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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Maybe people dont realize it because he plays like a veteran, but Drew Brees is only 27. Plus, I didnt read this entire thread so I dont know if he's been mentioned or not yet, but David Carr is quietly having a dynamite year. Alex Smith has actually looked pretty solid this year as well, with a slowly-building strong offence. I think the strong play of Gore has taken away teams' tendencies of just zereoing in on the pass. Vernon Davis will be a fantastic TE I think as well, too bad he's been injured most of this year. And of course now that Smith has a year under his belt, it has definitely helped.
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Brees is young, but I think I would put him in the next age group. Although he still could lead a team for another 8-9 years quite easily. Guys like Brees and Pennington are players who had good starts to their careers but than seemed to get side tracked by injury. So certainly health will be something to look for in this group of QB's as well.
I was looking at some stats on Troy Aikman and how he had a rough start coming into the NFL as a number one pick leading his team to a 1-15 record. But in his second year the Cowboys get some help and he played much better and eventually they became a Superbowl team. Smith has looked much better this year as the Niners have competed in all their games save that debaucle in Arrowhead. Another high draft position to pick up a couple more pieces and the Niners might break through next year.