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A perfect blend of nature and nurture - I don't think everybody who works as hard as Brady could succeed like he did. He's not a 1-in-7-billion guys worker. But out of the few guys with the potential, his was hidden in a weird way. For most QBs, by the time they're in the NFL, they're mainly not going to be "projects," physically. TFB came in and played the game into submission, making it slow down for him... and then all his work on strength etc. began to pay off... and surprisingly ended up with this insanely high ceiling.The funny thing is I think they are minimizing Brady in the process. Part of what makes Brady special is he came into the league as a skinny kid with a doughy physique with not a lot of college experience due to an unique situation in Michigan and then proceeded to work his ass off to become the greatest QB of all time. But it took years and years of hard work for Brady to get there. Brady was the first one at Gillette in the morning and the last one to leave at night.
Unlike Manning, Brady didn't come into the league as a near finished product. Brady worked harder than everyone else and that is how he became that once in a millenial QB.