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Originally Posted by kcgreene
I'm not arguing with your sentiment, but Brady is recognized as the GOAT because of 7 rings (even if rosters were absurdly loaded and he never won with worse than a Top 10 D in Pts per Drive), but I also recognize that Mahomes resume' with 3 rings is still lighter than Brady's resume' with 7. (Though I don't think it will be for long, I think once Mahomes reached 4 with this current stretch of utter dominance that the argument shifts)
Hell, Peyton was more talented than Brady, but Brady is recognized as greater due to his success, (partially because of all those years in Indy where Peyton had much lesser Defenses)
At the end of the day, a substantial majority of people won't care about the flags, the tuck rule, or anything. Hell, Brady made a joke in a commercial about the tuck rule calling it actually a fumble a year or two ago, and people laughed it off.
The barometer of success is defined by two things to the public. The eye test, and the resume'. The flags and other nuances will be lost to time; fairly or unfairly.
Regardless, this won't matter because Mahomes will be almost universally recognized as the GOAT by the end of his career.
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Manning, for as good as he was in the regular season just wasn’t the same guy in the postseason. Had he not been carried to his second SB he falls into the same category as Favre/Rodgers (currently). Lots of regular season success and MVPs, but very little postseason hardware to show for it.