Tom Brady isn't the GOAT (3 Viewers)

What I find kind of interesting is that there really isn't a clear GOAT QB or NFLer overall like there is in other sports. Manning had intelligence, Marino had his arm, Montana had his magic, Brady had his breadth of career, etc. But I don't think there is a clear GOAT.
 
What I find kind of interesting is that there really isn't a clear GOAT QB or NFLer overall like there is in other sports. Manning had intelligence, Marino had his arm, Montana had his magic, Brady had his breadth of career, etc. But I don't think there is a clear GOAT.
As someone else mentioned, I think that's a product of just how much of a team game the NFL really is compared to some sports, such as basketball for example, where a single player can have a much larger impact on the game.
 
How long do we have to wait before we can put Mahomes at the top
He's already at the tippy tippy top of my most frustrating quarterbacks to play against list. All his 2 yard swing passes that are taken to the house notwithstanding, the kid is magical at extending plays. His line and receivers are amazing at stretching out plays with him, it's horribly annoying to watch them move in concert.

Going to be a hard one to argue though, people are going to mention that he was placed in the most friendly QB situation possible.
 
He's already at the tippy tippy top of my most frustrating quarterbacks to play against list. All his 2 yard swing passes that are taken to the house notwithstanding, the kid is magical at extending plays. His line and receivers are amazing at stretching out plays with him, it's horribly annoying to watch them move in concert.

Going to be a hard one to argue though, people are going to mention that he was placed in the most friendly QB situation possible.
Yeah Mahomes is great (and he seems to be a great overall person too :tup: ) but man that offense is stacked. KC should be in the starts of a nice little dynasty over there with all that talent everywhere.
 
How can you possibly have them equal?

Manning 7x 1st team all pro
Brady 3x, one of which was ridiculous

Manning 5x MVP
Brady 3x MVP (including the 2018 WTF??? MVP where he wasn't even a top 5 QB that season in any category, but got the award because, hey, Tom Brady! And one of his other MVPs probably should have gone to the guy he was throwing to, Randy Moss)

Manning best QB rating in the league 6x
Brady 2x (once with Randy Moss catching balls in his prime)

Manning had a higher completion % than Brady pretty much every year, and more passing yards, and more TDs almost every year as well.

There's really only one argument for Brady being better, which is rings. And he didn't get those by himself. If he leads Tampa Bay to a super bowl ring this season, then maybe I'll need to reevaluate my position. But so far, every data point there is says Manning isn't just better, he was a lot better. Look at Indy games without Manning and Pats games without Brady.

A few years back, I built some multilevel models, and Brady added about 0.5 wins to the Patriots win expectations. Manning was worth over 2 wins to the Colts.
I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but you definitely have something against Tom. You never once mentioned how Tom most of his career had zero stability on offense in terms of receivers but the two years he got to throw to Moss you make a blatant point to emphasize it. No, Moss did not deserve MVP, Brady did. Moss broke the TD record because of Tom, otherwise he'd have done it every other year of his career. Also Manning had Marvin Harrison for his whole career when he played for the Colts. When he went to Denver he had Emmanuel Sanders and Demaryius Thomas in their prime. If your going to throw shade on one guy, do it to the other too. Keep your argument objective at least.
 
Yeah Mahomes is great (and he seems to be a great overall person too :tup: ) but man that offense is stacked. KC should be in the starts of a nice little dynasty over there with all that talent everywhere.
Andy Reid is also a top coach and needs to be in that conversation.
 
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Yeah Mahomes is great (and he seems to be a great overall person too :tup: ) but man that offense is stacked. KC should be in the starts of a nice little dynasty over there with all that talent everywhere.
Andy Reid is also a top coach and needs to be in that conversation.
It’s probably a HoF coach, tight end, QB, and receiver playing together. For running backs they just throw in the flavor of the week or top picks, Jamaal Charles, Shady McCoy, Kareem Hunt, Le’Veon Bell, whoever :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
 
Also, the importance of an offensive line is difficult to exaggerate, and Brady was almost always behind one of the best offensive lines in the league every year.

I remember when Shaun Alexander broke the NFL record for rushing TDs in a season and won the MVP along with it. In the off season, the Seahawks traded away two all pro offensive linemen, then the next season Alexander was so bad that they literally cut him afterward. Lol.

Could you imagine Tom Brady throwing behind any of the Seahawk's offensive lines in the Russell Wilson era? Lol. He would

Yeah Mahomes is great (and he seems to be a great overall person too :tup: ) but man that offense is stacked. KC should be in the starts of a nice little dynasty over there with all that talent everywhere.
They have stupid talent at every position of offense. Mahomes is incredible, but if people want to argue that TB12 is only good because of New England, than im just going to make the argument that Mahomes is only good because he has a stacked Oline, insane receivers, a league best TE, and a top 3 head coach.
 
They have stupid talent at every position of offense. Mahomes is incredible, but if people want to argue that TB12 is only good because of New England, than im just going to make the argument that Mahomes is only good because he has a stacked Oline, insane receivers, a league best TE, and a top 3 head coach.
I think if I played a whole season as the chiefs QB, we'd prob win at least one game.

Granted I can't throw a football 5 yards and if I got hit once I'd probably be in critical condition at the hospital, but we'd win one.
 
I think if I played a whole season as the chiefs QB, we'd prob win at least one game.

Granted I can't throw a football 5 yards and if I got hit once I'd probably be in critical condition at the hospital, but we'd win one.
I give you a win and a tie!
 
I'm trying to give you the benefit of the doubt but you definitely have something against Tom. You never once mentioned how Tom most of his career had zero stability on offense in terms of receivers but the two years he got to throw to Moss you make a blatant point to emphasize it. No, Moss did not deserve MVP, Brady did. Moss broke the TD record because of Tom, otherwise he'd have done it every other year of his career. Also Manning had Marvin Harrison for his whole career when he played for the Colts. When he went to Denver he had Emmanuel Sanders and Demaryius Thomas in their prime. If your going to throw shade on one guy, do it to the other too. Keep your argument objective at least.

One could argue that Demaryius T and Emmanuel S were in their primes because of Peyton.
 
Here are the years Demaryius played with Peyton. Not sure he would have had these same stats playing with a replacement level QB, but I assume that’s what you think given the laugh emoji.

edit: and that 4th year Peyton only played 10 games
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Here are the years Demaryius played with Peyton. Not sure he would have had these same stats playing with a replacement level QB, but I assume that’s what you think given the laugh emoji.

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I just think that Manning had talented receivers. He also had Eric Decker and Wes Welker in 2013. The receiver has to run the routes and get open, ball has to be in the right area. A good QB helps make good players great, I can agree with that. But Demaryius was talented regardless. Sanders too. Im not saying these stats are possible with some third stringer.
 
You brought up Kareem. Who is your GOAT in basketball?
 
It's about winning games and championships. TB is the GOAT in that category.

Fans care about stats, players & coaches care about winning. How many of the players would trade everything to win a Super Bowl? Think Lamar would give up his MVP for a playoff win? I bet he would. Winning really is the only thing that matters.

Give TB the ball with one drive to win, and more often than not, he gets it done. Give it to Manning and it's getting picked (and dear God, you better hope it's not raining or snowing!!).

TB won with great Defenses and terrible Offenses. Great Offenses and terrible Defenses. A great running game, and no running game. Deep ball and short ball. He just wins...and in football, that is all that really matters.

Don't even talk about fantasy ranking having an impact. It's absolutely irrelevant.
 
He'd have to pick LeBron right? Based on being the only one in the conversation who won regardless of system, coach, 2nd and 3rd best player, team, etc.

The ultimate team foundational piece that can win regardless of circumstance.
That’s my thinking, and that’s what I’m trying to deduce. What’s the underlying line of thinking on his GOAT analysis.
 
It's about winning games and championships. TB is the GOAT in that category.

Fans care about stats, players & coaches care about winning. How many of the players would trade everything to win a Super Bowl? Think Lamar would give up his MVP for a playoff win? I bet he would. Winning really is the only thing that matters.

Give TB the ball with one drive to win, and more often than not, he gets it done. Give it to Manning and it's getting picked (and dear God, you better hope it's not raining or snowing!!).

TB won with great Defenses and terrible Offenses. Great Offenses and terrible Defenses. A great running game, and no running game. Deep ball and short ball. He just wins...and in football, that is all that really matters.

Don't even talk about fantasy ranking having an impact. It's absolutely irrelevant.
Is that how you decide who the best punter is too...how many championships? Best center? Best nose tackle?

The QB does have measurable leverage, but you simply cannot ignore the team aspect.

And good QBs make those around them seem better, because they use the offense better. The receivers seem more open because the ball is timed better in the route. The line seems better because the mobile QB forces the pass rush to be a little more conservative. I’m not convinced KC’s offense is as stacked as y’all think it is, look at what’s going on at RB.
 
Here's a cool statistic. In Tom Brady's 18 seasons as Patriots starting QB, he led his team to 13 Conference Championship games, and 9 Superbowls.
 
It's so cute seeing the Brady Boys remembering the "good ole days" already. Bellicheat shoulda left when Brady broke up the band and let Joshy Boy fall on that grenade.
 
Tom Brady doesn't even crack my top 3 QBs of all time list, maybe not even my top 5. No, I'm not joking.

If you think Tom Brady is the greatest of all time, then you better also be ready to defend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the greatest basketball player of all time (and Jabbar has a better argument as the basketball GOAT than Brady has in football IMO).

Bring out the pitch forks...

If this is the basis for your argument, why Kareem and not Bill Russell?
 

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