Monday, February 07, 2005
Reality Check: Ok people, let's step back and think for a second...
Fact: Tom Brady is a very good quarterback. He has won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
Fact: Brady has never lost a playoff game as a starter. That is an impressive record.
Fact: Brady plays well in big games. A sign of a quality player.
Fact: Tom Brady is NOT a Hall-of-Famer right now. He has played in the league four years. Terrell Davis is questionable for the Hall of Fame after rushing for nearly 10,000 yards and winning two Super Bowls, but having his career cut short by injury. How can anyone say Brady is worthy already when he is 27 years old?
Fact: Tom Brady is NOT the greatest big-game quarterback of all-time. I don't believe some of my collegues in the sports media actually considered this. I can give several names without thinking more than a few seconds of quarterbacks that are CLEARLY better than Brady: Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, John Ellway, John Unitas, Bart Starr. Brady still has a long way to go to move up that list.
Fact: The New England Patriots are a very good team and they have proven it over the last four years. But they are not as good as the Steelers of the 1970s or the 49ers of the 1980s. Those are two dynasties... I think it is safe to say the 85 Bears, the 1992 Redskins, the Cowboys of the 1990s, and the 1999 Broncos would have beaten the brilliant Tom Brady and his Patriots.
We just keep moving the "great" Patriots down the list of great teams. Keep some perspective. The Patriots are a good team thriving in an NFL that is wrought with parody. They play a team game in a league that stresses individual stars. And they won three Super Bowls against teams that clearly were not playing at the level they were playing. Does that mean they are one of the greatest teams of all time? I don't think so.
If you want to call the Pats a dynasty -- they are a "lesser" dynasty. But the rings still will end up on their fingers later this year.
Fact: Tom Brady is a very good quarterback. He has won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
Fact: Brady has never lost a playoff game as a starter. That is an impressive record.
Fact: Brady plays well in big games. A sign of a quality player.
Fact: Tom Brady is NOT a Hall-of-Famer right now. He has played in the league four years. Terrell Davis is questionable for the Hall of Fame after rushing for nearly 10,000 yards and winning two Super Bowls, but having his career cut short by injury. How can anyone say Brady is worthy already when he is 27 years old?
Fact: Tom Brady is NOT the greatest big-game quarterback of all-time. I don't believe some of my collegues in the sports media actually considered this. I can give several names without thinking more than a few seconds of quarterbacks that are CLEARLY better than Brady: Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, John Ellway, John Unitas, Bart Starr. Brady still has a long way to go to move up that list.
Fact: The New England Patriots are a very good team and they have proven it over the last four years. But they are not as good as the Steelers of the 1970s or the 49ers of the 1980s. Those are two dynasties... I think it is safe to say the 85 Bears, the 1992 Redskins, the Cowboys of the 1990s, and the 1999 Broncos would have beaten the brilliant Tom Brady and his Patriots.
We just keep moving the "great" Patriots down the list of great teams. Keep some perspective. The Patriots are a good team thriving in an NFL that is wrought with parody. They play a team game in a league that stresses individual stars. And they won three Super Bowls against teams that clearly were not playing at the level they were playing. Does that mean they are one of the greatest teams of all time? I don't think so.
If you want to call the Pats a dynasty -- they are a "lesser" dynasty. But the rings still will end up on their fingers later this year.
Comments:
dan marino & jim kelly NO SB rings are in the HOF & Tom Brady with 3 rings & 2 SB MVPs dosent qualify ???
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