The Pros And Cons Of Quarterbacks

Tom Brady deserves to be on my ESPN magazine cover because he the greatest football player of all time. He is a 5x Super Bowl Champion, 4x Super Bowl MVP, and a 12x time Pro Bowler. Tom Brady has conquered an enormous amount of adversity. Tom Brady struggled to earn a starting spot at the University of Michigan throughout his college career. After he finished college, he continued to face adversity in the NFL. At the combine Brady was seen as one of the lowest quarterbacks in the combine. He ran a 5.28 on the 40 yard dash and this combine report was written about him: poor build, skinny, lacks great physical stature and strength, lacks mobility and ability to avoid the rush, lacks a really strong arm, can’t drive the ball downfield, does not

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Tom Brady is the quarterback for the New England Patriots of the NFL. With his eight Super Bowl appearances, and unprecedented five Super Bowl wins, he’s been labeled by many as the greatest quarterback in the history of football. Many attribute this to his hard work off the field, and leadership on the field. In my personal analysis, we’ve never seen a player like Brady. Someone who just finds a way to win, against all odds. Whether it be working against opposing defenses, haters, or even the league itself, Brady just has a knack for winning. This had led him to become the winningest player in NFL history. People close to him have said that this attitude of “needing to win” has been present since his high school career. As a backup on his

In sports today, Tom Brady is one the greatest quarterbacks to play; however, the way he won his most recent championship is ridiculous.

To start off, Tom Brady has broken a lot of records. Some of his records include the most super bowl wins by a quarterback, most super bowl MVP selections, has won twenty five of the thirty four playoff games he has started in, has been selected to twelve pro bowls, and he has the most divisions won by a single quarterback (Doeden). For instance, he also has led the Patriots from a losing team to a winning team. With Tom Brady starting at quarterback the Patriots have never had a losing season (Doeden). In addition, he also has broken records for his stats. One of the records he broke was the best Touchdown to interception ratio of 28-2, because of this he wants to play until he is fourth eight (Reyes). At this years Super Bowl he had a great game. The Patriots overcame a twenty five point deficit and took the game to the first Super Bowl overtime game, he threw his first post season pick six ever after playing in thirty four playoff games, and in the last six possessions of the game he lead his team to four touchdowns and a field goal (Craig). After all, he did this all while his family was going through tough times. His mom was battling cancer and Brady dedicated the win to her (Hofforth). This is why Tom Brady is the best quarterback to ever live.

It was a freezing night, with snow glazing over the three-hundred and sixty foot field. The previously undefeated Patriots stood like goliath, immune to death glares and “boos” echoing around the Denver stadium. The swirl of the snow made it difficult to see exactly where the ball was, but near the end of the night, it was clear that the Broncos would soon defeat their giant, all the while being lead by an intrepid, young quarterback. This astonishing win wasn’t just a victory for the Broncos, but for Brock Osweiler as well.

When you look at Tom Brady or Peyton Manning you usually only think of one word “Greatness” both were/are long time franchise quarterbacks that helped define a generation of football rivalries as over their careers they faced off Seventeen times with five of the games happening in the playoffs. But to really start to compare these two quarterbacks you need to look at the beginning of their careers.

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Brett Favre was more than just the starting quarterback in the Green Bay community and organization. He was face of the franchise, and a living legend in the national football league. Before Favre’s arrival to Green Bay, The Packers had only five winning seasons between the years of 1968 and 1991. In Brett’s sixteen NFL seasons with Green Bay, they recorded just one losing season. With the Packers Brett won three consecutive MVP awards coming in 1994, 1995, and 1996. He was nominated

Tom Brady is widely considered to be one of the best athletes of today’s day and age, and thought of by many as possibly the best quarterback in NFL history. Numerous factors have led to his overall success in football over the past 20 or so years, but nothing has been as important as his own implicit personality structures. Brady has dealt with a lot of negative feedback ever since he started playing football; people telling him he wasn’t good enough to play or that he wasn’t tough enough to be a quarterback in the NFL. His whole career has been a balancing act of proving people wrong by continuing to surpass what was thought to be humanly possible on the field. He has clearly surpassed expectations on and off the field, because of this success it is acceptable to ask the question of how his personality has helped lead to his success in the NFL. Furthermore, Brady is clearly a person high in conscientiousness and self-control, therefore another question that could be debated is how would he cope with not being able to play the game he loves.

In 2007, the Heisman Trophy Finalists were Tim Tebow, Colt Brennan, Darren McFadden, and Chase Daniel. The Heisman Memorial Award is given to the most outstanding college football player. Tim Tebow’s 2007 stats were….. 32 touchdowns, 6 interceptions, 3286 yards passing, 895 yards rushing, and 23 rushing touchdowns. Tebow finished first in the Heisman voting with 462 1st place votes, 229 2nd place votes, 113 3rd place votes which rounds out to a total of 1957 points to beat out Darren McFadden, whom had 1703 total points. Tim Tebow, in 2007, won the Heisman Memorial Trophy award.

One of the team’s biggest strengths is their powerhouse offense. But the man under center is what makes that powerhouse offense run. That man is Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers is one of the best quarterbacks in the league if not the best. His statistics are unbelievable. He has the highest quarterback rating in NFL history at 103.8, while the second closest is 98.9. He has thrown 300 touchdowns to only 74 interceptions. That being a 4:1 touchdown to interception ratio, also the best in NFL history. One of his most impressive streaks was his success at home. In 2015, he threw an interception at home. The last one he threw at home before that was in 2012. He went three years without throwing an interception at home. Truly a remarkable feat. In 2011, Aaron had one of the best seasons

It was just normal night of me and a group of friends at dinner. We just ordered our food so the whole table was discussion involving events that occurred during the week. The conversation lead to sports and Austin made a controversial statement by saying that Tom Brady was an overrated quarterback and he wouldn’t be close to the player he is without his teams’ system. That comment triggered Christopher who is a die-heart Tom Brady fan. Christopher then went on a rant how Tom Brady was the greatest quarterback of all-time. He defended Brady by saying: “Without Brady there is absolutely no way that the Patriots would have won four Super Bowl’s. Before Brady was the quarterback for the Patriots they had never won a Super Bowl.” Austin then responded explaining how he believed that Tom Brady benefited for playing under head coach Bill Belichick arguably the greatest coach of the

Kneel or Stand, no one should be judged by doing either one because everyone has their reason or beliefs and they all should be respected. I say that Colin Kaepernick made a legitimate decision when he decided to take a knee because it open the eyes of more people. It didn’t just open eyes of just ordinary people it even open the eyes of the athletes in the NFL and sports all over the world.

This week our AOTW is about a football player that has sparked feuds between everyone; Politicians such as Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton, and everyday people. The football players name? Colin Kaepernick. Colin Kaepernick started what could very well be a national debate. What did he do you ask? He didn’t stand up when the national anthem played. He did this because he said that he would be the speaker for people who didn’t have a voice. People who didn’t have a voice that could influence thousands. Kaepernick said that when the flag- America’s flag- started meaning what it was made for; then he would stand and honor it.