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http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2015-02-02/super-bowl-xli
Tom Brady or Joe Montana?
We have America’s greatest sports argument. Who is the best quarterback
ever? Did Brady leap Montana by winning a fourth Super Bowl and third Super
Bowl MVP award? It’s easy to say yes, but the right answer is no.
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Joe Montana is still the greatest quarterback of the Super Bowl era. Just
remember how much we forget.
Everybody knows the basics. Montana played in four Super Bowls, won three
MVPs and threw 11 TDs with no interceptions. If the Seahawks beat the
Patriots, then we’re talking about Brady’s two costly interceptions in
Super Bowl XLIX.
The Patriots are still the last team to repeat, and Brady was impressive in
the playoffs during that two-year stretch (10 TDs, two INTs) from 2003-04.
From 1988-89, however, Montana threw 19 TDs and one interception in leading
the 49ers to back-to-back Super Bowl championships. It’s the most dominant
two-year stretch by a quarterback in postseason history.
Brady beat Kurt Warner, Jake Delhomme, Donovan McNabb and Russell Wilson in
his four Super Bowls. Warner is still waiting for his turn to be enshrined
in the Hall of Fame, and Wilson has a ways to go.
Montana beat John Elway and Dan Marino, two guys who are always hitting from
the fringe in the greatest quarterback discussion, by a combined score of
93-26 in two Super Bowls. The five-TD masterpiece in the 55-10 win against
Elway-led Denver should still be used in quarterback clinics:
He also beat Boomer Esiason, who won the MVP award in 1988, and Ken Anderson
, one of the most underrated passers of all time.
Brady played in six Super Bowls, while Montana only played in four. That’s
a fair counterpoint, but consider Montana had only one flagrant playoff loss
against Minnesota in 1987. He was being chased around by the Lawrence
Taylor-led Giants and the “46” Chicago Bears. Montana lost to the Giants
three times in the playoffs, but he never lost to the Bears.
If not for New York, then Montana might have played in eight Super Bowls. He
also led Kansas City to an AFC championship game against Buffalo, which put
an end to that whole “system quarterback” argument.
Brady lost three playoff games in a row at one point to the Giants, Jets and
Ravens. Those defenses were good, but not on the level of the Bears or
Giants units that Montana faced.
Argue the support systems all you want. Montana had Bill Walsh. Brady has
Bill Belichick. Montana had Jerry Rice. Brady has a better defense.
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Argue the contemporaries. Some think Elway and Marino are better than
Montana. Some think Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers are better than Brady.
Those people are wrong, though Rodgers might become the third wheel in the
conversation in time. Right now, it’s Montana, Brady then everyone else.
Brady has better playoff stats, but Montana has the better moment.
That might be the tie-breaker. What is Brady’s signature Super Bowl moment?
Spygate or Deflategate? Two game-winning field-goal drives or two fourth-
quarter drives Eli Manning and Wilson answered? Manning finished his. If
Pete Carroll gives the ball to Marshawn Lynch, then ...
Montana finished his own sentences, none moreso than the game-winning drive
against the Bengals in Super Bowl XXIII. It’s why “Look, it’s John Candy
” is still a thing. It’s why Joe Cool is still the ultimate quarterback
icon. It's why the 10-yard touchdown pass to John Taylor is still the single
greatest moment in Super Bowl history.
Let’s hold off for a year to pick up the discussion. Brady can pass his
childhood idol for good with that fifth Super Bowl ring. Maybe it will come
with that moment. The Patriots will have the chance to put him on that
pedestal next year. Perhaps then the right answer will be Brady.
For now, however, Montana is still the best. Who could argue with that?
--
Better stand tall when they're calling you out;
Don't bend, don't break, baby, don't back down.
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