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The NFL's Real GOAT

posted 2 years ago by Joogle83 (4546)
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not Tom Brady

× Super Bowl champion (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX)
Super Bowl MVP (XXIII)
2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1987, 1993)
10× First-team All-Pro (1986–1990, 1992–1996)
Second-team All-Pro (2002)
13× Pro Bowl (1986–1996, 1998, 2002)
6× NFL receiving yards leader (1986, 1989, 1990, 1993–1995)
2× NFL receptions leader (1990, 1996)
6× NFL receiving touchdowns leader (1986, 1987, 1989–1991, 1993)
NFL scoring leader (1987)
PFWA All-Rookie Team (1985)
NFL 1980s All-Decade Team
NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
San Francisco 49ers Hall of Fame
San Francisco 49ers No. 80 retired
Bert Bell Award (1987)
2× First-team I-AA All-American (1983, 1984)
NFL records
Most career receptions: 1,549
Most career receiving yards: 22,895
Most career receiving touchdowns: 197
Most career total touchdowns: 208
Most career all-purpose yards: 23,546

[–] Kowalski (79178) 2 years ago

× Super Bowl champion (XXIII, XXIV, XXIX)

AS A NON FAN...EVEN I KNOW BRADY WON MORE THAN THREE...HOW MANY?...SORRY,BUT THAT MATERS.

[–] GolfnGuitars (3123) 2 years ago

I'm a Cincinnati Bengals' fan. He and Joe Montana broke my heart in SB XXIII. Great receiver...it sure was odd to see him in a Raiders uniform at the end of his career.

[–] aavfreak (3398) a year ago

Another metric that goes sometimes unseen is the gap between Jerry Rice and the other all time great receivers, in both receptions and yards.

When compared to the all time greats at other NFL positions, he's so far above his peers.

Tom Brady only surpasses the number two passing yards leader (Drew Brees) by about 11%

Jerry Rice exceeds Larry Fitzgerald's total by more than 30%

For final comparison, Emmitt Smith is ahead of Walter Payton on the all time rushing yardage list by 9%

You can do the same with receptions/carries/completions. Jerry Rice is so far and away better than anyone else who's done it.