What's with the Thigpen fixation?

[keg in kc]

Okay, the Anderson/Manning debate was one thing, but Brees (who I've never liked, to be honest), has been one of the best QBs in the NFL the last 5 years, particularly the last 3 in NO. He's as much a franchise QB as Roethlisberger is. He'd have been a 1st round draft pick if he was 3 inches taller, he's got all the rest of the skill set (and it's not like he was drafted late, 1st pick of the 2nd round, 32nd overall).

(And what's he doing in the Thigpen discussion, anyway? Because he's short? He's about as far from Thigpen in style of play as you can get - he's a pocket-passer with a high completion percentage, not a running QB who chucks it up for grabs)