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Tom Brady - New England Patriots
Brady will have four Super Bowl rings by the age of 30. Is he the best Quarterback ever?
By Chuck Berkley
He can win Super Bowls, post big numbers and sell your product, basically do anything, the greatest QB of this generation.
Now, do not get me wrong I think Tom Brady is a great QB. He is cool in the pocket, he has a speedy manner and he can make any throw on the field. How often do you see Brady running for his life? How often do you see Brady put in terrible field position? Brady has been blessed with not only a fantastic line, but also a great defense, superb coaching and front office. He is great, but do not crown him just yet.
Throughout the entire 2007 season, a mastery of the offense and basic knowledge dropping back had allowed Brady to simply step up whenever his pocket would collapse. However, against the Giants, Brady stepped up into the congested middle. There’s your pattern.
I hate this debate and to diverge from the title, but you always have the guy that says “well Marino was a great QB”…true, but he did not have any rings. So by that justification Trent Dilfer with his Super Bowl was better than Marino? Certainly not!! So how do you rank the greatest QB's of all time? I do not believe you count the rings and crown the winner. There are twenty one other starters on that team and for the guys with a lot of rings they were all surrounded with Hall of Fame players. I love Troy Aikman but, I could name ten other quarterbacks I could stick on those Cowboy teams of the 90's and they could have won three Championships. The thing could be said for Terry Bradshaw and even Joe Montana.
So, Tom Brady is one of the best quarterbacks of all time and he does have three rings, but, if we put Peyton Manning on those same Patriot teams, I would guess he could have three Championships too or not? Hmm ok, let’s compare if Peyton Manning is better than Tom Brady.
Yes, Brady’s indestructibility and Manning’s exposure in big games have evaporated. Let’s not allow this to cloud the bigger picture. Brady leads Manning 3-1 in Super Bowls. For people who truly believe that football is all about winning (you’d be surprised how few people are really like this) the debate ends here.
For swaggering armchair quarterbacks who marvel at Manning’s command of the Indy offense, understand that Brady has essentially the same power in New England. He just doesn’t use it on every down. What’s more, up until last year, Brady had been doing more with less. Aside from Corey Dillon in 2005, Brady never had a leading rushing attack behind him. He didn’t have two superstar receivers like Reggie Wayne or Marvin Harrison to throw to. Once Brady did get those weapons, he destroyed the record books.
This, by the way, pulled the plug on the argument made by all the fantasy geeks who, for years, have chattered about how Brady’s numbers are undersized by Manning’s.
About the author
Chuck Berkley is a true fan and sports writer providing NFL reviews in the sports betting industry. Feel free to reprint this article in its whole on your site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not modify any of the content.
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