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Tom Brady: the all-time best NIL Quarterback?

Brady Stark
Team Member

he New England Patriots captured their

4th Super Bowl in the last 14 years with
a 28-24 win over the Seattle Seahawks. Tom
Brady managed to smash a couple of records
in the game as well. Not only does Brady
now have the record for most completions
in a Super Bowl game, but now has the
distinctions of having thrown the most
touchdowns, and tying Joe Montana for the
most MVP trophies in the championship
game as well.

Despite all these accomplishments and the
records that he has broken over his career,
he is still not seen as the best of all-time.
The two other candidates for this distinction
are Joe Montana of the San Francisco

49ers and Peyton Manning of the Denver
Broncos. We are going to break down the
careers of these three living legends to
determine who is truly an NFL football god.

Peyton Manning

There are going to be Bronco and Colts fans
who are going to be screaming in outrage
that Peyton gets the bronze medal position in
this debate, but actions have spoken louder
than words in his 17+ year career. Manning
holds records for most yards (69, 693), most
touchdown passes (530), and most TD’s in

a single season (55), just to name a few. His
QB rating of 97.0 is a regular season mark
that may never be touched, even by the

likes of Brady. He has captured the NFL's
greatest prize winning the Superbowl in 2007
when he was a member of the Indianapolis
Colts; also being named the bowl MVP.

Ironically, the Super Bowl is also where
Manning’s legacy falls short. Despite
playing on the grandest football stage

of them all, critics and media alike will
forever criticize his inability to get the job
done when it counts the most. Even his
little brother Eli has managed double the
feat in half the time, winning with the NY

Giants in 2008 and 2012. Manning managed
to get to the Super Bowl last year, only to
get embarrassed by a sophomore QB and
the Legion of Boom. For his lack of post-
season success, Manning will forever be
remembered as the greatest regular season
QB, but only the third best of all-time.

Joe Montana

Joe Montana will forever be the greatest
player to dawn the red, white, and gold jersey
of the San Francisco 49ers. During his career,
spanning from 1979-1994, Montana had no
equal at the QB position. He threw for over
34,000 yards and amassed one of the best
career ratings of all-time (92.3). Although
Montana’s stats are below Mannings,

he is still ranked higher in my books.

The proof is in the post-season. Where
Manning failed most of the time, Montana
was at his very best. Not only did Joe
Montana get to more Super Bowls than
Manning (4-1), incredibly, Montana
won every single championship

game he was in. Montana still
holds many post-season
records that Tom Brady hasn’t
broken and might never
break. Going 4-0 in the
biggest game in football
and capturing the MVP
award three of those
four times catapults
him into second on

the all-time list.

Tom Brady:

Is there anything

Tom Brady can’t do
when it comes to

the NFL? Originally
taken in the 6th

round of the 2000 NFL
entry draft, Brady will
forever be known as

the greatest draft choice
in the history of sports.

Add his Super Bowl 2015 records to his 6
AFC Championships and the numerous
records that are under his name, it shouldn’t
be a doubt in anyone’s mind that he is the
best. Brady also gets the job done in the
regular season with a 95 QB rating witha
revolving door of receivers that Brady needs
to get within a very short period of time.

Because of the salary cap that is in place in
the NFL, top end receivers are hard to keep.
Joe Montana had the luxury of being able to
connect with his core of receivers
for the majority of his stint

with the 49ers, thus
making life a

little easier.
Brady

still

has a couple more years to catch and
overtake a lot of the regular season
records held by Peyton Manning and if
he keeps working under the watchful eye
of father figure Bill Bellichick, there is no
reason why he can’t grab those records,
as well as another Super Bowl ring. Tom
Brady is the best of all-time because he
can get the job done at all times in the
NFL season regardless of the pressure.