M.D. Wright
10.31.09
More than ever, I have to remind people this is 2009 Edition only; not career stats or "rings". It's all about what they've done through the first half of this season -- versus what they were expected to (which allows me to avoid putting Kyle Orton on anything other than the Honorable Mention list DEAR GOD HA).
1. PEYTON MANNING.
He seems almost robotic out there, it's so easy. He's making guys from Division II FBS schools (Garçon) look good. He doesn't have Anthony Gonzalez and Reggie Wayne is nicked up and they're still blowing teams away. The truest test of Manning's greatness was going to come once Marvin Harrison and Tony Dungy left.
(YAWN).
Same old Manning.
2. DREW BREES.
This guy is amazing. He's 5'11" and barely 200 lbs. Amazing how he never gets knocked for being "too short", right? Anyway, he has a quick, Dan Marino-like release. He is amazingly accurate and the offense that the Saints run caters to all of his strengths and masks his weaknesses (height being the only real one). You can't blitz him, because he has too many weapons to throw a "hot" to, plus the aforementioned quick release.
3. BEN ROETHLISBERGER.
I hate him, but he's doing something (somewhat quietly) that has never been done -- and should he keep it up, he's going to break Dan Marino's 5,084-yard record set in 1984 (which Brees approached last year, but fell a dozen or so yards short of). Regardless of whether the Steelers can run the ball or not, he's extremely accurate and passes for tons of yards. The biggest knock on him is that he tries to make SportsCenter's Top Plays too often (i.e. holding the ball to make a big play downfield instead of chucking it into the stands or even taking a sack occasionally). You can tell he played Madden growing up, because he plays QB the way Madden players use their QBs on the game.
4. PHILIP RIVERS.
To think, he, his WRs and the team in general could be better if play-calling was better. But as it is, he puts up all world numbers with some of the highest football IQ out there. He's like the wily old veteran who's not even 30 yet.
5. JOE FLACCO.
OLD MAN FLACCO. He has a great arm, and it's ACCURATE (JaMarcus Russell, here's to you, buddy). He throws the best deep ball, and knows how to put touch on it for the intermediate and underneath routes. Considering he has an old guy (Mason) and a B-level WR (Clayton), he's playing amazing ball. Imagine if he had top tier WRs like Kurt Warner has at the X, Y and Z positions?
Honorable Mention: Eli Manning, Tom Brady, Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers, Kyle Orton, Tony Romo.
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