Yup, he got caught, he got dinged.


In my opinion though,, when doing top player lists,, maybe an asterisk could be attached to his name when he's compared to other players from the same era.


It's really hard for me to attach one to him while comparing him to all-time players,, as different eras have a great number of different variables to take in account (different rules, number of games in seasons, salary caps, equipment technology advances, WRs use of stickem in the day,, etc.).


When comparing Brady to All-Time QBs, I think he is one of the best clutch performers that has ever played (deflate-gate or not). Even in the 2 Superbowls he lost, he drove his team very late for scores when they needed it,, only to watch the defense give it away.


In this era,, deflating is a big deal I guess. But I've read/heard other QBs from the past doing the same thing and it was pretty common.


Brady's easily top 5 all time to me,,, maybe top 3.

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