How is it possible to have 2 GOATs?

[Bengalstripes9]

(08-21-2021, 05:52 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: You're free to disagree, but you're wrong. Here's a list of *some* of the biggest rule changes that protected QBs over the last 25 years. Montana benefitted from only one of these rule changes, and that was only for his last 2 years.

Brady benefitted from all of these rules, and many of them were implemented either before he started playing, or just a few years into his career.

https://www.insidehook.com/article/sports/nfl-rule-changes-created-golden-era-quarterback-stats

You may be right in terms of what the players could get away with. But we saw some elite level defenses in the early 2000s carry their teams to super bowls. The Ravens were one of those teams, just a couple years before Brady won his first super bowl. It wasn't until closer to the 2010s the rules really started favoring the offenses. And we didn't see the worst of it until a few years ago. 

You can get into the whole 'comparing eras' debate if you want to. The bottom line is 7 rings. Bradshaw, Montana, etc. had good enough teams to win 7, but didn't. Brady's teams were best during his first couple super bowls. The last 2 or 3 super bowls with the Patriots his team would have been average without him. Case in point is how much they fell off from his last year with the team and what the Pats did with Cam a year ago.
They just aren't the same team without Brady. Then he goes and turns a perennial loser of a team into a Super Bowl winner in one offseason/year. He not only attracts good talent to come join him, but he elevates those around him. And name a QB that played through a season with a ligament tear in his knee to win a Super Bowl. There's just so much evidence in his favor. Name a QB to lead his team from down 21 in a Super Bowl to win. Etc. Name a QB to win 7 Super Bowls. 

It'd be nice to see Burrow have a fraction of the success Brady has had.