After selecting Steven Jackson with the last pick in the first round, I'm going to start the run on quarterbacks by selecting Drew Brees. Brees put up a monumental season last year, finishing with an NFL record 70.6% completion percentage. He's thrown 34 TDs in each of the last two seasons and at age 31, looks to have many more outstanding seasons ahead of him.
The reason why I select Brees over Aaron Rodgers is simple. I don't trust the Green Bay Packers' offensive line to keep Rodgers healthy. While he hasn't missed any playing time yet, the over-hyped savior was sacked 50 times last year. Compound that with his rushing totals, you'll notice that this guy gets hit a lot. Brees on the other hand, has Peyton Manningesque protection and pocket awareness. He's got more weapons than North Korea and is a surefire bet to surpass 4,000 yards and 30 TDs each season for the foreseeable future.
Oh and don't worry about the Madden Curse. Losing your fantasy league won't mean much when you're going to die in 2012 anyway.
Projections: 4,350 passing yards, 35 passing TDs, 1 rushing TD.
I can't argue with taking Brees here. Unless he somehow gets hurt, he is a lock to put up top 3 QB stats yet again. Has great young WRs around him and Pierre Thomas and Reggie Bush don't hurt either.
ReplyDeleteI would have taken him with my pick had you not.