Originally Posted by
Von Kinger
I question QB's who spent the first quarter of their career or so being game managers and then ascend to greatness. Brady got to develop like an infant and Manning had been thrown to the wolves. One of the reasons why it's easy to dismiss Brady as an all-time great is that he had every advantage a QB could have. He sat for a year, he had no expectations as a starter, he was in a friendly system, he had an all-time great coach, he had great defenses early on that led the league in turnovers, etc. etc. etc.
Early guys like Elway, Aikman, Manning, etc got their ******* teeth kicked in. Brady was just there throwing...button hooks and drag routes. A lot of those top guys went to shitty teams. Brady ended up on a team that could have inserted almost any QB and done well. I don't have a lot of respect for a lot of Brady's early accomplishments.