Brady had an ordinary game by his standards, but he clinically directed the last winning drive. Wilson his 26 year old opponent by contrast, given the win on a plate by an incredibly lucky catch on the one....blew it by totally telegraphing his pass and then trying to force it into traffic.
Two top rated QBs in football in 2014 .....38 year old Manning and 37 year old Brady.
One more sport where experience counts.
All I know is he abused dogs, which offends me. I regularly support efforts to prevent cruelty to animals . Does that help.
Funny stuff. But ignorant and kinda stupid. So the NFL has no athletes. I much prefer rugby as a game, but no athletes? How many rugby players have ever broken 10.5 in the 100 metres. Frankly I can't think of any, maybe Habana at his peak, but it's not recorded in an official race. Hell we get excited because Senatla does 10.6. Here are some recorded NFL times:
Ron Brown 10.06
Alvis Whitted 10.07
Darrell Green 10.08
Marquise Goodwin 10.09
Sam Graddy 10.09
Ray Norton 10.1 (1959 World Record)
Trenton Jackson 10.1
Tommie Smith 10.1
Mel Gray 10.1
Gerald Tinker 10.1
Willie Mchee 10.1
Herb Washington 10.1
Robert Woods 10.1
Willie Gault 10.1
Jerome Mathis 10.1 (set in High School track meet)
Mike Miller 10.11
Curtis Dickey 10.11
James Trapp 10.14 / 20.17 200Meter
James Jett 10.16
Michael Bates 10.17
Sultan McCullogh 10.17
Michael Bennett 10.18
Samie Parker 10.18
Jammal Charles 10.18
Henry Carr 10.2 / 20.30 200M 1964 World Record
Larry Burton 10.2
Joe Delaney 10.2
Terrence Newman 10.2
Frank Budd 10.2 (in 1961)
Anthony Phillips 10.21
Jonathan Wade 10.21
Mark Duper 10.21
Michael Ray Garvin 10.21
Jonny Jones 10.23
Clyde Glosson 10.23
Calvin Johnson 10.23
Jacoby Ford 10.23
Clifford Branch 10.24
Phil Epps 10.24
Chris Sanders 10.25
Reggie Jones 10.25
Tommie Simmons 10.25
Deion Sanders 10.26
Tony Jones 10.26
Patrick Johnson 10.26
Curtis Conway 10.28
Andre Johnson 10.29
Ronnie Powell 10.29
Laverne Smith 10.29
O.J. Simpson 10.3
Cecil Turner 10.3
Issac Curtis 10.3
Terrence Warren 10.3
Brian Witherspoon 10.3
Devery Henderson 10.3
Glen Davis 10.3 (in 1958)
Danny Peebles 10.32
Herschel Walker 10.32
Ray Ethridge 10.33
Jermaine Lewis 10.33
Ahmad Carroll 10.34
Ron Woodson 10.34
Kevin Williams 10.34
Sammie Smith 10.34
Rocket Ismail 10.34
Eric Thomas 10.35
Michael Haynes 10.35
Terry McDaniel 10.35
Joey Galloway 10.35
Lawrence Johnson 10.37
Chris Johnson 10.38
Bo Jackson 10.39
Darrius Heyward-Bey 10.4
Amos Mash 10.4
Alex Burl 10.4 (in 1956)
Tim Dwight 10.41
Reggie Bush 10.42 (High School)
Devin Hester 10.42
Tye Hill 10.48
Claude "Buddy" Young 10.5 (in 1944)
Terrell Owens 10.5
Ted Ginn 10.5
DeSean Jackson 10.5 (High School)
Antonio Brown 10.54
Randy Moss 10.96 (When he was 14 years old)
Champ Bailey 55 meters 6.35, 60 meters 6.85
Ronaldo Nehemiah 110m Hurdles 12.93
Earl McCulloch 110m Hurdles 13.2 (1967 World Record)
Jammal Charles 110mH 13.69
Antonio Cromartie 110mH 14.1
200 Meter times
Michael Bates 20.01
James Trapp 20.17
Phil Epps 20.19
Michael Timpson 20.23
Danny Peebles 20.27
Tony Jones 20.28
Jerome Mathis 20.32
400 Meters
Rod Jones 44.94
Larry Jones 44.98
Travis Hannah 45.17
Patrick Johnson 45.38
Scott Turner 45.69
Robert Smith 45.73
Johnny Thomas 45.91
Russell Carter 46.02
Senatla 10.16
Its one thing running at speed, its another thing being skilful enough to beat defenders.....you don't see much of that in NFL
Athletic is relative.......running at pace in a straight line with no obstacles in your way involves little skill.
The stats for rugby players running the 100m are not really available as they don't bother with it
Compiled by the New Zealand Herald newspaper.
Best 100m times:
Usain Bolt (world record holder) - 9.58 secs
Carlin Isles (Fastest in rugby sevens) - 10.13
Tonderai Chavhanga (Fastest in Super Rugby) - 10.27
Bryan Habana (Springbok) - 10.4
Joe Rokocoko (former All Black) - 10.66
Doug Howlett (former All Black) - 10.68
A guy like Howlett, who was super fast in rugby, would be ordinary in the NFL.
There is no link, it was mentioned in commentary in the last 7's tournament he played in.
There is no skill involved in NFL and given the number of players on the park and all the stoppages.....I cant see how speed plays a part.
Its a boring game with little skill involved other than the quarter back being able to find his receivers.
Dave these are professional athletes in a highly competitive, extremely lucrative sport....they are completely fit for the purpose. You might just as well make jokes about Maa Nonu lasting a soccer match. If they are "fat" it's because weight has a huge role to play on the line....Japanese wrestlers are "fatter" but underneath that layer, massively muscled.
I don't watch much NFL I prefer soccer and rugby. But I'm under no illusions which sport would win the most athletic medals....the NFL by a mile.
