![]() Brees has been absolutely prolific in his offensive production, but his habit of throwing back breaking interceptions has played a large part in his inability to lift his team up like Brady has over the years. It’s no secret the Saints made it to the NFC Championship game and won the Super Bowl in those respective years. Since joining the Saints in 2006, Brees has thrown more interceptions than Brady in every season except two (2006, 2009). This is where Brady really separates himself from Da Breesus. Brees has 465 TDs with 220 INTs, which equates to almost a 2 to 1 TD/INT ratio. Today, Brees has passed for 9 more career touchdowns than Brady.īrady has 456 TDs with 152 INTs, which equates to a 3 to 1 TD/INT ratio. Both players only played one game their rookie year. Over their entire careers, Brees has passed for 4,529 more yards than Brady, while also averaging 23.9 more yards per game than the chin-dippled one.Įven though he was drafted a year later, Brees has amassed these figures in essentially the same amount of time as Brady since the Patriot quarterback lost almost the entire 2008 season to an ACL tear. Since joining the Saints in 2006, Brees has thrown for more yards than Brady in every season except two (2007, 2009), including passing for over 5,000 yards in 5 seasons compared to Brady’s one season hitting that elusive mark. Both quarterbacks have been the picture of health, availability, and consistency over their respective tenures. Brees has played in all 16 games in 11 seasons, while playing in 15 another three. Aside from riding the bench as a rookie through the first game in 2001, 15 games in 2008 to an ACL tear, and 4 games in 2016 to league mandated suspension, Brady has played all 16 games of every season of his career.īrees has played in 233 games over 17 seasons which averages to 13.7 games played per season. Brady has played in 237 games over 18 seasons which averages to 13.2 games played per season. Brees, a product of Big Ten rival Purdue, was drafted with the 32nd pick in the 2nd round of the 2001 NFL draft by the San Diego Chargers.īrady stands 6-foot-4 and 225-lbs, while Brees barely makes 6-foot and 209-lbs. You can watch him cry about it in this clip. Brady, a product of Michigan University, was drafted infamously late with the 199th pick in the 6th round of the 2000 NFL draft by the New England Patriots. We have a hell of a quarterback here in New Orleans, and he stands shoulder to shoulder with the newly crowned king.īrady and Brees’ professional careers began only a year apart. ![]() As a die-hard Saints fan, I couldn’t help but think, “If Brady is the best ever, where does Drew Brees rank?” So I did a little research. As the blue and red confetti fell, I said it out loud at the Homedale Bar in Lakeview, “Brady has officially passed Joe Montana on my list as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time.” With his incredible fourth quarter heroics, Tom Brady won his his fifth Super Bowl title and fourth Super Bowl MVP. This past Sunday, I finally conceded what had previously been the unthinkable for me as a fourth generation native of San Francisco.
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