Yeah because Vinatieri just kicked those Field Goals from their own 20 yard line, right? Oh wait...Brady drove them down the field both times in less than 2 minutes so they could kick those field goals. It's what defined him as such a clutch player.
New England's Defense held Carolina in check throughout the entire first half of the Superbowl, and it wasn't until Carolina came on strong in the second half that Brady was actually apart of anything meaningful in that specific Superbowl.
As for driving them down field - anytime a GW-FG is made, most of the time it's because the QB drove the team into that position to win. So, how you can say Big Ben hasn't done that just the same, is beyond me.
Without Brady the Pats never win those Super Bowls.
And without Big Ben, the Steelers would've lost some critical games as well. Shit man, the recap of the Packers/Steelers game shows exactly how important Big Ben is to that team.
Without him, the Steelers don't have a reliable QB to help manage their games when the Defense lets them down. (not often, but it happens)
Combo of stats, wins/losses and clutchness.
Thank you. I'll compile a list based off this - in this order, hopefully.
I'm really confused as to how people are putting Brees over Brady. In what way is Brees better than Brady? What can he possibly do that Brady can't do just as well if not better?
For me, it's because Brees has been more relevant in the previous years than Brady.
Brady has missed an entire season just two years ago. Brees has won a Superbowl recently. Kinda makes you put the guy with a ring, more recently, over the guy still living in the early part of the decade.
And yes, yes, Brady has more rings. But it falls into a "what has he done lately" catagory for me.
What's with this consensus that Schaub is a top 10 quarterback. Time and time again, I've seen him come up small when the game is on the line.
This angers me, actually. Schaub is looked at as this good-sometimes great QB, who deserves a starting job. He was a career back-up behind Michael Vick, when Vick was worse.
Yeah, he puts up impressive numbers in Houston, to a Superstar WR. Kyle Orton put up similar large numbers to less impressive WR(s) in Denver and gets no similar amount(s) of respect.
Schaub is awful to me. Won't be making a Top 10 on my list anytime soon.
ITT: Everyone defends the quarterback of their favorite football team.
No. Most, but not
everyone. Infact, all season I have shit on Jimmy Clausen and will continue to do so until he wins more than 1 game as a starter - and is more of a reason why. He's overrated as fuck, and even without top talent at the WR position, it's still no excuse to not be able to 1.) Throw the ball away without directly throwing a pick, 2.) Check down to a TE or RB before taking a sack 5-10 seconds after the snap.
