Big Phil
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If you changed this thread to "how do you rank the goats for playoffs" - Brady does so much better in the comparison. It's his regular season that is 'meh'. Not bad - just not Gretzky level. He's more a Crosby type regular season guy. And Crosby is great, but huge gap from Gretzky.
Brady is way better than Gretzky for playoffs (and I have Gretzky as a very clear #1 all time for playoffs in hockey). I was going to say Brady is unanimous #1 all-time across sports for playoffs - but Jordan is actually really strong there too, so hard to say. And of course if you expand the "playoffs" to Olypmics/world championships, Usain Bolt is arguably #1, but completely different sport.
Gretzky would have had to win with LA - but again also with St Louis or NY Rangers (with him clearly being the leader in playoffs) to equal Brady's playoff legacy imo. For playoffs I'd have it:
Brady
Jordan
Gretzky
Fair enough. Three MVPs in the regular season as well though. Has thrown more TDs than anyone else in history though. It is nearly impossible for anyone to duplicate Gretzky's dominance against his peers. Ruth is the closest I think. That being said even in the regular season who has had a better career than Brady? Not to mention there isn't anyone close to him in the playoffs. I am totally fine with him being #4 on that list in the original post. But what confuses me is how there seems to be a debate among some that he doesn't even belong in the #1 category in the NFL, and he should be. I always thought that even the biggest detractors gave up on that after the comeback against the Falcons in the Super Bowl.