In light of the "FilmGate" situation in New England, can we really compare Tom Brady to the upper tier QBs we have seen throughout history (Montana, Aikman, Elway, P. Manning)? Is he that good? Or does knowing the defense plan and signals before the game actually make him better?
2007-09-19 11:54:20 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
as the old GIJoe cartoon used to say..."Knowing is half the battle"
The other half is executing.....which, regardless of "knowledge" is not easy. So for Brady to do what he did definately put him in the upper tier. If you saw the Brett Favre Interview on the subject you would realize that QBs know 80% of the time what the opponent is goint to do.....like on 3rd and long 95% of the time Chicago will go cover 2, etc.... so it would have been a minimal gain at best. Thar whaole point of studying film is top see what the other team is likely to do, or see what kind of "tells" each player has so that you can read the play.
Regardless of everrything....Brady performed, and was able to march his team down the field when he needed to. And Sunday showed us 1 thing. If the Pats had ever given him quality receivers in the first place....he would not have had to lead so many 4th quarter comebacks. Brady is real. The Pats suck.....but they are legit.
2007-09-19 12:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He and Peyton are interchangable as the current #1 and #2 in the league. He doesn't know the defensive signals before the game. They change their signals before every game and sometimes they change them again at halftime or at each quarter, so even with the video they can't get the signals until the game is already being played and the signals are used in that particular game.
2007-09-19 19:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by JohnB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Upper tier? hes arguably the best of the still active guys and with 3 superbowls who can deny him a place amongst those guys u mentioned.People are looking into the scandal too much.before the chargers game they showed you the places a camera is allowed and the places theyre not, its not much of a difference. they can also use binoculars to look at signals.Brady has had no advantage over anyone else.He didn't half prove his point V the chargers either.
2007-09-19 19:04:20 · answer #3 · answered by martinf430 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
even with the controversy you still play the game 3 Super Bowls rings Yes upper tier
2007-09-19 18:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by Bar 34 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You betcha. He coined the term upper tier.
2007-09-19 19:03:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ohsassyone 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He has excellent QB vision, something that has nothing to doi with knowing the play at hand.
2007-09-19 19:36:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes he is even though I dont care for the pats hes still right near manning talentwise
2007-09-19 19:40:19 · answer #7 · answered by stallion 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you kidding? Of course he is. Didn't you see how he picked apart the Chargers on Sunday?
2007-09-19 22:43:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously you either don't follow football or didn't watch the Chargers game...he tore them up!
2007-09-19 18:57:54 · answer #9 · answered by Patsfan 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, he's one of the best qb's out there today.....
plus he's totally hot!!
2007-09-19 22:21:04 · answer #10 · answered by myfroggies3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋