re: Favre, Marino, Manning, Brees, Brady and future possible career stats

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Besides Meachem, who really seems to be the least valuable among the receiving group, none of them are first round picks. The Saints look for guys who work hard and they tend to find sleepers. If any of them want a huge contract, the team can find someone else to fill the role.

Brees has made the receiving group what they are today. They are obviously talented, but none of them would be as good with any other QB besides maybe Manning, Brady or Rodgers.

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Didn't Brees have a perfect or near perfect passer rating when throwing to Meachem either last year or in 2009?

Draft position really is irrelevant once you've been in the league a few years. Outside of the top 10-15 picks, no one gives a damn if you were the 20th pick or the 200th pick. You are expected to perform at a high level.

As for Brees making that wide receiving group what they are, I disagree. They are a talented group independent of who is throwing them the ball. Just like Denver/Cleveland's receiving corps would be hot garbage no matter who was throwing to them, the same could be said for the Saints having a great receiving corps no matter who is throwing to them. The same could be said for New England to a degree, but that's more dependent on their system and other factors, but that's for another discussion.

Saints fans seem to overvalue Brees (who is a damn good quarterback) and undervalue the fact that they have the best offensive mind in the NFL at Head Coach right now.