1) Peyton Manning - He is the best QB in the NFL and possibly the best to ever play QB in the NFL. The guy is amazing. He is extremely accurate, has a very strong arm, and is a coach on the field, smarter than pretty much anyone else on the field with him. He makes Marvin Harrison look like he is a great receiver when he isn't. Manning makes Harrison and Wayne look better than what they are.
2) Tom Brady - He has done it without receivers, and then does it even better with them. The best thing about Tom Brady is that he TAKES CARE OF THE FOOTBALL. He doesn't throw interceptions. If he threw as many INT's as other mortal QB's he wouldn't be as good as what he is, because he isn't really that accurate and he doesn't have that strong of an arm. But his ability to not turn the ball over (even when he fumbles it turns into a tuck rule) makes him #2
3) Tony Romo - He has started 26 regular season games and has thrown 55 TD's. Last year he threw 36 TD passes and threw for more yards than any QB in Cowboys history with 4211. His career QB rating is a 96.5 which I'll take any day (Peytons is a 94.7 and Tom terrifics is a 92.9). He won the QB skills competition at the Pro Bowl displaying how accurate he can be. He still has a lot to learn as a starter and needs more experience, but his ability to improvise and create plays out of nothing plus his speed and athleticism that most don't realize he has make him an excellent QB. He hasn't won a playoff game yet but has only been a starter for 1 full season, the lack of production in the playoffs so far is what makes him #3 instead of #2.
4) Ben Roethlesberger - A bad year in 2006 is the only thing keeping him from having unbelievably amazing stats. Early in his career a great defense and running game helped him a lot because he didn't have to win the game, only not lose it. After having a not so good season in 2006 he bounced back with another good one in 2007. Has shown the ability to create plays using his size. Needs to improve on his accuracy, but is still one of the best QB;s in the league.
5) Kurt Warner - Laugh all you want, go look at his stats. The guy has a 93.2 QB rating over 10 years in the NFL thats starting 93 games. The only thing that keeps people from realizing how good this guy is... is the fact that he gets hurt too often. In 1999 he threw for 41 TDs and then in 2001 he threw for 36. He had a horrid season in 2002, if he would have just had an average season instead he would have one of the greatest QB ratings of all time for a career. Oh, and he is from IOWA
6) David Garrard - Okay.. I dunno if he is really this good, but he was at least the 6th best QB in the league last year. To start 12 games and only throw 3 INT's while throwing 18 TD's.. Any coach would take that. He looked liek he knew what he was doing last year in the Jags games I saw. Didn't take unnecessary risks, nothing spectacular, but nothing extremely damaging to his team. We will see if he keeps it up this year.
7) Carson Palmer - I have to put him on the top 10 list because he has everything you want in a starting QB.. But the guy has been throwing to a GROUP of prett good receivers, I have a feeling if the Bengals lost Chad Johnson Palmer would suddenly go from a top 10 QB to someone fans are complaining about and trying to run out of town.
8) Donovan Mcnabb - The main thing that puts McNabb low on the list is a lack of Accuracy. He just isn't very accurate, never has been. But he has shown the ability to create plays, and has a nice strong arm. He needs to try to stay healthy, but I have a feeling the injury bug will continue with him and he won't be around much longer.
9) Matt Hasselbeck - "We want the ball we are gunna score". I had a hard time deciding between Hasselbeck and Brees for 9/10 but ultimately decided to go with Matt here above Brees because I've seen SO MANY seahawks receivers drop balls in and out of the endzone that I think if they caught passes like a normal NFL team his stats would look a lot better. He is a solid QB.
10) Drew Brees - Sporadic at times, but has the ability to play at a top level. The fact that he just sometimes seems to get into a funk at various times from game to game keeps him from being higher on the list, but he had what it took to crack into my top 10.