10. Ben Roethlisberger Roethlisberger had one of the greatest NFL rookie seasons in history. His first loss came in the AFC Championship game against the New England machine. He displays a maturity and a will to win that is rare even for veterans. Roethlisberger is light years ahead of Eli Manning at this point. 9. Steve McNair There is no tougher quarterback in the NFL than Steve McNair. The ?Air? might be gone, but he is still a fearless leader and inspires greatness from his teammates. He will never lead the league in passing or in touchdowns, but as long as he is the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans they will win ballgames. 8. Matt Hasselbeck Hasselbeck took a slight step back in 2004, but he is still one of the NFL?s better quarterbacks. He and Shaun Alexander have helped turned around a perennially bad Seattle team. He isn?t married to Elizabeth from Survivor, but he is the better Hasselbeck. 7. Chad Pennington Pennington is the perfect New York quarterback. He is gritty and has a will to win despite playing with spare parts. His 2002 season got him one of the most lucrative NFL contracts. Pennington plays like a little boy, much like we?d play if all of a sudden we were in the NFL. 6. Brett Favre A few seasons ago Favre would have been at the top of his list and now that his career is winding down he remains at a very respectable #6. He still possesses many of the abilities that made him the most exiciting quarterback in the late 1990?s. His ability to improvise when he leaves the pocket might be the best that the NFL has ever seen. 5. Michael Vick Michael Vick is Steve Young reincarnate. His scrambling ability is second to none and with each passing year he becomes a better passer. Vick stepped onto the turf at the Georgia Dome with the Falcons in shambles and his performance against the Packers in Green Bay in the playoffs several seasons ago was one of the greatest single performances in recent memory. He will steadily rise on this list. 4. Daunte Culpepper: If Daunte Culpepper truly is one of the NFL?s best quarterbacks, it will be found out soon because no longer will be able to throw passes up high in the air and let Randy Moss go up and grab it. Without Moss, Culpepper will look to run more and spread the ball around the field. He is a quarterback in a linebacker?s body and can do things, especially around the goal line that none of his peers can even consider. 3. Tom Brady With three Super Bowls in the last four seasons, Tom Brady is the present-day equivalent of Joe Montana. There are more talented quarterbacks, but nobody plays better in big games than Brady. He has never had superstar receivers, but through his consistent play, Brady gets the most out of his offense. 2. Donovan McNabb: Three years in a row McNabb took a flawed offensive Eagles team to the brink of the Super Bowl. In 2004, he got Terrell Owens to throw to and he wasn?t to be denied. He is a combination of all the elements that make Vick, Culpepper and Brady great quarterbacks. 1. Peyton Manning: In 2004, Peyton Manning threw for an NFL record 49 touchdowns, solidifying his position as the best quarterback in the NFL. He is not a pure athlete like a Vick, but he has been the best pure quarterback now for many seasons. He single handedly turns players like Brandon Stokley into lethal scoring machines. Nobody is better at reading the defense and making adjustments at the line of scrimmage and nobody is more accurate.