Yes but NE won 3 SBs in Brady's first four full seasons.
They did. And he wasn't particularly good in the first one and no where as good as Joe in any of them...well, that's not fair, his best SB edged out Joe's worst. Eventually Brady was Brady, but early he was like Big Ben, winning by team. Contributing, but not dominating from the position.
NE wasn't a championship team until Brady
They were, just not a SB Champion. They won the AFC twice and made the big game before he got there. SF was a poverty of nothing before Joe.
, and it was an instant transformation, and now they've won five with him at the helm.
In his first full year under center they went from 5-11 the year before to 11-5 and a SB (where, again, Brady was okay, but not great). Before that poor preceding season New England had a pretty good team. It was an off year, not a long streak of failure that Tom inherited.
Then Tom got better and though the next two were close affairs, he had three rings by his first four year stretch. It would be ten years before he won another close and controversial SB.
Joe's team was 2-12 for two straight years before he took the helm. He came in for 7 games the next year. They went 6-10. His first full year under center they went 13-3 and a SB. Two years later he won his second. Five years later he'd added two more, picking up his four in nine years.
And none of that matters, because Joe's stats are better in the championship games. IOW, SF turning around under Joe's quarterbacking/leadership cannot mean as much as NE's transformation does under Brady's
It can unless you think a team that's won four games in two years is better than one that wins 13 in that same stretch. The turnaround in SF was more dramatic. Now if you only concentrate on the year immediately before the SB, SF won one more game. But they also won two more games that SB season. So even with that narrow a focus it's a wash...but ultimately you're right, what sets Joe apart is his play in the biggest game. Four appearances, four wins, no ints, and every game played at a remarkable level, with the weakest leaving him with a 100 rating.
, but Brady's the 4th or fifth best qb ever, and Joe's better than him and always will be.
Brady is special. And he may end up, if he already isn't, as being the NFL's answer to Jabbar. Great for longer than anyone has a reasonable right to expect to be.
