This past Sunday, I finally conceded what had previously been the unthinkable for me as a fourth generation native of San Francisco. With his incredible fourth quarter heroics, Tom Brady won his his fifth Super Bowl title and fourth Super Bowl MVP. As the blue and red confetti fell, I said it out loud at the Homedale Bar in Lakeview, “Brady has officially passed Joe Montana on my list as the greatest NFL quarterback of all time.”
I’m not even mad about it anymore. Brady deserves to be called the best. As a die-hard Saints fan, I couldn’t help but think, “If Brady is the best ever, where does Drew Brees rank?