While he was an egregious snub on the 2010s All-Decade Team produced by the NFL and the Pro Football Hall of Fame, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees did get some respect put on his name by the analysts at Pro Football Focus.
Brees was named PFF’s second-team quarterback of the past decade behind Tom Brady, taking a shot at the NFL’s preference for Green Bay Packers passer Aaron Rodgers on their own list. PFF analyst Sam Monson wrote:
While Aaron Rodgers made the NFL’s team, Brees was better than him in both the first and second half of the decade. Rodgers may have had the highest peak (the 2010 playoff run and the 2011 season), but Brees has been sustainably better.
However, neither Saints guard Jahri Evans nor defensive end Cameron Jordan were acknowledged by PFF after they were each named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team. In fact, the only other teammates of Brees’ to get recognized were punter Thomas Morstead, and Darren Sproles, as a punt returner. Morstead was also a second-team nominee.
So, at least Brees was given his due credit as one of the best to ever sling a football over the last ten years. But did it have to come at the sacrifice of several other talented players?
