Tom Brady is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and that’s just a fact, not an opinion. He’s got the résumé, accolades, numbers, and intangibles to back up that claim, at least until further notice.
Brady has dominated the NFL almost at will over the past two decades, making it to 9 Super Bowls and winning 6 of them. Nonetheless, some people still believe that he was mostly favored by Bill Belichick’s system and that his milestones should be looked at with a grain of salt.
Whether that’s the truth or not is not for us to decide, but what we can all agree on is that Brady should be considered, at least, a top-3 gunslinger in NFL history. Or well, at least that’s what we thought.
Tony Dungy Calls Tom Brady The Sixth Hardest Quarterback To Defend
But according to former player and coach Tony Dungy, Brady didn’t even crackthe top-5 when it comes to being the hardest quarterback to defend, as he boldly said in an interview with Shannon Sharpe:
.@TonyDungy defends putting Tom Brady at No. 6 as his toughest QB to coach against: “Who I put ahead of Tom Brady: Aaron Rodgers, John Elway, Steve Young, guys who could move. Not to say Tom wasn’t great, but that extra dimension meant something to me.”
“Those mobile quarterbacks — that’s who I put ahead of Tom. Aaron Rodgers, John Elway, Steve Young, guys who could move. Not to say Tom wasn’t great, but that extra dimension meant something to me, so that’s why I would only put him at [No.] 6. Just my opinion. (…) I’m never putting Tom Brady ahead of Peyton Manning, so the best he could be is [No.] 2, because Peyton was my guy,” Dungy said.
Tom Brady Trolls Tony Dungy Over Quarterback Ranking
Needless to say, it didn’t take long before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ star fired back at Dungy and the Indianapolis Colts, one of his preferred victims. Brady took to Twitter to post a pic with a banner of the Colts that read 2014 AFC Finalists.
.@TonyDungy defends putting Tom Brady at No. 6 as his toughest QB to coach against: “Who I put ahead of Tom Brady: Aaron Rodgers, John Elway, Steve Young, guys who could move. Not to say Tom wasn’t great, but that extra dimension meant something to me.”
Perhaps Brady didn’t recall that Dungy wasn’t coaching the Colts in 2014 when he beat them but it was hilarious nonetheless. Still, he can brag about going 5-3 vs. Dungy’s teams throughout his career.
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Top 50 greatest quarterbacks in NFL history
Obviously, Tom Brady may not be the most mobile or even talented quarterback of all time but given all that he’s accomplished in the National Football League, it’s hard not to put him on the podium.
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