Tom Brady would be viewed as the greatest quarterback in NFL history if he had played a team other than the Giants in his last two Super Bowl appearances. At least, that’s what one player on those Giants teams thinks.
Tuck said on ESPN Radio that he thinks Brady would be the best of all-time if he had five Super Bowl rings. But thanks to the Giants, he only has three Super Bowl rings.
“If it wasn’t for the Giants, I think Brady would go down, no question, as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game,” Tuck said, via NJ.com. “So I’m glad we were able to steal two from him.”
Judging a quarterback’s career solely by Super Bowl rings is overly simplistic, and it overrates quarterbacks like Terry Bradshaw who played on teams with great defenses while underrating great quarterbacks whose teams were never good enough, like Dan Marino. So to say that Brady’s legacy hinges on those two games may be overstating the significance of those two games within Brady’s entire career.
Still, there’s some truth to what Tuck is saying. No quarterback has ever earned five Super Bowl rings. If not for the Giants, Tom Brady would have.
