Tom Brady voted 2nd best player in NFL history.

[Tony2046]

While I disagree that Montana is the best player in NFL history I can at least understand why. He has benefited from being retired which changes how opposing fan bases view an athlete. Five or ten years after Brady retires he will also receive the respect and accolades for his accomplishments. IMO To most, Defamegate will be just an afterthought that was debunked by his performance during the 2015 season and a coffee stained resume to the few Jet type fans who will remain emboldened in their cheatriot delusion.


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Greatest football player

Football has a new #1, as Joe Montana jumps ahead two spots. Tom Brady joins the ranks in the #2 spot, as does Peyton Manning in spot number three. Walter Payton maintains his #4 spot while Jim Brown sees a drop from 2nd to 5th. With two new additions to the list, two greats had to leave and those are Brett Favre (previously ranked number one) and Jerry Rice (previously 5th).

Few side thoughts:

1. Tom Brady ranked second to Montana. Manning ranked 3rd. (Poll was taken Dec 30th so not sure if HGH had an influence.)

2.Tom Brady ranked 9th in best overall athlete of all time. (How Manning ranked ahead of Brady and Montana in overall athlete and behind them in Football is strange.)

3. Obviously time kills prestige. The following players dropped out of the top 10 best all time athletes: Brett Favre (#5), Ted Williams (#8 – tie), Hank Aaron (#10 – tie)





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WEEI: Poll: Tom Brady 2nd-best player in NFL history, ahead of Peyton Manning - http://l.patsfans.com/pseqw2s

 

[Kdo5]

Peyton is not #3 player of all time. That's ridiculous. He's top 5 for QB's but not all players.

 

[Mack Herron]

SGOAT?

 

[primetime]

If #1 isn't Jerry Rice, the poll isn't worth the bandwidth it would take to look at it.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

Peyton is not #3 player of all time. That's ridiculous. He's top 5 for QB's but not all players.

Peyton is HGHGOAT.

He's a top 15-20 QB of all time.

 

[NashuaPats]

I guess Brady will just have to win this year's Super Bowl and settle this argument.

 

[glm]

Manning is not the number 3 player of all time. He's a top 5 QB, but I'm not sure if he's a top 3 QB ever (I'd take Young over him personally. Maybe Unitas too).

 

[primetime]

Jerry Rice, Tom Brady, Lawrence Taylor, John Unitas, Joe Montana, Jim Brown, Reggie White, Dan Marino, Anthony Munoz, Ray Lewis.

Tough to rank guys regardless of position, though. Better of listing a greatest team.

 

[oldrover]

2.Tom Brady ranked 9th in best overall athlete of all time. (How Manning ranked ahead of Brady and Montana in overall athlete and behind them in Football is strange.)

That kills me. Erggggg.

 

[BostonWolverine]

This is pretty impressive considering it's a national poll. Most of the country seems to hate Brady, yet they still can admit he's an all-time player.

 

[Tony2046]

Yeah it's basically a popularity contest which slightly hints that Brady's legacy was not hit too badly by the defamegate BS.

 

[Tony2046]

If #1 isn't Jerry Rice, the poll isn't worth the bandwidth it would take to look at it.

They didn't ask which receiver had the stickiest best hands.

 

[glm]

They didn't ask which receiver had the stickiest best hands.

Honestly after the whole stickumgate I bumped Jerry down to #2 and Randy up to #1.

 

[Tony2046]

Jerry Rice, Tom Brady, Lawrence Taylor, John Unitas, Joe Montana, Jim Brown, Reggie White, Dan Marino, Anthony Munoz, Ray Lewis.

Tough to rank guys regardless of position, though. Better of listing a greatest team.

Most likely this poll represents the opinion of the general fan and not a hard core football fanatic.

 

[Gronkowski123]

brady needs one more ring to become the undisputed GOAT
even the biggest haters wont be able to deny it!

 

[RobertWeathers]

Any "Greatest Athlete" list that does not include Bo Jackson is a fraud.

 

[pazrul72]

Number one has to be Jerry rice. The man played nearly 20 years mostly at an all pro level. With ring 4 Brady has already leaped Montana as 6 super bowls and 9 AFC championships is more impressive. I do think if Brady plays 3 more years at his current level with another ring he takes the number one spot.

 

[primetime]

If I had to do a team... (* means active)

QB: T.Brady*, J.Montana, J.Unitas
RB: J.Brown, O.Simpson, L.Tomlinson
OT: A.Munoz, W.Jones, J.Ogden
OG: J.Hannah, G.Upshaw, L.Allen
C: M.Webster, J.Otto
TE: R.Gronkowski*, T.Gonzalez, M.Ditka
WR: J.Rice, D.Hutson, R.Moss, C. Johnson*, M.Harrison

DE: R.White, D.Jones, B.Smith, J.Watt*
DT: M.Olsen, J.Greene, A.Page, T.Washington
LB: L.Taylor, R.Lewis, M.Singletary, D.Butkus, J.Seau, S.Huff
CB: D.Sanders, D.Revis*, D.Lane, R.Woodson
S: E.Reed, R.Lott, L.Wilson

K: A.Vinatieri*
P: R.Guy
RS: D.Hester*, G.Sayers
ST: S.Tasker, M.Slater*

 

[ViperGTS]

Peyton is not #3 player of all time. That's ridiculous. He's top 5 for QB's but not all players.

He isn't even that. Brady, Montana, Starr, Marino, Elway, Graham are all ahead of Pey Pey. There's more for sure. Top 10 maybe.

 

[patsfan13]

If I had to do a team... (* means active)

QB: T.Brady*, J.Montana, J.Unitas
RB: J.Brown, O.Simpson, L.Tomlinson
OT: A.Munoz, W.Jones, J.Ogden
OG: J.Hannah, G.Upshaw, L.Allen
C: M.Webster, J.Otto
TE: R.Gronkowski*, T.Gonzalez, M.Ditka
WR: J.Rice, D.Hutson, R.Moss, C. Johnson*, M.Harrison

DE: R.White, D.Jones, B.Smith, J.Watt*
DT: M.Olsen, J.Greene, A.Page, T.Washington
LB: L.Taylor, R.Lewis, M.Singletary, D.Butkus, J.Seau, S.Huff
CB: D.Sanders, D.Revis*, D.Lane, R.Woodson
S: E.Reed, R.Lott, L.Wilson

K: A.Vinatieri*
P: R.Guy
RS: D.Hester*, G.Sayers
ST: S.Tasker, M.Slater*

Great shot at a list, interesting however that you didn't find room for anyone from the 5 championship teams of the Lombardi era.

Given the changing eras add spots for the FB which was a significant position and the slot receiver in the current era.

I would also see a place for Gino Marchetti from the Colts, Dave Robinson Packers, Mel Blount Steelers, B Sanders of the Lions.


Jim Brown and Tom Brady are the best players I have seen in my life (going back to watching football since the late 50's.