Absolutely not. Not even top 5. Brady is overrated. (Not terribly overrated, he's obviously not a bad quarterback or anything) Brady benefits greatly from the offensive style of his team (both in terms of general mentality and play-calling), his offensive line, and his receivers. He's not a scrambler and is horrible out of the pocket, he's not the most accurate QB, he's not the smartest QB, so what is he? He's cocksure and poised, that's the area in which he excels the most, but if that's the sole arbiter of quality QBing then Joe Namath is the greatest ever. And Brady's not even all that poised when the D's getting good pressure on him. If he hadn't lucked out with awesome inside receiver after awesome inside receiver, there wouldn't be even a hint of a suggestion that he's the greatest. I think # of SB rings is an overinflated stat for all-time QB ranking. I don't even think Brady's the best of the modern QB's, perhaps not even in the top 3 or even in the top 5 now that I think of it. It's also growing more and more unfair to compare a modern QB with any QB of the past because of the way the NFL has taken it upon itself to coddle all the poor little pussy QBs who can't take a hit, which is duplicitous as all get out because they don't really care at all about the health of the players themselves, it's really just about not wanting to risk injuring the faces of franchises and the faces of the NFL. All about the money. So yeah, sorry about the rant, but it's simply preposterous to hear people talk about ranking Brady #1, just friggin ludicrous, I don't care if he wins 10 rings.Originally Posted by The Captain
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