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SmartMuffin posted...

Obviously Brady is very good, but tell me he gets swapped out for Manning, Brees, Rodgers, etc and the Patriots have likely almost just as many Super Bowls.

I generally agree with your thesis, but I also feel like Brady has had a much longer window of pretty damn good play than any of those other guys.

Maybe you argue that Peyton lasts longer if he's protected by the Pats O-line? But Brady has been doing this for a lot longer than Brees and Rodgers, and doesn't currently show any signs of falling off any faster than they are.

I mean, that's definitely a fair point. Of all of Brady's impressive attributes, far and away his most impressive is his longevity. Part of this is certainly due to his style of play, but I still give Belichick credit for part of this as his scheme and o-line construction are almost always incredible, both of which leads to Brady not taking as many hits as he could.

Manning got absolutely killed year after year in Indy because they couldn't build anything close to what the Patriots had.
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