Well, they did it. The NFL 100 All-Time Team “blue ribbon panel” threw an interception late in the fourth quarter, condemning the product it put out to be remembered as something only worth laughing at.
It’s because they left off Drew Brees. The best player in New Orleans Saints history is also one of the greatest players in the NFL’s history. He’s breaking everyone else’s records each week after a career spent beating his peers head-to-head.
Among his generation of quarterbacks, he trails only Tom Brady in prestige, and that’s because Brady was fortunate enough to play with a defense that carried him to several championships early in his career.