Originally posted by fortyninerglory:
Originally posted by okdkid:
Originally posted by McClusky:
Originally posted by midrdan:
Brady is a great QB but I wouldn't choose him over Montana in a do or die situation. And to me the stats are meaningless if you're not clutch.
There are a lot of good arguments for Montana over Brady, but a notion that clutch is the deciding factor is not a good one. Brady has 3 4th quarter game winning drives in SB's to his credit, and currently sits 2nd all time in game winning drives and 4th quarter comebacks.
I think it's reasonable to take Joe in a do or die situation, but it's not Joe is clutch and Brady isn't.
Yup. This is example A of Montana fans reaching. Brady is either the best or one of the best in virtually every QB statistic of significance. Don't like stats? Ok. He's done it in the FA era. He had a constant turnstile at RB and WR -- the dude wins Super Bowls regardless.
Can't really compare stats from different eras. The Patriots way wins SuperBowls. Heck even Cassell led them to an 11-5 season when Brady went down. The truth is Brady would have wilted in the 80's with the rules that were in place then whereas Montana would be breaking even more records in today's game.
I still can't believe this discussion is going on a niner board.
The fans arguing for Brady clearly DID NOT WATCH JOE!
IF YOU WATCHED JOE, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND.
*takes a breath*
Joe played back when player safety did not exist. His body was extremely beaten up.
Joe played 13 years, and only played 16 games FOUR times. Football was a bloodsport compared to the flag football which we understandably (CTE) don't have today. Joe's body was beaten up bad. So would have Tom Brady's. If Brady had played in the 80s no way he'd still be playing. Tom Brady is in his 17th season. Total number of times Tom Brady has played 16 games? 13!!!! The total number of years Joe played. And it would have been 14 for Brady most likely if he wasn't suspended for cheating. Nobody could last like that in the 80s.
I don't want to hear another youngin' that didn't see Joe rant about Brady being better without looking at obvious facts. People quote stats, what about those stats? Joe played in a true warrior time. We'll never see football like that again. QBs are going to win more super bowls, put up bigger stats than Joe. But they won't have played the same game, not even close. Brady got rules just for him to extend his and other QBs careers. I'm all for protecting the QB, but let's not get insane here.
If you watched Joe, all this would be obvious. Joe is easily the GOAT.
[ Edited by donalddole on Jan 24, 2017 at 7:15 AM ]