Tom Brady is not the greatest quarterback in NFL or any sport

The Miami Dolphins have faced Tom Brady twice every year sans one in the last 18 years and while he is a Hall of Fame NFL quarterback, calling him the GOAT is a bit much.

Miami Dolphins fans are sick of Tom Brady and Patriot fans were sick of Dan Marino. The entire NFL is sick of that special team in 1972 so we all have to get over something. When it comes to Tom Brady however the arguments are hard to discuss because one side doesn’t want to discuss it.

Every morning I take my kids to school and listen to the NFL channel on Sirius XM. It has been hard to stomach lately because they absolutely love the Patriots. A caller yesterday brought up their history of cheating and the on air hosts dismissed the comment without so much of an acknowledgement. This morning it was all about QB12 from New England.

They wanted to discuss whether or not he was the greatest athlete to play in pro-sport and the greatest QB to ever play in the NFL. Yet again when someone called in to say he wasn’t they waved them off and proceeded to tell them why they were wrong.

There is no question that Tom Brady has won more championships than most professional team sport players. In the NFL at least at his position, he has more rings than any other QB. Does that make him the greatest ever? No, it just makes his a great champion.

Honestly I can’t deny that Tom Brady is a great player. He is. Period. I tend to judge players and their quality of greatness on more than how many rings they have on their finger. So I ask this. If Tom Brady were on another team would he be the greatest ever?

The Cleveland Browns have been horrible for over a decade. Given the same coaching they have had and the same supporting cast, would Tom Brady have made them Super Bowl winners? The answer is no. If Tom Brady was the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins over the last 18 years with the same coaching, bad offensive line, and bad defenses, would the Dolphins be a multiple Super Bowl winner? No.

Now I ask this, would Tom Brady have the same statistical career that he has had in New England if he played for bad teams over the last 18 years? I would prophecize that answer would be no as well. Tom Brady is a system quarterback and he is great because the system and the coaching work for him. It is not a matter of picking up Tom Brady and throwing him into another clubs offense and seeing the same results.

There are few quarterbacks who could make that happen. Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Joe Montana, even Dan Marino would have all had similar statistical success outside of the teams they primarily played for. Four of those did with other teams.

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When it comes to Tom Brady there are questions. If he is so outstanding why did he not throw a touchdown or lead th Patriots to more than one TD in the Super Bowl? Why did he throw what would have been a game ending and losing interception against K.C. had the Chiefs been off-sides?

They are nitpicky examples because great quarterbacks have bad days and make bad throws. But to say that Brady is the best ever to play quarterback is also nitpicky on the fact that it is predicated on his Super Bowls. It is predicated on statistics that are masked by a system that can’t be replicated. The simple honest truth is that Tom Brady is a Hall of Fame quarterback who is great and great players belong enshrined. He just isn’t the greatest.

As far as the greatest athlete in any team sport, well I don’t need to defend that because I don’t see him as the greatest in the NFL or at his position. I just see him as one of the greats to play the game.