game and a pretty good defense. But there are only handful of quarterbacks in the history of the game that does what he did against the Cardinals. I believe the list goes something like this (Montana,Elway,Unitas,Brady, Steve Young, Eli Manning,Warner, Tarkenton, and Maybe Troy Aikman notice the absence of one Peyton Manning from this list. )




4. Rodgers- I know what you're saying. How is it POSSIBLE if we are talking winning, would you put Aaron Rodgers with 0 playoff wins over Peyton Manning three time MVP with a ring. Simple Rodgers is playing as well as Peyton has ever played in his career. And I’ll take the unknown or one game of Rodgers playoff data over the known choking data that Manning has displayed. Had he not been playing Rex Grossman in the superbowl he’d still be 0fer forever. He is the second coming of Brett Farve which another topic all together that I refuse to get started on.



5. Manning- Don’t Get me wrong, I’m not bashing Peyton. He is the second best regular season quarterback of all time, behind only Dan Marino. Peyton Manning's playoff stats are 28TD, 19 INT in 18 Games. To compare those Stats to a quarterback from last season Let's compare this with Quarterbacks of a similar rating last year.

• Joe Flacco 88.9
• Kyle Orton 88.6
• Jason Campbell 86.4

Peyton’s all time regular season QB rating is 95.4 which puts him ONLY behind Steve Young as the most prolific regular season QB of all time. Now compare that to the best QB of all time Joe Montana who’s regular season QB rating of 92.3 and a playoff rating of 95.6. Clearly coming up big when it means the most, not reverting back to playing like Jason Campbell. Don’t get me wrong, Jason Manning, I mean Peyton Manning is a top five quarterback in this league. But he is NOT the best now and isn’t CLOSE to the best of all time. End of Story. If he gets another one, then and only then can we revisit this.

6.Eli- He would be higher on this list if there was ANY consistency to his play. Bottom line: with the game on the line against the three time defending champions and maybe one of the best dynasty’s in the history of the NFL, Eli came up like the best clutch quarterback in the history of the NFL. Not to say he is or has taken a step forward since then, but Eli consistently plays well towards the end of the games on the biggest stage. And there is definitely something to be said about playing at a superstar level when all the lights are shinning on you.




7.Rivers- This is the one person that I feel like could be higher on this list with just a couple of breaks. At the end of the day, Rivers has had some of the most talented teams in the NFL for a good four year span and didn’t get it done. So he sits towards the bottom of this list.


8.Tony Romo- I know I know. How can I make a column about winning and then put Tony in my top ten. But the guy has talent, A LOT of it and plays very well for stretches. When we are talking people below him on this list? He has to be above. 95.3 Career regular season QB rating. He has two good playoff games and two bad ones. I just need more data. Is he a choker?? Yes.. Does he still have time to change my opinion?? Absolutely.. Will he?? Most likely no.


9.Donanovan Mcnabb- ummmm I present you with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLg0KyxQbYM%09%09%09%09%09%09And people call TO a loser??? Cmon man!



10.Matt Ryan- Not much to say about Matt Ryan. He is like the freshman girl you see in college that is small and kind of cute. I need to see Matt Ryan undergo and makeover or hit a growth spurt and become a hot girl. Until then he will stay on the outskirts.



10.Schaub- He really doesn’t deserve much of my time or yours. He plays well 11 games a yr,hokes against the Colts twice misses then playoffs, goes to the off season comes back and does this same thing next year. Sadly enough this will not change.