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re: Better career: Drew Brees or Eli Manning

Posted on 11/7/25 at 9:49 am to
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111304 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 9:49 am to
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Eli didn't have Sean Peyton coaching him and dialing up the offensive plays


Sean Payton’s offenses have been shite without brees
Posted by partywiththelombardi
Member since May 2012
11782 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 10:03 am to
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JerryTheKingBawler
Eli. 2>1


So by this logic...Brad Johnson or Trent Dilfer are better than Dan Marino...
Posted by Jim Hopper
Ocean Springs Mississippi
Member since Sep 2019
5143 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 10:10 am to
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Ahh yes 2 picks… Of course you conveniently forgot to mention he also threw for 462 yards and 4 TDs also
with no running game.
Posted by Boodis Man
Member since Sep 2020
8368 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 10:30 am to
Brees was a system qb. He was mid with the chargers and they got rid of him. No league mvp either for a stat sheet stuffer like Brees is proof of this
Posted by OvertheDwayneBowe
Member since Sep 2016
3527 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 11:53 am to
Tell yourself 20 years ago that a QB would lead the Saints - the team win a single playoff win in franchise history - to a Super Bowl.

Think about how insane that thought would've been. There's your answer. It's not a knock on Eli at all.
Posted by michael corleone
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2005
6547 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 12:01 pm to
Brees

YDS 80,358 TD 571 INT 243 67.7%

Eli

YDS 57,023 TD 366 INT 244 60.3%
Posted by VaeVictus
Member since Feb 2017
1882 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 12:06 pm to
:clownemoji:
Posted by bayoujd
Member since Jan 2009
3132 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 12:53 pm to
System QB? Did you watch Denver's offense last night?
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
33227 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:11 pm to
Eli wouldn't have won his second if the Saints didn't get screwed over by Vernon Davis and the 49ers
Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10952 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:23 pm to
quote:

So by this logic...Brad Johnson or Trent Dilfer are better than Dan Marino..


While we are at it, let's throw in Jim Plunkett, Jeff Hostetler and Doug Williams are also better than Marino,....and Fran Tarkenton, Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, Dan Fouts and Philip Rivers.

So 5 QB's with a combined 4 Pro Bowl selections are better than the 6 QB's with a combined 46 Pro Bowl selections and 4 of whom were NFL MVP's?
Posted by geauxtigers
Biloxi Mississippi
Member since Nov 2003
2586 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 1:24 pm to
cool breeze
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60916 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 2:12 pm to
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Sean Payton’s offenses have been shite without brees


Pretty much

We have a strong sample size of both without each other. One was still throwing 40+ TDs and 5000+ yards. The other sucked sweaty donkey taint.
This post was edited on 11/7/25 at 2:15 pm
Posted by Nickoftime
Member since Nov 2025
116 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 2:59 pm to
It's Brees and it isn't even close.
Posted by BoardReader
Arkansas
Member since Dec 2007
7391 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 5:24 pm to
Since the question is career, not who was the better player, Eli had the better career.

You want to say Brees is easily the better player, you'll get no serious argument-- but that isn't what the question is.
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
15083 posts
Posted on 11/7/25 at 5:28 pm to
I just assumed the OP was Brees vs Manning.... And by manning I thought Peyton.

Eli isn't in this discussion
Posted by BHS78
Member since May 2017
3837 posts
Posted on 11/8/25 at 3:42 am to
Kevin Faulk or Walter Payton. If SB victories are going to be your standard.
Posted by BRIllini07
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2015
3206 posts
Posted on 11/8/25 at 4:14 am to
Currently?

Eli - the Manningcast is far better than Drew’s attempt to be in the broadcast booth.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130170 posts
Posted on 11/8/25 at 6:41 am to
quote:

Since the question is career, not who was the better player, Eli had the better career. You want to say Brees is easily the better player, you'll get no serious argument-- but that isn't what the question is.


I mean this is objectively false. Brees had a substantially better career.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
87466 posts
Posted on 11/8/25 at 7:38 am to
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mean this is objectively false
Nah. Career is subjective and would vary from one person to another. More people would take Eli's career over Brees'
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