Quote Originally Posted by bt12483 View Post
You mean people don't know that Drew Brees wasn't throwing 40 TD's per year every year of his career?

I've had this argument on other boards - look up the first 5 years of any "elite" QB...they don't look so elite.

It seems that after year 5 is when things really start to come together.
It is a combination of things. Putting all of the pieces together is the biggest component of a QB's success though. Tom Brady, since everyone wants to throw his name around as the threshold for "elite" play, had some outstanding seasons...but he didn't really start putting up gaudy numbers until 2007...guess what two MAJOR components they added in that off-season? Wes Welker and Randy Moss. Both in their prime. The season before, Brady's #1 receiver was Reche Caldwell who had about 60 receptions and around 800 yards.