Is Tom Brady the best QB ever?

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

There will probably never be a consensus best ever. Why people feel the need to even debate it is beyond me.

I don't think debate always has to be about coming to a consensus.

With that said, there is always a correct answer to every question. The bigger question is, will we ever find the answer.

Case in point: Though their career's mirrored each other's, either Dan Marino was better than John Elway, or Elway was better than Marino. While there is no one statistic that conclusively proves that one was better than the other, it can be conclusively said that they were not perfect equals in terms of skill.

I can make you a pretty flawless argument that Marino was the better of the two, but that would hardly end the debate.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I don't think debate always has to be about coming to a consensus.

With that said, there is always a correct answer to every question. The bigger question is, will we ever find the answer.

Case in point: Though their career's mirrored each other's, either Dan Marino was better than John Elway, or Elway was better than Marino. While there is no one statistic that conclusively proves that one was better than the other, it can be conclusively said that they were not perfect equals in terms of skill.

I can make you a pretty flawless argument that Marino was the better of the two, but that would hardly end the debate.

Well my basic point is people always seem to want to crown a single player as being the best ever, and as you allude to it's just not that simple. So why bother trying to figure out who was the best ever? There's a handful of guys who are always in the discussion, I just don't get the need to name one guy as the best ever.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

Well my basic point is people always seem to want to crown a single player as being the best ever, and as you allude to it's just not that simple. So why bother trying to figure out who was the best ever? There's a handful of guys who are always in the discussion, I just don't get the need to name one guy as the best ever.

Once somebody comes up with a compent coefficienct for adjusting between eras, we will be able to use their stats to make strong arguments for being the best of all time. Until then, you would be right, the only cross-era comparsions we have are subjective.

I think this guy deserves more than a single look for greatest ever title:

Otto Graham Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com