Retire?
Brady still has to prove he can carry a franchise without elite defenses, HOFers, and a quality management team to buoy him.
Defense and HOFers win championships, and Brady was buoyed by elite defenses and HOFers his entire career.
With Brady, the Pats fielded the following defenses:
Top 5 Defense 8 times
Top 10 Defense 8 times
Top 15 Defense once
Bottom 20 Defense twice
Bottom 25 Defense - Never
Bottom 30 defense - Never
Compare these stellar defenses to Rodgers terrible defenses. With Rodgers, the Packers fielded the following defenses:
Top 5 Defense once
Top 10 Defense three times
Top 15 Defense three times
Bottom 20 Defense once
Bottom 25 Defense four times
Bottom 30 defense once
Now let’s compare HOFers and potential HOFers:
Brady:
Bill Belichick (Lock)
Rob Gronkowski (Lock)
Ty Law (In)
Randy Moss (In)
Logan Mankins
Rodney Harrison
Richard Seymour
Tedy Bruschi
Vince Wilfork
Adam Vinatieri
Rodgers:
Charles Woodson (In)
Clay Matthews
Julius Peppers
Anyone else? I’ll wait…
The hard truth for Bradyites to acknowledge is that Brady is a QB that landed in a system where he wasn’t asked to do much:
game manage, don’t turn the ball over, move the chains, and trust Belichick’s defenses.
“But Brady is great in the postseason.”
Yeah, let me debunk that.
Check out these playoff stats:
- In 72% of playoff games, Brady threw for two TDs or less
- 63% of playoff games were 200+ or 100+ yard games
- 49% of playoff games were 200+ yard games
- 37% of playoff games were 300+ yards games, but in 12% of those games he equaled or threw more INTs than TDs
- He has only two 400+ yard playoff games
(Including comeback against the Falcons, but he only threw two TDs in that game)
- Record of 1-3 vs. Manning in AFC Championships
(in other words, he had to go around Manning to win those rings)
- Record of 3-5 vs. Brees all-time
- Record of 2-3 vs. Manning (Eli) all-time, and 0-2 in Super Bowls
Note: Stats compiled up to 2020
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