RoshawnMarkwees
Assimilationist
Obviously those times were nonexistent because he’s avoided injury.Sigh...I was referring to the times when New England's offensive line was NOT good! If you give Tom Brady time to look over a defense you might as well call the game under a mercy rule because he's going to tear you a new one!Nobody touched him. That clearly demonstrates LOS superiority.Yet Brady DID win without line of scrimmage superiority? That contention of yours simply proves how great Brady has been!No, you can’t win without LOS superiority.My reply to that contention is that Brady won even when his offensive line wasn't good. He got the ball out fast so that his linemen didn't get exposed.Football requires the best GM’s. One player can’t have the same impact as in basketball. Ask Archie Manning and conversely Larry Bird and Indiana St. An NFL QB can have too much influence thanks to the rules but if he doesn’t get the necessary protection, forget it.Talk to his OL coaches. Ask his defensive coordinators. That game I saw last Sunday was won by the TB secondary. Ask his GM’s.He’s good at seven-on-seven.The greatest athlete ever.
Even some of the greatests of all time don't compare to him.
A legend above all of them.
Tom Brady solidifies himself as one of the best athletes in history
The GOAT in football. After this past Super Bowl he is one of the greatest athletes in all sports.
That argument doesn't fly. He plays by the rules of his time period. If it's so easy now as you imply then why is he the only QB since Troy Aikman in the early 90's that has won more than 2 Super Bowls? Brady not only won more than 2, he won 7. Even 1st ballot Hall Of Famers Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees only won 1 Super Bowl so far. Peyton Manning won 2. Tom Brady has far outplayed all his peers in his time period. The rule changes are irrelevant. Brady was the football GOAT before the Super Bowl, but moving to a losing organization that hasn't made the playoff since 2007 and winning a Super Bowl by crushing KC put him in the conversation outside of football as one of the greatest athletes along with MJ, Phelps, Ali, Ruth, Gretzky, etc just as the OP's article states.
And Jordan doesn't win without Pippen, Rodman, etc. With the exception of Phelps and Ali, these guys all play team sports. But often in team sports it's that one great athlete that puts the team over the top.
Jordan, Phelps, Ali, Ruth, Gretzky and now Brady.
No one ever touched Brady.
The NFL’s GOAT would be Bobby Beathard.
It comes down to player superiority and in a sport with a draft system it depends upon the best GM. Four teams, Super Bowls with all four.