re: Elite - Drew Brees has been incredible since the bye week

DB is a scrappy player. Sometimes scrappy players get burned by trying to do too much. On good days you come back and win a game you had no business winning. On bad days you force one into tight coverage and get picked off. IMO his personality with the ball is what makes him an elite QB. Look at QBs who everyone agrees is elite - Brett Favre, Joe Montana, John Elway, John Unitas, they all had that self-motivation to put a game on their shoulders and go out and win it. Without it you have Joe Flacco, Troy Aikman, or Terry Bradshaw - who all are pretty damn good but they are/were game managers who will throw the ball away instead of taking a sack.