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Originally Posted by Red Chief
In 2002, there was one player with quarterback rating over 100 for the season.
In 2016, there were 5.
I don't have the patience to delve deeper into passing stats in 2016 vs. previous eras but I think it's starting to become a joke.
Playing "defense" in the NFL has devolved to basically waiting for A)The QB to throw an incompletion or B)The receiver to drop the ball. At this point a 24 point lead is more like a 10 point lead. That's why Atlanta kept the foot on the gas when they played Green Bay in the NFC Championship. That's why they kept passing when they could have been running out the clock in the superbowl.
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Weak argument
In 2003 there were 2 QB's over 100
http://www.espn.com/nfl/statistics/p...ting/year/2003
As years progressed, the NFL developed into a passing League, it doesn't take away from how good you actually have to be at QB to win. If that were the case, the Jaguars, Browns, 49ers, Jets, Dolphins, Bears, Rams, etc. wouldn't be having issues at the inflated QB stat era that you're getting at.
a 24 lead is definitely more like a 24 point lead. All weak arguments here, Tony Romo himself has amongst the highest QB ratings ever for a QB (and I'm a Cowboys fan) how many Superbowls have we won with him at helm?
Exactly, just because QB's have great stats, doesn't mean you can take away from what they do in the post season. Exactly how many Hall of Famers has Brady thrown to throughout his career? 1... and how many seasons did Brady have a 30+ year old Randy Moss? 1... shoot many 1st to 3rd draft picks has Brady thrown to in his career? Brady has thrown to a bunch of nobody's his entire career. Julian Edelman? (7th rd draft pick) Martellus Bennet (former Cowboys 3rd string TE) Chris Hogan? (After Googling who he was, he was an undrafted free agent on his FIFTH team with the Patriots) and Brady makes him look like a Pro Bowler in the playoffs.
So it's a pretty weak argument to bring up stats and eras. You can argue that Brady is a system QB, and maybe he is? But isn't that what you do around a great QB? Build a system?
Joe Montana was highly molded into a system himself, heck his backup "System QB" came and won a Superbowl himself shortly after and outdoing Joe Montana with SIX touchdowns in a single Superbowl.
Here is a direct quote from a top 5 QB of all time, Troy Aikman
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"I thought coming into the game, regardless of what the outcome was, that Tom Brady should be regarded as the greatest of all-time," said the three-time Super Bowl winner. "I know he was tied with Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw with four Super Bowl wins, but when you consider his body of work and the playoff wins and the 11 AFC Championship games, I didn't think tonight's game was really going to be much of a factor. But considering how he was able to win tonight, the first over time game to come back from that kind of deficit, to be the only quarterback to have own five Lombardi trophies.
"I think unequivocally, at least in my mind, Tom Brady is the greatest. And I'm proud to be able to say that, and I know that most everyone will agree with that."
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http://dal.247sports.com/Bolt/Troy-A...-time-51135496