Rating the Top Ten NFL Quarterbacks

With another NFL season coming up, heftyinfo is ranking the active quarterbacks for the 2010 football season.

1. Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints)
It's hard to argue against the Super Bowl winning quarterback.
Brees led the NFL is passing a year ago while also throwing for over 5,000 yards in 2008. Along with Manning, the Saints' QB has thrown for the most TD passes over the past four seasons.
2. Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts)
This guy just keeps putting up ridiculous numbers each season and last year reached (but lost) another Super Bowl.
Acually, one could argue that he and Brees are numbers 1 and 1A.
3. Philip Rivers (San Diego Chargers)
Yes, Rivers belongs in the Top Three.
The man simply wins a lot of football games. His record as Chargers' QB since taking over in 2006 for Drew Brees is 46-18. Against the great Peyton Manning in head-to-head matchups, Rivers and the Chargers are 3-1, including 2-0 in the playoffs. Hard to argue against that.
Rivers also led the entire NFL in passing in 2008 and once again was the top rated passer in the AFC in 2009. A Super Bowl is in the future for him.
4. Brett Favre (Minnesota Vikings)
Hard to argue with what Favre continues to do at his age (40 years old entering the 2010 season) with the Vikings.
But for a blown call by the officials, Minnesota could have been in Super Bowl 44 against Indy. Favre should be back again in 2010 and look for more of the same from him. Future Hall-of-Famer without a doubt.
5. Aaron Rodgers (Green Bay Packers)
This guy has overcome a lot after taking over for Favre in '08 in Green Bay and last season put up some eye-popping numbers.
Rodgers did all he could for the Packers in their playoff loss to Arizona after a monster regular season.
6. Tom Brady (New England Patriots)
The only reason Brady isn't higher on the list is because age and injuries seem to perhaps be catching up to the "golden boy" quarterback.
He simply was not the same Tom Brady we have been accustomed to seeing prior to his severe knee injury that cost him the '08 season.
In fact, in the Patriots' playoff debacle against Baltimore last January, NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders described Brady as looking like "hot garbage."
7. Tony Romo (Dallas Cowboys)
He FINALLY won a playoff game as the Cowboys' quarterback last season and then the follow-up act was atrocious as the Pokes were crushed by the Vikings in the Divisional Round of the post-season.
Romo has come a long way the past three years however, and looks poised to perhaps get Dallas back to the Super Bowl in the near future.
8. Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers)
This young man needs to stay out of trouble off the field and continue to concentrate on his quarterback abilities to remain successful.
He has already accomplished two Super Bowl titles for Pittsburgh as the starter. In 2009, the Steelers were definitely more a passing team than running and Roethlisberger had a good season.
9. Donovan McNabb (Washington Redskins)
His best years are behind him, but Donovan McNabb continues to be a consistent winning QB in the NFL because he has a real knack for the game.
A change of scenery may do well for him as he heads to the Redskins following a good '09 campaign which saw his former team in Philadelphia once again reach the playoffs.
Age and injuries have slowed him down and thus dropped him on the list of top NFL quarterbacks.
10. Matt Schaub (Houston Texans)
The former backup quarterback with Atlanta continues to get better and better in Houston.
The Texans enjoyed a winning season last year and are poised to make the playoffs under the leadership of Schaub, who threw for over 4,700 yards last year and also made 29 TD passes.

Best of the Rest- Jay Cutler (Chicago Bears), Eli Manning (New York Giants), Carson Palmer (Cincinnati Bengals), Matt Ryan (Atlanta Falcons), Joey Flacco (Baltimore Ravens).