QUOTE (daa84 @ Aug 27, 2009 -> 04:08 PM)
theres no definitive answer as to who is the 3rd best qb (or even the top 2 in the league frankly)...does Rivers have the ability to be the best QB in the league? I certainly wouldn't be surprised if is the best qb this year. That said, can tony romo or ben roethlisberger have better years than Rivers this year? Certainly. Personally, i'd like to see Rivers repeat his year last year before I annoint him as the best of the non-Manning Brady QBs, but certainly I'll admit he might be. Warner has a terrific body of work for his career, but does that mean hes a top 3 or 4 QB in the league right now? I doubt it.
Its really hard to compare Kurt Warner to Phillip Rivers because one is past his prime, the other is in the heart of it. For me I break up the list as follows, and in order of how I perceive their abilities.
Established guys still in their primes, but on the downside
Manning
Brady
Brees
Warner
McNabb (maybe he slides ahead of warner)
The Up and Comers hitting/just in their primes
Rivers
Cutler
Roethlisberger (IMO he's given too much credit ....been on great, great teams with good recievers, running games, defenses)
Eli
Romo
Now for 2009-2010, who will be the best? It could be any single one of those guys....and matt ryan probably should be thrown into the mix as well. It isn't until after guys careers are over that we are able to say who the better player was, simply because the NFL season is too short, and too much variability occurs year to year in only 16 games. Back in the mid 90s when guys like Favre, Aikman, Marino, Elway, and Young were in the league (and even Montana at the end)...it was impossible at the time to say who the best was, but now looking back I think its much easier to come up with a logical and more accurate ranking
You're completely wrong. Here's a list of the elite qbs in the league:
1) Jay Cutler
That's it... that's the list. Everyone else is crap.
IActually, I would probably say that Cutler, Rivers and (gulp) Aaron Rodgers are your three top young qbs. Romo, Eli, and Roethlisberger all have better playoff pedigrees - but (for some reason) I'd rather have the former three qbs than the latter.