mdonnelly21 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Let's say 99 only goes the most historical seasons...Brady 07, A-Rod 11, Peyton 2004 (I think) And that 45 is the worst QB of all time. This way they are based on like a school grading system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBLIII Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 93-94 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aztec Hammer Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 (edited) 97. 54 Total TDs, took a 7-9 team with a losing culture to a Super Bowl championship in Year 1. His only real struggles at any point came via natural bedding-in and adaptation problems due to everything new and covid, in the first half of the year. Out of the Bye, through to the end of the Super Bowl, he was the best QB in the league and typical Brady. Never looked like throwing a pick outside of that second half NFCC flurry, which even then, if you really analyse a couple of the picks, were the result of a tipped catch and then a blown protection/3rd down anyway that were self-preservation decisions and effectively 'chuck it up towards Mike or it's an arm punt anyway' deals. It's an extremely high grade to me once context is applied. Sure, his first half of the season was more in the late 80's range let's say, but when it mattered most, he completed the season holding aloft the Lombardi, just having beaten three Super Bowl MVPs in the Playoffs and was performing as the best QB in the league in doing so. It was a truly exceptional NFL season for any QB, never mind a 43-year-old. Edited February 24, 2021 by Aztec Hammer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter2_1 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 92. High 90s reserved for QBs like Rogers and Mahomes who are top two in MVP talk, are as athletic as they are smart, rocket arms but also good touch etc. Almost perfect. Brady was elite (hence 90s), but some of the deep ball picks, a few mistakes, defense winning a few games and just not being those two above (which isn't a criticism at all). Would put him 3rd or 4th on the year. Rodgers, Mahomes, Watson, Brady - probably 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Like a 94 just for the Regular Season. Really under-appreciated season. 97 for the Regular Season and Playoffs combined. Defense was the main reason for the Super Bowl, but he still played incredibly well in the Super Bowl and was pretty good overall outside that horrendous Packer Second Half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 8 hours ago, Hunter2_1 said: 92. High 90s reserved for QBs like Rogers and Mahomes who are top two in MVP talk, are as athletic as they are smart, rocket arms but also good touch etc. Almost perfect. Brady was elite (hence 90s), but some of the deep ball picks, a few mistakes, defense winning a few games and just not being those two above (which isn't a criticism at all). Would put him 3rd or 4th on the year. Rodgers, Mahomes, Watson, Brady - probably I guess I’m a little more generous. I’d give Mahomes a 98 and Rodgers a 99.5 for their 2020 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awsi Dooger Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 Winning a Super Bowl at 43 is eventually going to stand out as so ridiculous that it's difficult to assign anything other than the highest number or greatest superlative. It only gets normalized somewhat now since we've seen Brady's level remain mostly stable into his 40s. Once we're removed from Brady's career and nobody else is stretching that caliber into those ages the upward adjustments will follow. Regular season is splendid trivia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notthatbluestuff Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 80 - performed generally as expected given the help he had and let his stacked roster carry him to another title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdonnelly21 Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/25/2021 at 1:08 PM, BayRaider said: I guess I’m a little more generous. I’d give Mahomes a 98 and Rodgers a 99.5 for their 2020 seasons. Who would you give a 100? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFlaccoSeagulls Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 For the regular season he's probably barely at 90. For the post season he's probably a 95, so if you average those out I'd say probably 92-93. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 If a 99 is an all-time elite season, I'll take that as the 90s being a generally elite season, so I'd give him somewhere in the mid-80s. 84 - 86. I get that the Bucs won the superbowl, but he wasn't a top 5 QB in the regular season, and he didn't do anything particularly great in the postseason either. Was super efficient in the superbowl, but that was never really a game. Was at 55% completion the 3 games prior, and honestly did enough to blow it against Green Bay. But if you give him like a 93 or 94 like many are saying, then you have to, IMO, give Deshaun Watson, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, and Aaron Rodgers all higher grades than that for sure. Probably Russell Wilson as well. The stats would even argue a guy like Tannehill, too. And I don't think, if we're grading on an all-time scale, you could argue that there were 5-7 performances this season that rank that high all-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 hours ago, mdonnelly21 said: Who would you give a 100? '11 Rodgers, '04 Manning, and '07 Brady. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 52 minutes ago, Jakuvious said: If a 99 is an all-time elite season, I'll take that as the 90s being a generally elite season, so I'd give him somewhere in the mid-80s. 84 - 86. I get that the Bucs won the superbowl, but he wasn't a top 5 QB in the regular season, and he didn't do anything particularly great in the postseason either. Was super efficient in the superbowl, but that was never really a game. Was at 55% completion the 3 games prior, and honestly did enough to blow it against Green Bay. But if you give him like a 93 or 94 like many are saying, then you have to, IMO, give Deshaun Watson, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes, and Aaron Rodgers all higher grades than that for sure. Probably Russell Wilson as well. The stats would even argue a guy like Tannehill, too. And I don't think, if we're grading on an all-time scale, you could argue that there were 5-7 performances this season that rank that high all-time. Completely disagree. I think he had the 5th best QB season behind Rodgers, Mahomes, Allen, and Watson. And overall probably his 7th or 8th best season out of 20 seasons. Before we go in circles, can you name 6-7 QB's you think had better regular seasons than Brady in 2020? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 8 hours ago, BayRaider said: Completely disagree. I think he had the 5th best QB season behind Rodgers, Mahomes, Allen, and Watson. And overall probably his 7th or 8th best season out of 20 seasons. Before we go in circles, can you name 6-7 QB's you think had better regular seasons than Brady in 2020? I literally already listed, in that post, the 5 QBs that had better seasons than him, and a 6th that did statistically, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Mid 80s, maybe bonus points for doing it while being so old. Did enough to beat the hapless Saints and Packers, sat back and watched his defense demolish the best QB in the league in the Super Bowl. Proved he had enough left in the tank to exploit a stacked offense. Impressive leadership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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