re: Brees no longer Elite?

In my humble opinion, Brees is elite but he's toward the bottom of the elite list.

His height and his lack of arm strength will always cause him trouble. Just seeing him have to get up on tippy toes to see over linemen and the lack of power on his deep ball has me shaking my head sometimes.

He has moments of pure greatness and then a moment where his brain turns off and he floats an interception to a defender. He gave the Pats 3 points today, thankfully because of the defense bailing him out (like they did all game).

I'd take Peyton, Rodgers, and Brady over him right now, in that order, and no one else.

So yes we have an elite QB, but we also played against a better one with a terrible supporting cast.