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He's scary. When I first got in the league, there were more guys you had to worry about. You knew if you played Peyton (Manning), you played (Brett) Favre, (Tom) Brady, (Drew) Brees, it was, 'Oh my God!' Stafford has still got that, and he's operating in a difficult-to-defend offense.
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Stafford surged to elite Tier 1 after MVP season with legendary-level impact.

After making his Tier 1 debut by a narrow margin last year, Stafford surged into the elite ranks on the strength of his MVP season. A defensive coordinator called him scary and compared his impact to legendary quarterbacks like Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Tom Brady, and Drew Brees, noting that Stafford still has that same aura while operating in a difficult-to-defend offense.

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