Tom terrific

[nightrain]

That's the GOAT! There is no substitute. Wouldn't be surprised to see him and Belichick face off in the SB.

 

[JoeKing]

Enough with the Tom terrific butt kissing. He's a cheater that got caught and that should forever tarnish his brand.

 

[Hoofbite]

Enough with the Tom terrific butt kissing. He's a cheater that got caught and that should forever tarnish his brand.

It won't because nobody cares about a ball's PSI.

 

[JoeKing]

It won't because nobody cares about a ball's PSI.

Nobody appointed you the spokesperson for "everyone" so stop exaggerating and just speak for yourself... you don't care about a ball's PSI.

 

[Hoofbite]

Nobody appointed you the spokesperson for "everyone" so stop exaggerating and just speak for yourself... you don't care about a ball's PSI.

I appointed myself

 

[JoeKing]

I appointed myself

Denied! You don't speak for me.

 

[RaZon]

That's the GOAT! There is no substitute. Wouldn't be surprised to see him and Belichick face off in the SB.

I totally agree, he is without question the best QB to ever play the game, and the numbers he will end up with will never be broken.

Who wins a SB for two different teams, yep,,,Tom Terrific.

 

[RaZon]

What gets me about Brady is he might be the worst athlete to ever play QB, the guy is not a great athlete. Yet to do what he does with a football in hand is amazing, kinda weird actually.

 

[Diehardblues]

He was basically handing the ball off. Players now could do that as well. Peyton Manning could have played until he was 50 handing the ball off and throwing short passes. The marvel of Brady is a combo of his age and the fact his physical ability to throw the ball have not diminished.

I wouldn’t say Blanda was just handing the ball off. He made some miraculous comebacks throwing for the Raiders. And kicking as well. All into his 40’s. But he wasn’t a starter every year.

With Salary Cap and big wages teams aren’t going to keep these cagy veterans around any longer . Teams this era would never have kept George on.

 

[DoctorChicken]

The efforts people will go to to discredit and dislike Tom Brady is astounding to me. He's one of the most dominant competitors in organized sports history. People will be talking about Brady long, long after he's died.

 

[Diehardblues]

You haven't explained the anomoly of Brady at all. Where are the other 45 year old QBs leading the league in just about every passing stat and winning super bowls? He's not lingering like Blanda. Trying to conjecture about what Brady would do in the 1960's is just silliness. You can't compare one era of the NFL to another.

I agree. I wasn’t trying to make a comparison with Blanda. But the point was a QB( and kicker) playing well into their 40’s (48) in that era. And only reason I brought it up.

And without a Cap we’d see teams hang on to older veterans ( especially QB) on the bench. It provided them depth.

And several kickers played into their 40’s as well. But no one as a full time starter like Tommy.

 

[Diehardblues]

The efforts people will go to to discredit and dislike Tom Brady is astounding to me. He's one of the most dominant competitors in organized sports history. People will be talking about Brady long, long after he's died.

It’s typical of this generation of fans and social media.

Back in my day most of my favorite players to watch weren’t always on my team. And I didn’t hop on their teams wagon either. I just wanted to watch the greatest play.

To this day the Cowboys game is not always the game I look most forward to watching every week depending on who we’re playing and how we’re doing.

Going to be tough to beat last nights game in LA for a better game this weekend for example. What a game. Two of the best young QB’s in the league were very entertaining.

 

[FloridaRob]

He's easily the best QB to ever play, and I doubt there will be another who comes close. I don't care what circumstances he had, he still had to win and he did.

I just don't agree with that. He is the most accomplished and the most blessed to have great teams around him. Top ten yes, But best ever? Not in my eyes.

 

[Diehardblues]

I just don't agree with that. He is the most accomplished and the most blessed to have great teams around him. Top ten yes, But best ever? Not in my eyes.

History will look at his career yards, TD’s, playoff wins and championships much like it does everyone.

The rest is mere personal choice or preference which has no bearing on history or it’s measurement . Denying Brady’s status is denying history.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

Show me one single incident where a player said he was retiring back then because he wanted to make more money doing something else.

Cliff Harris left in the prime of his career to go into the oil business, and that is something he's said often.

That's just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are others, but it's something that might be hard to research, some of those players probably didn't want to admit they were out for the money...

 

[RaZon]

Being this is a Cowboys site it stands to reason everything evolves around our Cowboys and that is to be understood. So anytime a non Cowboy player is talked about it will be a...GRRRRRR. Yep, as it should be actually and totally understood.

Our Cowboys have had as strong a gang of QB's as we have seen....

Meredith
Staubach
Aikman
Romo
Dak

.....only the Niners compare.

But.....no QB anywhere compares to Tom Brady he is like Jerry Rice, Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, THE GOAT.,,,,and there is no debate, no argument no doubt.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

History will look at his career yards, TD’s, playoff wins and championships much like it does everyone.

The rest is mere personal choice or preference which has no bearing on history or it’s measurement . Denying Brady’s status is denying history.

The fact is that he was the quarterback on teams that won seven SBs. That in final analysis is what makes him the "greatest" quarterback of all time, as most people if they wonder who was the best ever will simply look up stats, and with nearly double the SB wins of the next quarterbacks, the answer appears obvious.

Of course he also lost 3 SBs, whereas Bradshaw and Montana won all 4 they played in, so in that sense those two guys are the best ever.

Many ways to look at it. And that's also ignoring things like Atlanta botching a huge lead in one SB, the catch off the receiver's foot in another one (or playoff game, I forget which). Those are things that were totally out of Brady's control but in the end Brady won the game, right? Depends how much analysis you want to go to...

 

[Diehardblues]

Cliff Harris left in the prime of his career to go into the oil business, and that is something he's said often.

That's just off the top of my head, I'm sure there are others, but it's something that might be hard to research, some of those players probably didn't want to admit they were out for the money...

My uncle chose not to even play in the NFL cause the pay was too low to move his wife and baby.

He was offered $10,000 a year and $1,000 signing bonus by Lombardi in Green Bay in 1961.

 

[Diehardblues]

The fact is that he was the quarterback on teams that won seven SBs. That in final analysis is what makes him the "greatest" quarterback of all time, as most people if they wonder who was the best ever will simply look up stats, and with nearly double the SB wins of the next quarterbacks, the answer appears obvious.

Of course he also lost 3 SBs, whereas Bradshaw and Montana won all 4 they played in, so in that sense those two guys are the best ever.

Many ways to look at it. And that's also ignoring things like Atlanta botching a huge lead in one SB, the catch off the receiver's foot in another one (or playoff game, I forget which). Those are things that were totally out of Brady's control but in the end Brady won the game, right? Depends how much analysis you want to go to...

I think it’s much more than just being in 10 Super Bowls winning 7.

It’s not like he was a bus driver. His production and talent was a big part of the Pats success.

You’re never out of a game with Brady. Always had the capability of coming back. No other QB I’d rather have with 2 minutes left. Mr Clutch or as I have called him, Money.

And I’d put him up there with Montana, Unitas, Staubach. You name it.

 

[LACowboysFan1]

My uncle chose not to even play in the NFL cause the pay was too low to move his family.

He was offered $10,000 a year and $1,000 signing bonus by Lombardi in Green Bay in 1961.

$10,000 a year in 1961 was a darn good salary. $1 in 1961 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $9.13 in 2021. So he couldn't afford to work for $91,300 in today's money? The average individual income in America in 2021 was $63,214.03, so $91,300 is much higher than average.

Not saying your uncle didn't want more money, but what he was offered was plenty of money to move his family...