Attempting to end the nfl GOAT debate

Question

(All stats sourced from Pro Football Reference. Check it out, please.)

There are a few candidates for the GOAT.

Tom Brady.

Joe Montana.

Patrick Mahomes.

Drew Brees.

Peyton Manning.

But, I’m going to try to end the debate.

Let’s start.

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Career stats rank like this (1 is highest numbers, 5 is lowest numbers):

#1: Tom Brady: 89,000 Yards, 649 Touchdowns, in league 23 seasons, played 21 (this is not counting the 2008 season where he got injured first game or his first season where he threw only 3 passes).

#2: Drew Brees: 80,000 Yards, 571 Touchdowns, in league 20 seasons, played 19 (not counting his first season where he threw only 27 passes).

#3: Peyton Manning: 71,000 Yards, 539 Touchdowns, in league 18 seasons, played 17 (not including 2011 season where he didn’t play due to a neck injury).

#4: Joe Montana: 40,000 Yards, 273 Touchdowns, in league 16 seasons, played 15 (not including 1991 season where he did not play due to an elbow injury).

#5: Patrick Mahomes: 28,000 Yards, 219 Touchdowns, in league 7 seasons, played 6 (not including his first season when he threw only 35 passes).

Okay, the reason why Mahomes is so low is because he’s still young.

He has the lowest number of yards and TDs out of everyone listed, but he’s only been in the league for 7 seasons, playing in only 6.

However, he easily takes the cake in “best start to a career”.

He passed for 5,000 yards and 50 touchdowns in only his second season, winning MVP.

Let’s move on to super bowl rings.

#1: Tom Brady: 7. Years: SB36, SB38, SB39, SB49, SB51, SB53, SB55.

Appearances: SB36, SB38, SB39, SB42, SB46, SB49, SB51, SB52, SB53, SB55.

#2: Joe Montana: 4. Years: SB16, SB19, SB23, SB24. These were his only appearances.

#3: Patrick Mahomes: 3. Years: SB54, SB57, SB58.

Appearances: SB54, SB55, SB57, SB58.

#4: Peyton Manning: 2. Years: SB41, SB50.

Appearances: SB41, SB44, SB48, SB50.

#5: Drew Brees: 1. Year: SB44. This was his only appearance.

MVP count now.

#1: Peyton Manning: 5. Years: 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, and 2013.

#2: Tom Brady: 3. Years: 2007, 2010, 2017.

Tied #3: Patrick Mahomes: 2. Years: 2018, 2022.

Tied #3: Joe Montana: 2. Years: 1989, 1990.

#4: Drew Brees: 0.

Okay, I cannot provide a full view, but you have what you have here.

Hope this stops chaos. Goobay.

Answer 1

The answer is Andy Reid. Hands down, No question

Comments

*cough cough* Bill Belichick, 8 rings, long career in the NFL, won 2 rings with Giants as their Defensive Coordinator, won 6 rings with Patriots as head coach, *cough cough*

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But Andy Reid is just... Well he's ANDY REID!!

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Sure, he beat the 49ers twice, but Kyle Shanahan is to blame. Seriously, a screen pass on third and long? Even if you did that with Barry Sanders it would get blown up!

And he beat the Eagles because of a holding penalty that shouldn’t have been called.

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Can we just say that all of the teams and their coaches are talented and leave it at that?
That's really the only the that matters at the end of the day.

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True, but NFL fans like to go to an unbelievable extent past that.

We go into stuff that doesn’t even matter!

Im not an NFL fan tho,

Im an NFL sub-buff.

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Not sure what the latter is x3

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Sub-buff means you’re basically a buff but you don’t have the knowledge to be an official buff

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Ah.

What kind of buff are we talking about?

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I'm not talking about how well his team is or his stats and all. He's just a funny guy lol.

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Oh yeah definitely lol

Wayyyyyy more funny than belichick (not being sarcastic, its true)

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He seems very cool, too :D