Joe T
Footballguy
Think the answer is cut and dry? Think again.
Tom Brady is a great QB and in the group of best of all-time, but is he solidly in the top 5? If you look at NFL MVPs, he is behind Manning (5), Unitas (3), and Favre (3), and tied with Steve Young (2), Kurt Warner (2), Aaron Rodgers (2), and Joe Montana (2). In that group alone, he is probably 7th or 8th and that group does not include the likes of Marino, Elway, Bradshaw, Brees and others.
In all-time passing yards, Brady is 5th behind Manning, Favre, Marino, and Brees. In touchdown passes, Brady is again behind Manning and Favre and tied with Brees. If you went on career passer rating, Brady would be 6th behind Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Romo, Steve Young, and Peyton Manning. Statistically speaking, Brady is not solidly in the top 5.
Then comes the question of playing for the Patriots who have been found guilty of cheating by the NFL twice. This tarnishes most of the team accomplishments that Brady has been part of as a Patriot. Given a level playing field, there is no way to know how many games he would have won. So you really have to throw out most of the wins and losses because the results are really unknown. And the other quarterbacks in the discussion didn't have the ill-gained advantages that Tom did on the field of play.
I think he is a borderline top 5 QB of all-time, but the cheating has me leaning toward pushing him to 6th or 7th on the all-time list.
Tom Brady is a great QB and in the group of best of all-time, but is he solidly in the top 5? If you look at NFL MVPs, he is behind Manning (5), Unitas (3), and Favre (3), and tied with Steve Young (2), Kurt Warner (2), Aaron Rodgers (2), and Joe Montana (2). In that group alone, he is probably 7th or 8th and that group does not include the likes of Marino, Elway, Bradshaw, Brees and others.
In all-time passing yards, Brady is 5th behind Manning, Favre, Marino, and Brees. In touchdown passes, Brady is again behind Manning and Favre and tied with Brees. If you went on career passer rating, Brady would be 6th behind Rodgers, Russell Wilson, Romo, Steve Young, and Peyton Manning. Statistically speaking, Brady is not solidly in the top 5.
Then comes the question of playing for the Patriots who have been found guilty of cheating by the NFL twice. This tarnishes most of the team accomplishments that Brady has been part of as a Patriot. Given a level playing field, there is no way to know how many games he would have won. So you really have to throw out most of the wins and losses because the results are really unknown. And the other quarterbacks in the discussion didn't have the ill-gained advantages that Tom did on the field of play.
I think he is a borderline top 5 QB of all-time, but the cheating has me leaning toward pushing him to 6th or 7th on the all-time list.