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Tom Brady and Peyton Manning have been fan favorites for years. Using the last three years statistics, and other weighted factors, it appears they are not the top of the class any more, but are still top ten. Mike Vick deserves honorable mention, but he has only recently played the last two years and I felt while he is a top ten quarterback, it is not fair to include him and handicap him the first year (2008) I considered. The quarterbacks I considered were (not in final rated order):

1. Peyton Manning
2. Phillip Rivers
3. Aaron Rodgers
4. Drew Brees
5. Tom Brady
6. Matt Ryan
7. Tony Romo
8. Ben Roth
9. Matt Cassel
10. Brett Favre
11. Eli Manning
12. Carson Palmer
13. Joe Flacco
14. Donovan McNabb

In doing my research for this article I used weighted factors to classify who is top ten and who is not. I excluded Brett Favre as he has likely retired for the 2011 season. The considerations I used are:

1.Won Division
2. Went to Conference Championship
3. Went to Super Bowl
4. QB Rating
5. % Completions
6. # Yards Passing
7. Yards lost due to Sacks
8. Interceptions
9. # Fumbles
10. # Yards Rushing
11. Yards Per Attempt
12. It Factor

Items 1 through 11 were obtained through Yahoo Sports Stats. Item 12 is subjective values based on the quarterbacks come from behind abilities, leadership factors, teammates willingness to follow you, winning clutch games, recent playoff success. Etc… After putting this all together my final top ten list of QBs going into 2011 (with honorable mention to Joe Flacco and Mike Vick):

1. Aaron Rodgers
2. Drew Brees
3. Peyton Manning
4. Ben Roethlisberger
5. Eli Manning
6. Tom Brady
7. Phillip Rivers
8. Tony Romo
9. Matt Ryan
10. Matt Cassel

These ratings may be skewed if you have personal bias towards one of the quarterbacks, but from the what have you done for me lately perspective, going into 2011, it is a fair analysis.

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By Stealersrule – Jabberhead, SJ Contributing Author

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