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You think he's up there with Stan Papi?Last night Brady sealed his place with Boston greats like Orr, Bird, Papi.
brady stand on the top of the mountain. above russell. above anyone. this is a non salary cap era, folks.
Nobody stands above Russell. 9 championships in 11 years, in a sport where only 5 guys play at once.
However, if you want to put Belichick over Auerbach, then salary caps and free agency are more persuasive arguments. Also, the sport with larger teams is the one that's harder to GM in a consistently superior way.
I think I'm going to say this a lot in the coming years about Brady. He was spectacular in the 4th quarter last night. But the fact is that Brady has been very good in EVERY 4th quarter of every superbowl he's every been in, INCLUDING the 2 he was on the losing side. Brady had a 4th quarter come from behind TD in both those loses they always seem to get lost in the narrative that wants to pin those losses on him
Last night Brady sealed his place with Boston greats like Orr, Bird, Papi.
Exactly. How anyone did not know this is not paying attention.Brady sealed that above a decade ago.
Exactly. How anyone did not know this is not paying attention.
TB is on the Mt Rushmore of Boston Athletes. The big 4 are Russell, Orr, TB, Williams.
1. Russell is the greatest team athlete ever (11 world championships, 9 in a row, against Chamberlain blah blah) with Ruth right behind him - Gretzky, Jordan, Ali etc...
2. Orr is the greatest to 3rd best hockey player to ever play depending on who you ask. He completely revolutionized the game.
3. I think TB has earned the number 3 spot at this point. We know the accolades and the salary cap era stuff. He is still playing at an elite level. Will he be able to catch Orr who changed the game? Not sure but I think if he gets ring 5 he does. You can make an argument he passes Orr now because of the championships. But as an athlete Orr had no peers, he was that much better than his counterparts. Brady has been the best QB or in the top 3 his whole career, but that margin has not been as wide.
4. Williams. Greatest hitter who ever played the game. If he had not taken off 5 of his prime years to defend our country who knows what kind of stats he could have put up.
I think that's all a good breakdown.
The thing is, I'm not even sure it makes sense to compare Russell to Brady given how disparate those two leagues were at the two points in time we are comparing. We might as well start comparing Brady to whoever the best Gladiator in Rome was 2000 years ago - the comparison no longer means anything. Both Russell and Brady were/are pretty amazing.
Nobody stands above Russell. 9 championships in 11 years, in a sport where only 5 guys play at once.
However, if you want to put Belichick over Auerbach, then salary caps and free agency are more persuasive arguments. Also, the sport with larger teams is the one that's harder to GM in a consistently superior way.
The NBA in that time had like 14 teams and the celtics were stacked beyond belief. It's not even in the same ball park as far as difficulty. The spurs championships are more impressive than the early celtics imo.
He cemented himself a long time ago for me. Notice, all of Brady's SB mistakes come in the first half or early in the second. He's money when it's money time. He has had his team in position to win every SB they've played. I'm thankful we ended up being the winners this time. I couldn't have taken another defeat, especially having to swallow another insane catch.Brady lead the team to the lead in the 4th quarter after being tied or behind against:
1. The Rams
2. The Panthers
3. The Giants
4. The Giants
5. The Seahawks
Nobody stands above Russell. 9 championships in 11 years, in a sport where only 5 guys play at once.
However, if you want to put Belichick over Auerbach, then salary caps and free agency are more persuasive arguments. Also, the sport with larger teams is the one that's harder to GM in a consistently superior way.
Brady lead the team to the lead in the 4th quarter after being tied or behind against:
1. The Rams
2. The Panthers
3. The Giants
4. The Giants
5. The Seahawks
Exactly. How anyone did not know this is not paying attention.
TB is on the Mt Rushmore of Boston Athletes. The big 4 are Russell, Orr, TB, Williams.
1. Russell is the greatest team athlete ever (11 world championships, 9 in a row, against Chamberlain blah blah) with Ruth right behind him - Gretzky, Jordan, Ali etc...
2. Orr is the greatest to 3rd best hockey player to ever play depending on who you ask. He completely revolutionized the game.
3. I think TB has earned the number 3 spot at this point. We know the accolades and the salary cap era stuff. He is still playing at an elite level. Will he be able to catch Orr who changed the game? Not sure but I think if he gets ring 5 he does. You can make an argument he passes Orr now because of the championships. But as an athlete Orr had no peers, he was that much better than his counterparts. Brady has been the best QB or in the top 3 his whole career, but that margin has not been as wide.
4. Williams. Greatest hitter who ever played the game. If he had not taken off 5 of his prime years to defend our country who knows what kind of stats he could have put up.
He doesn't pass Orr. Orr did what he did essentially skating on one leg and he was still good enough to play keep away from the other team -by himself-. If he had been healthy, he would have set every record in the book. There's never been another hockey player like Orr.