The only explanation that makes sense is that they must’ve been born with an enormous amount of talent. It’s unfathomable how they’ve ever gotten this good. The Mozarts, the Tiger Woods or the Sharapova’s of the world are so good that the gap between us mere mortals is ridiculously large. Whether it’s top athletes, artists, public speakers. Surely that takes a few points off his 'greatest QB ever' report card.Top performers inspire awe. This seems like a good time to mention the Patriots were involved in multiple cheating scandals during Brady's time there. This year's Super Bowl is also being held in Tampa, which will make Brady the first QB to ever get to play the Super Bowl in his home stadium. They're clearly a good team, and you'd expect a veteran QB to have success with all of that around him. Brady didn't even need to show up for that one.Īnd in this year's Super Bowl run with Tampa, Brady is being given all the credit, despite the fact that he has a talented group of receiving threats, and Tampa has the No. In the Patriots' last Super Bowl, their defense dominated in a 13-3 win over the Rams. He won his third Super Bowl 13 years later when the Seahawks - just one yard from victory - threw an interception in the closing seconds when everyone in the world knew they should've just handed the ball to Marshawn Lynch. We've had to put up with him on TV at Super Bowl parties ever since.

The Patriots' dynasty began with the infamous 'tuck rule' game against Oakland in 2002, when Brady lost a season-ending fumble, only to be saved by a rule no had ever heard of (one that has since been removed from the NFL rulebook). New England was essentially gifted a free pass to the second round of the postseason, along with home-field advantage, over and over. That's a big reason this was the first year Brady had to win more than two playoff games to reach the Super Bowl. That added up to a lot of easy wins for the Patriots since division opponents make up 38% of your schedule every season.

From 2001 to '19, they combined for an overall record of 406-506.

The Bills, Jets and Dolphins were terrible most of the time. I don't think the average fan realizes what an advantage Brady had residing in the AFC East all those years. The AFC East is the worst division in football 1 defense in the NFL, while Brady had only the 27th-best completion percentage, and the team lost its playoff opener. But things were actually beginning to unravel last year. What about this season, you say? Indeed, New England struggled to a 7-9 mark without Brady.

When Brady had to miss the first four games of the 2016 season due to his role in the franchise's 'deflategate' scandal - when the Patriots were accused of letting an illegal amount of air out of footballs before a rainy playoff game with Indianapolis - his backup and third-string QBs, Jimmy Garappolo and Jacoby Brissett, went 3-1.

The talent is overrated