Is Tom Brady the G.O.A.T?
Dedication. Leadership.Success. These three words describe all most all of the greats in all sports. Tom Brady possesses all of these traits, he leads the New England Patriots time and time again to winning seasons and super bowls. Tom only played in one game his rookie season, however in training camp he put in the work to go from fourth string to back up the star quarterback at the time Drew Bledsoe. However in the beginning of the 2001 season In a game against the Jets Bledsoe went down with and injury. This event was probably the best thing to happen to pat’s fans. At that time no one knew how vitaly Brady would become. Over the 17 seasons Brady has had up but also downs, what remains consistent is his achievements,stunning
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Brady has five Super bowl victories and seven appearances(XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLII, XLVI, XLIX, LI). Furthermore Brady was the youngest play to lead a team to a Super Bowl victory. However two years later in 2003 he won the super bowl after a 2-2 start, then again in 2004 he won the big game again. By doing so Brady made the patriots not only a dynasty, but the only team since John Elway and the broncos to repeat super bowl victories. No other team since 2004 has been able to repeat Super bowl victories.Again in 2007 Brady lead the Patriots to a 16-0 regular season record, the last team to go undefeated in the regular season was the 1972 Dolphins.In the 2007 season Brady won the NFL MVP for his undefeated season. Unfortunately they lost in the super bowl to the New York Giants. Brady’s most recent season started with controversy and ended in history, in Super 51 at the half Bardy and the Patriots were down 28-3. The Patriots went on a 25 unanswered points to force OT, in overtime Brady remained calm and lead his Patriots down the field to score and win the …show more content…
In every season as a starter Brady has had more 3,000 yards with no more than 13 interceptions and no less than 25 touchdowns. However in 2008 Brady played only one game due to an knee injury in week one ending his season. In his career Brady has attempted 8,244 passes connecting on 5,244, he has thrown 61,582 yards. Making him fourth on the all-time passer yards list. Although Brady is only the fourth two out of the three people are retired players and the one other person has slowed down their passing yards. In addition Brady has shown no signs of slowing down in his passing yards, touchdowns, and keeping his interceptions low. Even though the Tom Brady has the numbers and rings to prove he is the G.O.A.T but some people say he still isn’t the G.O.A.T.
Tom Brady’s predecessors Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, and Joe Montana all have cases as to why they are the GOAT but Brady has multiple stats over all three of them. First of all Brady has the most career wins out of any QB in NFL history. Secondly Brady has the most Super Bowl wins as a quarterback and tied for the most of any player. For example Manning has two rings, Favre has one ring, and Montana has four rings. While Brett Favre and Peyton Manning have more yards and touchdowns, Brady has a better passer rating with less interceptions. Montana has less touchdowns less yards and lower passer