re: Rank the current NFL QBs by tier

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Limited to QBs with three or more years

Tier 1 (Elite) Super Bowl QB - consistently big in crucial moments of big games:

Tom Brady
Aaron Rodgers
Drew Brees
Eli Manning
Roethlisberger

Tier 2 (franchise qbs who can be elite with championship):
Matt Ryan
Philip Rivers
Peyton Manning (no longer elite due to age and injury)
Joe Flacco

Tier 3 (good qbs who need alot favorable circumstances to win SB, but it's not out of realm of possibility for the qb and team to get hot in playoffs)

Tony Romo
Alex Smith
Jay Cutler
Matt Stafford
Michael Vick

Tier 4 stop gap qbs - teams will be drafting new talent in near future: .

Kevin Kolb
Carson Palmer
Matt Cassel

Tier 5 = too young to give up on - no offensive support:
Sanchez
Bradford

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