In all seriousness, has Drew's time come and gone?

Let's see him with better o line play.

ETA: I didn't even read your whole post. Good lord you're dumb.

Det isn't going to the postseason because of Stafford. He regressed a ton this year.

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Even when Drew did have some pass protection this year, he just didn't seem to have that same zip on the ball or shuffling in the pocket as in years past.

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Awesome to have such dumbass fans with absolutely no understanding of the game of football.

No. Although it seemed he didn't go through progressions this year like in years past. Left a lot of guys open. Seemed like he had time too just locked on way too much this year. Maybe the line had him scared.

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Even when Drew did have some pass protection this year, he just didn't seem to have that same zip on the ball or shuffling in the pocket as in years past.

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What? Look at the Pitt game and the difference after their NT went down

He was one of the most pressured qbs but had an incredibly low sack % BC he avoided pressure so well

The ESPN Total QB Rating for this season has it about right. At worst, you could argue that he is 12th and at best, 5th.

Still top 5 to 12 QB out of 32. Not what he once was but still among the best.

RK PLAYER PASS EPA RUN EPA SACK EPA PEN EPA TOTAL EPA ACT PLAYS QB PAR QB PAA TOTAL QBR
1 Tony Romo, DAL 81.3 3.3 -18.8 4.3 70.1 497 95.0 55.4 82.3
2 Aaron Rodgers, GB 86.7 10.2 -17.0 5.5 85.4 618 114.8 65.6 81.2
3 Peyton Manning, DEN 86.3 -1.7 -10.4 4.5 78.7 662 112.0 59.2 77.4
4 Tom Brady, NE 80.1 3.6 -11.7 6.5 78.5 678 109.3 55.2 75.4
5 Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 87.4 -1.1 -19.2 5.2 72.3 668 102.8 49.6 73.5
6 Eli Manning, NYG 80.1 1.8 -16.4 5.1 70.6 645 97.2 45.8 72.7
7 Drew Brees, NO 85.9 2.4 -16.7 7.7 79.3 723 107.8 50.2 72.2
8 Matt Ryan, ATL 81.0 2.9 -16.4 1.5 69.1 682 96.3 42.0 70.0
9 Philip Rivers, SD 77.2 0.0 -16.0 7.7 68.9 659 91.6 39.0 69.3
10 Joe Flacco, BAL 58.5 1.2 -12.5 12.1 59.3 616 82.4 33.3 67.8
11 Russell Wilson, SEA 44.5 32.4 -20.1 0.5 57.3 631 77.4 27.1 64.4
12 Andrew Luck, IND 61.4 8.4 -15.7 5.6 59.7 748 91.5 31.9 64.3

Brees has about two more good years left in him as a QB. I hope he finishes his career as a Saint.

But father time is starting to creep in on Drew.

True, he has great numbers this year but he made some very 'un-Brees' like plays which could be a sign that the body is just not their no more.

I appreciate what Brees has done for the Saints, without Brees, we don't have the Super Bowl win in 2009 and all those other great seasons.

Hopefully Benson, Loomis & Payton are looking into the future for a future QB to replace Brees.

Can't answer based on the poor supporting crowd around him right now.

In all seriousness is there a large enough sample size to conclude that?

Drew is the master of avoiding rush from the edges by stepping up in the pocket and stepping into his throws downfield. The absolute garbage play of the interior line (Grubbs, Goodwin, Evans) forced Brees to have limited pocket mobility and have some really bad throws this season when pressured. Armstead and Strief are serviceable tackles but we absolutely must upgrade at center and at least one guard.