Monday, July 4, 2011

Ya. You got that right.

Now that is more like it.

The NFL Network has been counting down it's Top 100 current NFL players as chosen by the only people that count when it comes to these things... the NFL players. It hasn't been quite the outstanding sports television that the list of all-time 100 Greatest Players was. I guess it's just not as interesting to see where Mike Vick is ranked as opposed to NFL legends like Joe Theisman or Gayle Sayers.

But the list of best players of 2011 accomplished one thing... righting a wrong. The ranking of one Tom Brady. The all-time list that was unveiled last year placed the Pats future hall-of-famer at #21. That's right. Not even in the Top 20. That's what happens when you let fans and the media start voting.

Brady was in the middle of his greatest season yet when the rankings came out. He finished the year without his fourth Lombardi Trophy, but did become the first player ever unanimously awarded the league's MVP trophy. There really is no reason to debate his place in NFL history. He is one of the five greatest quarterbacks to ever throw a pass and certainly in the Top 10 of all players.

And at the moment, he is certainly the best player in the game.

As Ray Lewis says (first Derek Jeter as Brady spokesman, now Ray Lewis? Wasn't anyone from Boston available?) in the video below... "I'll tell my kids I played against one of the great ones... I mean the greatest of the greats."

Thanks for setting that straight, Ray.





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