Who’s the best quarterback of all time? Tom Brady? Joe Montana? According to another famous Joe, the answer is pretty straightforward.
Former New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath left quite a legacy from his Hall of Fame career, but in a recent interview with the MMQB’s Jenny Vrentas, he was put on the spot about the age-old NFL debate. His answer, without hesitation, was a certain New England Patriots quarterback who just won his fourth Super Bowl title.
“No one’s ever been better than Tom Brady, I don’t believe,” Namath said, via MMQB.com.
Broadway Joe mentioned plenty of legendary signal-callers, from Otto Graham and Bobby Layne to Peyton Manning and Aaron Rodgers. At the end of the day, though, Brady is his clear No. 1.
“I have a hard time calling anybody in any sport ‘the best’ because of the changes in the game, certainly, and because of the greats that were ahead of them,” Namath said. “But I will say, no one has ever played the game better than Tom Brady. You start looking at numbers, and sometimes statistics tell a story, and sometimes they don’t tell the whole story. It’s such a team game. But Tom has answered the bell. He has answered every challenge.
“He’s great. He’s great. No one has ever done it better.”
That’s certainly high praise from Namath, who arguably was the first quarterback in the modern era to achieve “superstar” status with his stellar play and massive personality.
Vrentas’ full interview with Namath is worth a read, as the 71-year-old also discusses Super Bowl XLIX — “one of the best games I recall” — DeflateGate and the future of his beloved Jets.
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