Analyzing Tom Brady’s Place in the Halls of NFL Greatness

May 27, 2012   ·   Marc Freshman   ·   Jump to comments

When it comes to ranking the greatest athletes of all time, everyone has their own definition of what constitutes true greatness. Some define it by a player's individual achievements, others swear by stats, and some base it on how many rings grace an athlete's fingers.
For me, true greatness is winning championships at different phases of your career.
Case in point, the three greatest basketball players of all time: Bill Russell, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
Russell won 11 world championships, dominating the tail end of the 1950s and ruling the 1960s with an iron fist. Jordan won six world championships, which spanned the 1990s from beginning to end. Bryant did the same thing, peppering his five championships throughout the 2000s from start to finish.
All three players accomplished these feats with different rosters, thereby creating unique team identities while they evolved as individual athletes. In doing so, they displayed their ability to defy the physical an...

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