Give me Brady or give me Death
Go right ahead and think about, who is the best big game quarterback of all time?…….Hmm! Don’t hesitate to dig deep in your brain to come up with the ultimate name. If you were in a position where your life depended on the outcome of one football game, who would you choose? Okay, okay, I admit, the whole life dependency thing is a bit over the top, but for the sake of discussion, I dare you to choose someone other than the New England Patriots clutch field general, Tom Brady.
2005 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year
For those of you who hate comparing athletes from different eras, you don’t have to worry about getting caught up in making this comparison because there simply isn’t one. For the sake of argument, imagine if someone has a gun to your head or a knife to your throat. Imagine if you were told your life depends on the outcome of one football game. The entire roster of your team was already chosen, of which you didn’t recognize any names. You are being told that you can choose your quarterback from any quarterback in the history of the game, during their prime. Who would you choose?
To choose any other quarterback in history would be playing some serious roulette, in my opinion. Allow the Big Man to break this down! Before choosing the Montanas, Marinos, Elways, and Bradshaws of history, ask yourself if your choice has a record equal to or better than 12-1 in post season play. If you throw out the regular season stats, of which Brady is fast becoming the best in many categories, the overtime games and play off games alone will tell you everything. Tom Brady is the only quarterback in NFL history to start and win three Super Bowls before his 28th birthday, having quarterbacked the Patriots to victories in Super Bowl XXXVI when he was 24 years old, Super Bowl XXXVIII (26) and Super Bowl XXXIX (27). Brady is only the fourth quarterback in NFL history to lead his team to three or more Super Bowl wins, joining Terry Bradshaw (4), Joe Montana (4) and Troy Aikman (3). Keep in mind that Tom Brady is the first and only to accomplish this during our wild and wacky free agent era. To not know what this means is an admission that you would be playing with your life at the end of a gun barrel.
Terry Bradshaw threw to two Hall of Fame wide outs ( Swann & Stallworth ), Montana threw to the very best wide out in history ( Rice ) and all Aikman had was a future Hall of Fame wide out ( Irvin ) and oh yeah!, some guy by the name of Emmit Smith. Tom Brady’s receivers on the other hand, are people many of us can’t even remember. Many of these guys will be working at Krispy Kreme or selling lumber at Home Depot after their football days are over. Now, if this is not enough to convince you that Brady should be your choice, here’s more…..Brady has a 28-5 record in games where the final margin was less than a touchdown, including a 6-0 playoff record and a 3-0 Super Bowl record in such games. Brady is the NFL all-time leader in overtime wins without a defeat, recording a perfect 7-0 mark in overtime in his career. Terry Bradshaw is the only other quarterback to be undefeated in at least five overtime games, posting a 5-0 record. Brady has orchestrated 17 game-winning drives to break a tie or take the lead in the fourth quarter or overtime. Five of Mr. Brady’s game-winning efforts have come in the postseason, where he has played in nine games. Tom has led a game-winning drive in each of the Patriots’ three Super Bowl victories. Is all this talk about Mr. Brady making you puke? Just imagine how I feel! My favorite all time quarterback is a certain guy who wore the number eight for twelve years and a recognizable star on his helmet. Actually, to be honest, I can’t stand the New England Patriots, but I was always taught to recognize greatness when I see it. Lets face it, Brady’s greatness is a painful admission.
I ask all the Tom Brady and New England Patriot haters out there to recognize that we are watching the best big game quarterback of all time. If this comment draws banter or any hint of disagreement, all I can say is, if he keeps this up, I won’t have to work so hard to convince you. I guess the most beautiful thing about what we are seeing from Tom is that we just may get a chance to see it for 6-8 more years. When Sir Patrick Henry (former Governor of Virginia) spoke to congress and urged them to take up arms in 1775, he said ” Give me liberty or give me death”. For you who has his/her life depending on one quarterback to win one magical game, you better ask the perpetrator to give you Brady or you most certainly will end up dead.
Thats how the Big Man Sees it
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July 3rd, 2007 9:51 pm
One word OVERRATED. To all the Tom Brady lovers sorry but Tom is carried by the system and the team. With the acquisition of Randy Moss and Donte Stallworth Brady will be exposed. It is easy to spread the ball around and manage a game with a group of no name recievers. Can he do it with the big names in the skilled positions. He does have on of the best coached lines and top rated defenses(that never seemed to be mentioned when talking about the Patriots Super Bowls). Last year when the Patriots where getting eliminated from the playoffs I saw Brady not look poised and all magical. Brady is now caught up in his own stardom. Brady is good but all time greatest give me a break. Just to change the subject and make a point. In the NBA Tim Duncan has just won his fourth ring only a few people are daring to call him the best power forward ever. But golden boy Brady that seems to have all day in the pocket to make decision and a defense that actually get better the deeper the get into the playoffs.
July 3rd, 2007 9:56 pm
I believe the system is the reason for all the sucess. Brady is a good fit for that system. Not unlike the 49ers in the 80’s at first everyone was saying how Joe Montana was the greatest QB ever then when he moved on Steve Young stepped in won a superbowl and put up better numbers. And then finally even Jeff Garcia came in and was putting up the same kinda of numbers only difference there was defense was gone by then as well as many of those other special players. I am just trying to make some points but Brady is good but best ever no way best in the league right now Peyton Manning. Period