T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

We can safely say that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are the #1 and #2 QBs of this decade if not top 5 of all time but after Brady and Manning who would you say has earned the title as 3rd best QB this decade?

IMO Ben Roethlisberger is clearly the 3rd best QB of this decade despite only being in the league 5 years,He could very well be on his way to a hall of fame career going by the success in his first few year which could very well include 2 Super Bowl titles that only Brady and a few former QBs in Canton can top.

If you look at the rest,I would say Kurt Warner who could also be the QB of 2 Super Bowl titles should he win SB 43 and SHOULD have already had 2 but the Pats took care of that ;)

Drew Brees looks to be the QB of the next decade but does not yet show enough to put him up there.

Anyone else I missed?

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

Gotta be Ben, as much as it pains me to say..:o

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

Kurt Warner, and it's not even close.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

You could put Donovan McNabb in there. Yes he is a chock artist but taking the Eagles to 5 Conference Championships and one Super Bowl is pretty impressive.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

If you're talking decade as in the past 10 years (including '99) then I'd give it to Kurt Warner. Ben is a close 2nd. He was phenomenal in the AFC playoffs the year the Steelers won it all but almost cost them the SB. At times he is simply brilliant in the pocket and at other times takes big sacks. Makes some really boneheaded errors. Still, without Ben the great Bill Cowher doesn't have a ring.

Kurt has not had the defense behind that Ben does and has a couple MVP seasons to his credit, nearly a 3rd this year. Monster season in '99 that few remember because of the QB's listed in the thread title. Led a crucial SB-winning drive against TN, and a 14 point 4th quarter comeback against us. Warner gets the nod for me though it could change in 2 weeks.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

Donovan McNabb would be my pick. Made the Pro Bowl for five consecutive seasons, lead the Eagles to the NFC championship game for four consecutive seasons (five overall), a Super Bowl appearance that took the dynasty Patriots down to the wire.

Kurt Warner disappeared for a five-year stretch before regaining his form last season. If you counted last 10 years to include 1999, then that propels Warner significantly due to that season. But since I think this means in the context of the 2000's, he just misses.

Ben Roethlisberger won a Super Bowl ring with arguably the worst performance ever from a SB-winning QB. He's back in the SB thanks to the NFL's #1 defense. He deserves credit, but not as much as he's been getting.

Drew Brees has put up the numbers, but only has two playoff berths to show for it. He's a paper tiger in this regard.

So McNabb for #3 as far as QB's this decade.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

I still say Warner, but you make a good point about 10 years versus decade. That does make it a lot closer.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

I hate putting so much emphasis on rings, but I'm afraid when talking about comparable QB's you can't avoid it. Mcnabb is a choker.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

McNabb. Call him a choker all you want. He's led the Eagles to 5 NFC Title games + a Super Bowl. Warner hasn't won a Super Bowl in this decade either (well technically he won the SB in the year 2000 I think but that was the 99 season).

McNabb didn't disappear off the radar for a significant amount of time.

Re: T.Brady,P.Manning & ?? Then who is 3rd best QB of the decade?
 

If you check my first post I'm under the assumption the past decade includes '99. Since then Warner has 2 MVP's, 3 SB appearances, and 1 maybe 2 Super bowl titles. McNabb's consistency makes it somewhat close, but even today at his current age I would take Warner to lead my team over McNabb in his prime and I probably wouldn't think twice about it.