Do you still feel that way? I think the answer is pretty clear.
I always thought Brady, not because I don't think Belichek is a good coach but, I always take players over coaches at the professional level. Barry Switzer won a Super Bowl.
I have tremendous respect for Belichek over most for the same reason I have that level of respect for Brady. I don't think many coaches take the talent level the Patriots have had in the last decade and win Super Bowls. A large part of it is Brady. The other part is Bill taking guys that won't be remembered and having defenses good enough to win. No defensive players made the pro bowl on the 2014 or 2018 Patriots. I think time will tell how good these two guys were because it's going to be clear how many of their players are in the good, but not great category.
The reason I gush about Brady and laugh about some of these posts is that it's not arguable at this point. It just isn't. The man has taken teams to the Super Bowl 5 times (winning 4) since turning 37. He'd be a Hall of Famer on what he has done since turning 37 alone.
I respect the hell out of Manning and any other guy you can think of. But, the achievement is so great, you have to stand back and acknowledge it. The man has played in 10 Super Bowls. He's been a starting QB for 19 years (2000, he wasn't a starter, 2008, he was injured). So, he makes the Super Bowl in 52.6% of the seasons he has started. He's about 10% more likely to QB a team to the Super Bowl than Stephen Curry is to hit a 3 in an NBA game.
And for old guy achievement, the only argument I will hear is George Foreman becoming heavyweight champion at age 45. But, 40 TD passes in the regular season, 10 in the playoffs at age 43.
Peyton Manning, who had a long and glorious career, was 14-13 in the playoffs He played in 4 Super Bowls and won 2. He threw 40 TD's in the playoffs during his career. It's a great career.
I won't post Brady's numbers, but he's got more than twice as many in everything. Wins, TD's, appearances, etc. If you took away every playoff win Brady has when his team won the Super Bowl (22 wins), he still has a winning record as a playoff QB.
Now before recent years, it was "brady's got rings, but Peyton's better because Peyton's got records". Well, Peyton's records are gone. Then, it was "Well, Brady played for Belichek and was lucky to play with the greatest coach of all time". Now, he goes and does what he did (at 43....this can't be emphasized enough) for the Tampa Bay Bucs who had not won a playoff game since 2002 and what? We just have to make it up now. Because there is no argument.
Never saw this before, so I thought I would post it because it's funny as hell