Mike Sando, now of The Athletic, has posted his annual NFL quarterback tier rankings (subscription required). Sando polled fifty-five NFL coaches and executives and asked each to place all thirty-two quarterbacks into one of five tiers. Tier 1 was the best of the best, Tier 5 would be a non-starter in the NFL, and the remaining tiers fall somewhere in the middle.
To the surprise of no one, Drew Brees came out with a significant amount of “Tier 1” votes. In fact, he came out with the third most - behind only Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady - Tier 1 votes in the NFL.