I came to this thread to make another point (will in a minute,) and I thank you guys for putting away any twit still trying to carry old None-For-The-Thumb Montana's water.
Jesus H. Christmas.
It's ovah.
It goes Brady, Montana, 9 miles of ****, then the argument begins at number 3, at least in the even vaguely modern era. That was already the case when Brady played in NE. Just to put a damn bow on it, he then went to increase the distance between him and Montana by winning 7 (vs. 4) SBs, and doing it with a second team.
The difference was, Brady did not need to have the pond stocked for him at receiver/TE until his 40s. He was making guys like Givens and Patten significant receivers. There is a long list of guys who could ONLY produce playing with Brady.
I'm not part of the "Brady fan" contingent here, who aren't really Patriots fans. But I sure as hell can recognize the obvious, as can every other observer who even watches football: Brady = GOAT. full stop.
By the way, whoever the 9ers fan is claiming there's still an argument... some people wanted Brady to be followed by "Our Steve Young," meaning somebody who was also a HOF QB, which would be great, and good luck, Mac.
But you need to recognize Brady was his own Steve Young. You stack up Young's and Montana's careers, and you get something that would be a closer 2nd place to Brady's.
It's not just over, it's like damn.
Okay next post will be its own thread, I can't make myself try to wrap the next thought into this thread lol.