I think this season casts a new light on Brady. It's obvious now how important having a great receiver or two makes, and all the great QBs had that, with the possible exception of Elway.
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It sure does cast a new light. I thought Brady was already in this conversation BEFORE Moss, Stallworth and Welker. I think having played with sub par receivers last year and 2 tier recievers prior to that in Givens, Brown and Branch, have made him even that much better. With great top tier recievers he is now showing a whole other side of his passing ability, accuracy and courage to chuck the ball down the field and into sometimes triple coverage. He was always known as the smart QB, good decision maker and he still is, but now he has the confidence to take chances and look what he has become! He is now a stat machine, but with the clutch factor that so few QB's have had in the history of the NFL. He really has it all - he is special.
Brady has the talent/ability to be any QB you need him to be on any given Sunday. He literally morphs into a different QB based on what he is facing in terms of defenses, distractions (such as crowd noise, bad officiating), inclimate weather, and being behind in the 4th Qtr. Brady just has 'IT' - that cool, calm demeanor to put it all on the line, calm down his entire team, and lead them to win the game when down in the 4th Qtr.
Just when I think I have seen all Brady can give and what I think he is all about, he shows me more. That kid is amazing! I am thankful that I am a Pats fan and can enjoy him instead of being a fan of another team and be forced to hate him for winning all the time! Sure I would hope to think I would respect him, like I do Manning, but honestly Manning has never been a real threat to me or the Pats to hate him. Colt fans HATE Brady because on the field in those Pats vs. Colts face to face matchups, Brady has taken it to them all but once when it counted!