Tom Brady vs Joe Montana

[DemPGH]

Brady has indeed surpassed Super Joe, who has a special place in my heart, as the GOAT. Belichick as well has surpassed Lombardi. To do what these guys have done in an era of a more complex, much faster game, and in an era of rampant commercialization, no one has anything on them.

[DemPGH]

Montana, Young, Rathman, Craig, Rice, John Taylor (who caught the game winning TD in SB XXIII), Ronnie Lott, Romanowski, Keena Turner, Dwight Clark, not to mention various linemen like Bubba Paris, would have been mid to top tier free agents for the 49ers in the 1980s if free agency existed. It did not.

The Patriots have dealt with free agency as a fact of life. It's just another obstacle. Deion Branch and Ted Bruschi to Randy Moss (!) to Welker to Gronk and the big players of today. Chris Hogan's breakout? It's amazing. I can't do anything but respect them at this point.

The "cheating" bit at this point is silly, really. Calling them cheaters is a point I cannot take seriously.