Everybody loves lists, right? It’s just something that we do to pass the time, perhaps especially in sports during the periods of silence in the offseason. The NFL is in its deadest time of the year right now a month out of training camp, so it’s no surprise to see the lists pop back up again.
Recently, Chris Simms of Pro Football Talk went through a list of his top 40 quarterbacks in the NFL, and he placed Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger just outside of the top five, landing at sixth overall—which was ahead of both Tom Brady and Drew Brees.