bvan posted:lambeausouth posted:.....Tom Brady has won five Super Bowls in seven trips. He is, for sure, an all-time great, and a first ballot Hall of Famer. But are those five wins indicative of his being the greatest of all-time? Is he better than a player like Aaron Rodgers?
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This was the gist of the Mike & Mike discussion, and they concluded,
Brady: The greatest of all time (GOAT).
Rodgers: The best of all time (BOAT).
Sounds like they're talking out of both sides of their mouth.
Babe Ruth is the GOAT.
Ted Williams is the BOAT.
Can't have it both ways when evaluating individual greatness. Ruth was a magnificent player, both as a hitter and a pitcher. The guy changed baseball forever, and is easily one of the top two or three offensive players to ever play the game.
Yet, if my life depended on one player getting a big hit, all those guys from the distant past as options, I'd take Williams in a heartbeat. Greatest hitter to ever step up to the plate. That Ruth won a bunch of World Series rings, and Williams didn't win any, shouldn't detract at all from Williams place in the pantheon of baseball immortals. Ruth had Lou Gehrig for a big chunk of his career.
Who has been Aaron Rodgers' Lou Gehrig? Brady has had that D, and Gronk is a monster. The best that Rodgers has had, Jordy Nelson, has gone to one Pro Bowl. That should clue in people that there's a reality distortion going on somewhere. Put Brady and Rodgers both on the Browns, and which QB impacts their win total more? Both are deadly accurate. But outside of Joe Thomas, that O line might get Brady killed. Rodgers can get away, and make huge plays with his feet. He did it yesterday. He's always done it. Brady never has. Tom Terrific just can't do all the things Rodgers can. Rodgers can do everything Brady can.