Hypothetical 2021 #1 pick

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(08-04-2020, 08:13 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Drew Brees is not one of the 3 best QB’s right now. There’s not a team in the league that would currently take him over Lamar Jackson.

And for the record I’m not saying always take the bigger guy, but if it’s close between 2 QB’s it could be a factor.

By what possible QB metric?


2019-2020
Drew Brees (26 starts): 74.7% Completion... 6,971 yards (8.0 YPA)... 59 TD/9 INT... QB Rating roughly 116.0
Lamar Jackson (22 starts): 63.7% Completion... 4,324 yards (7.6 YPA)... 42 TD/9 INT... QB Rating 104.7

Sure if you asked someone who you'd want over the next 3-5 years then Jackson is the choice due to age, but right this second Drew Brees is playing QB at just an absurd level. Dude is completing essentially 3 out of every 4 passes he attempts and he's doing it with a good-not-great defense and running game.

That's not even touching the concerning difference in performance Jackson's turned in the last two playoffs.
51.1% Completion... 3 TD/3 INT... 6.4 YPA... 68.3 QB Rating (And even most of the "positive" parts of that stat line were in garbage time.)