Jimborama
Creatin' some chaos!!!
Registered: Jan 2002
Location: Richmond, Indiana
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Why does everyone think Tom Brady is so goo?
I can't really understand why everyone thinks that Tom Brady is soooooooooo good. He went to the Super Bowl 2 years ago. Did he lead them TO the Super Bowl? Nope, he picked up after Drew Bledsoe had already gotten them half way there. Does that mean he's a good QB? No it means he took the reins of a team with a stellar no name defense and rode them to the championship. Sound familiar?
To me Tom Brady is much like Trent Dilfer during the Ravens Super Bowl run. He's not spectacular. He's not flashy. He's not great. He's just good. He doesn't make lots of mistakes.
So what kind of a QB is he? He had a QB rating last year of 85.7 which was good enought for 18th overall. He through the 7th most INTs last year among all QBs with 14. And he completed 62% of his passes. Does that sound like the next Joe Montana? How about this year? A rating of 85.9 for 21st overall. A great improvement over last year. Had another 12 INTs.
So lets compare him with other QB's of his statistical equivalancy, and who would that be?
Aaron Brooks through less INT's9(8 vs Brady's 12), more TD's(24 to 23), had a higher rating (88.8 vs Brady's 85.9), through for only 80 yards less overall, 59.1% completion rate(compared to 60.2) and averaged 5 less yards passing a game.
Brady was in the company of Brooks, Kitna, and Chad Pennington.
Of the QB's who started the majority of the season for their teams, this is the rundown of statistically who's the best.
- McNair
- Peyton
- Culpepper
- Trent Green
- Jake Plummer
- Brett Favre
- Matt Hasselbeck
- Aaron Brooks
- Jon Kitna
- Tom Brady
- Brad Johnson
- Marc Bulger
- Jake Delhomme
I could go on, but I think you get the point.
Brady is a GOOD quarterback who most likely won't lose the game for you. But he's not even close to a GREAT quarterback like Joe Montana, who he gets compared to just because he has an undefeated record in the playoffs. The only reason he is undefeated in the playoffs is because he has always had a stellar defense and coach to win his games. He's been consistent enough to make sure the offense doesn't screw it up. But until he takes over and leads the team like Manning has the last couple of weeks, he is not and will never be a GREAT quarterback like Peyton is and will be.
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