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

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