NEW ORLEANS — The talent, the gaudy numbers and even the name have made it so you no longer have to argue that Drew Brees is an elite quarterback.
You can throw his name in any sentence that involves Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Brett Favre and Kurt Warner. In this, his fourth season as quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, Brees’ stock only continued to soar as he led his team to a franchise-record 13 wins. He belongs in any argument about the league’s best quarterbacks.
But how do you stop the qualifiers like, “Yeah, he’s as good as those guys, but what’s he ever won?’’ Or how do you stop the perceived snubs when Manning, who had basically the same numbers, goes out and wins the Most Valuable Player Award in a landslide over Brees?
It’s real simple. Brees needs to win big games. We’re talking big games like Saturday’s divisional playoff against Arizona and Warner, who has been one of the best postseason quarterbacks in history. We’re talking big games like the NFC Championship Game and the Super Bowl.
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