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The GOAT is Leaving New England... And Going to Tampa

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  • I really hate the GOAT label. No one can really claim that. I prefer the Greatest of His Era title. The game has changed so much I don't think anyone can say a certain player is the GOAT. Jmho.

  • @d-bone said:

    Because he's a winner and you were envious that the Browns couldn't find just 1/3 his equal for even a single season.

    It doesn't matter how he finishes his career. He'll always be remembered as the greatest to play the position and those that "forget" that fact, simply don't understand the game. 

    Otto Graham.   Oh, you forgot about him...or don't understand the game. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Otto Graham.   Oh, you forgot about him...or don't understand the game. 

    Lol. Makin sure the youngsters know about Otto!

    Don't fret, no one has forgotten about your dear old Otto, but certainly he's not the GOAT. That goes to Brady.

    #10 GOAT on one list and #5 on the other.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001035041/article/top-25-quarterbacks-of-all-time-patriots-tom-brady-leads-list

    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2726739-the-top-10-quarterbacks-of-all-time

  • I don't know why, but I just have never liked the guy. Just something about him. I think he needs to simply retire. He's fading fast as a QB, and he should quit while people still remember how good he was, not for hanging on too long.

    @brownsfan4evr said:

    I don't know why, but I just have never liked the guy. Just something about him.

    He's a Trump supporter. That's got to be it.

  • @brownsfan4evr said:

    I don't know why, but I just have never liked the guy. Just something about him.

    He's a Trump supporter. That's got to be it.

    @gorka said:

    He's a Trump supporter. That's got to be it.

    That's the ONLY thing I like about him.....?

  • I really hate the GOAT label. No one can really claim that. I prefer the Greatest of His Era title. The game has changed so much I don't think anyone can say a certain player is the GOAT. Jmho.

    @brownsfan4evr said:

    I really hate the GOAT label. No one can really claim that. I prefer the Greatest of His Era title. The game has changed so much I don't think anyone can say a certain player is the GOAT. Jmho.

    Except for Jim Brown.

  • @the-gipper said:

    Otto Graham.   Oh, you forgot about him...or don't understand the game. 

    Didn't forget. Tom is better.

    @d-bone said:

    Didn't forget. Tom is better.

    Except, of course, Otto achieved more in half the career length that Brady had. 

    10 years,   10 Championship game appearances,  7 wins....Otto

    20 years....9 Championship game appearances...6 wins...Brady

    And don't give me BS that is was easier for OG because of the size of the league, because in a certain sense, it may have been harder.  And if it was so easy....then why did no one else  or maybe one guy  even come close to achieving half of  OGs.  (the one guy being Sid Luckman...4 titles in 7 years).

    Its all recency bias.  

  • @the-gipper said:

    Otto Graham.   Oh, you forgot about him...or don't understand the game. 

    oh boy....that's our Gipper!

    @mld-woody said:

    oh boy....that's our Gipper!

    Yep.....someone who is perfectly accurate with his historic perspectives.   The facts are the fact.  You may not like them, they may not fit into your personal biases, but they are the facts. 

    Just because you are young Woody is no reason to be uninformed.  

  • @d-bone said:

    Didn't forget. Tom is better.

    **and with that D Bone tags in and steps thru the ropes**

    @tour2ma said:

    **and with that D Bone tags in and steps thru the ropes**

    And gets slammed to the mat just as easily as whom he tagged. 

  • I really hate the GOAT label. No one can really claim that. I prefer the Greatest of His Era title. The game has changed so much I don't think anyone can say a certain player is the GOAT. Jmho.

    @brownsfan4evr said:

    I really hate the GOAT label. No one can really claim that. I prefer the Greatest of His Era title. The game has changed so much I don't think anyone can say a certain player is the GOAT. Jmho.

    Pretty fair comment. 

  • @the-gipper said:

    Otto Graham.   Oh, you forgot about him...or don't understand the game. 

    Lol. Makin sure the youngsters know about Otto!

    Don't fret, no one has forgotten about your dear old Otto, but certainly he's not the GOAT. That goes to Brady.

    #10 GOAT on one list and #5 on the other.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001035041/article/top-25-quarterbacks-of-all-time-patriots-tom-brady-leads-list

    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2726739-the-top-10-quarterbacks-of-all-time

    @gorka said:

    Lol. Makin sure the youngsters know about Otto!

    Don't fret, no one has forgotten about your dear old Otto, but certainly he's not the GOAT. That goes to Brady.

    #10 GOAT on one list and #5 on the other.

    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001035041/article/top-25-quarterbacks-of-all-time-patriots-tom-brady-leads-list

    https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2726739-the-top-10-quarterbacks-of-all-time

    Again, just one author's opinion. Recency bias. 

    We could say that Patrick Mahomes is the GOAT because no one did what he did before in history....like come back 3 times after being behind by double digits in the playoffs. 

  • ...and so ends the Invincible Patriots....

    @orion said:

    ...and so ends the Invincible Patriots....

    We can only hope.... 

  • @mld-woody said:

    oh boy....that's our Gipper!

    Yep.....someone who is perfectly accurate with his historic perspectives.   The facts are the fact.  You may not like them, they may not fit into your personal biases, but they are the facts. 

    Just because you are young Woody is no reason to be uninformed.  

    @the-gipper said:

    Yep.....someone who is perfectly accurate with his historic perspectives.   The facts are the fact.  You may not like them, they may not fit into your personal biases, but they are the facts. 

    Just because you are young Woody is no reason to be uninformed.  

    Just because you are old doesn't mean you need to be misinformed... and it doesn't give you final say on what is 

  • Are we talking about the greatest player to ever play the position or the greatest player relative to the other players in their era?

    Given the size and speed of players back when Jim Brown played what do we think Adrian Peterson would have done? 

    On an objectively, in a vacuum, skill based level players are getting better. Could any WR from the 60s catch the ball like Odell can? Or just compare the average WR. 

  • Hope he packs a ton of sanitizer. With a bunch of old folks living there and idiotic spring breakers it's going to be bad there for awhile.

    @warriorsrpussies said:

    Hope he packs a ton of sanitizer. With a bunch of old folks living there and idiotic spring breakers it's going to be bad there for awhile.

    No, it's not. China has already reversed the course. Tampa will be an easier ride than China. 

  • Are we talking about the greatest player to ever play the position or the greatest player relative to the other players in their era?

    Given the size and speed of players back when Jim Brown played what do we think Adrian Peterson would have done? 

    On an objectively, in a vacuum, skill based level players are getting better. Could any WR from the 60s catch the ball like Odell can? Or just compare the average WR. 

    @mld-woody said:

    Are we talking about the greatest player to ever play the position or the greatest player relative to the other players in their era?

    Given the size and speed of players back when Jim Brown played what do we think Adrian Peterson would have done? 

    On an objectively, in a vacuum, skill based level players are getting better. Could any WR from the 60s catch the ball like Odell can? Or just compare the average WR. 

    OLmen were 220 lbs in Brown's days. 

  • I don't know why, but I just have never liked the guy. Just something about him. I think he needs to simply retire. He's fading fast as a QB, and he should quit while people still remember how good he was, not for hanging on too long.

    @brownsfan4evr said:

    I don't know why, but I just have never liked the guy.

    The fact that he owned the Steelers in the playoffs really helped me to like him.

    One day ( I hope) the Browns will own the Steelers again, and win the dam AFC North consistently. 

  • @the-gipper said:

    Yep.....someone who is perfectly accurate with his historic perspectives.   The facts are the fact.  You may not like them, they may not fit into your personal biases, but they are the facts. 

    Just because you are young Woody is no reason to be uninformed.  

    Just because you are old doesn't mean you need to be misinformed... and it doesn't give you final say on what is 

    @mld-woody said:

    Just because you are old doesn't mean you need to be misinformed... and it doesn't give you final say on what is 

    No.  The fact that I am right does, if you just go by the numbers.

    Did your Michifuck education learn you that  10 is more than 9;  and that 7 is more than 6.  And that 10 is half of 20?

  • Are we talking about the greatest player to ever play the position or the greatest player relative to the other players in their era?

    Given the size and speed of players back when Jim Brown played what do we think Adrian Peterson would have done? 

    On an objectively, in a vacuum, skill based level players are getting better. Could any WR from the 60s catch the ball like Odell can? Or just compare the average WR. 

    @mld-woody said:

    Are we talking about the greatest player to ever play the position or the greatest player relative to the other players in their era?

    Given the size and speed of players back when Jim Brown played what do we think Adrian Peterson would have done? 

    On an objectively, in a vacuum, skill based level players are getting better. Could any WR from the 60s catch the ball like Odell can? Or just compare the average WR. 

    JIm Brown was bigger  Than Adrian Peterson:   6'2  232 compared to 6'1"  220.  and probably stronger than Adrian Peterson..just based on the fact that he could drag defenders all over the field.  And fast?  They didn't really measure stuff like 40 times back then. 

    And could any WR from the 60s catch balls like  Odell can?  (better question:  can any WR from the 2010s catch balls like Odell can...likely not).   But I seem to recall that Paul Warfield could do very well.

    But here is a clue for you about WRs from the 60s:   As a general rule they had to be stouter than WRs today. Or they had to be shifty.  Why?  Because unlike now, those WRs were banged all over the field.  There was no 5 yard illegal contact rule.  They had to bang bodies all the down the field on their routes.   Even the fast guys had to be tougher, like Charley Taylor. 

    Again, ask the question:  what would today's receivers be like, or have to do to succeed if the rules in place now to protect them were not there. If they could be shoved, pushed, knocked down anywhere, anytime?  As long as the ball was not in the air coming to them. 

  • @mld-woody said:

    Are we talking about the greatest player to ever play the position or the greatest player relative to the other players in their era?

    Given the size and speed of players back when Jim Brown played what do we think Adrian Peterson would have done? 

    On an objectively, in a vacuum, skill based level players are getting better. Could any WR from the 60s catch the ball like Odell can? Or just compare the average WR. 

    OLmen were 220 lbs in Brown's days. 

    @icecube said:

    OLmen were 220 lbs in Brown's days. 

    So were DL....so it evened out. 

  • @mld-woody said:

    Just because you are old doesn't mean you need to be misinformed... and it doesn't give you final say on what is 

    No.  The fact that I am right does, if you just go by the numbers.

    Did your Michifuck education learn you that  10 is more than 9;  and that 7 is more than 6.  And that 10 is half of 20?

    @the-gipper said:

    No.  The fact that I am right does, if you just go by the numbers.

    Did your Michifuck education learn you that  10 is more than 9;  and that 7 is more than 6.  And that 10 is half of 20?

    Oh please. Let's not bring that subject into it when you've been objectively incorrect on it before.

    Hell, you didn't even know what Sam, Will and Mike LBs were and now you're proclaiming your great football knowledge? 

    Gimme a break