Why Tom Brady is NOT the GOAT athlete

Tom Brady is not the GOAT. Sorry, that’s a real nice notion, and I can even see where some people would get suckered in by it. But while he is the best quarterback of all time, and probably the best football player ever, that doesn’t make him the GOAT. Here are several athletes whose GOAT qualifications are stronger than Brady’s. [Counterpoint: Why Tom Brady IS the GOAT athlete] Tiger Woods This shouldn’t really require an explanation, but if you had a pulse and were a sports fan from 1996 until 2008, you know what Tiger was all about. He was less competitive golfer and more force of nature. No athlete intimidated his opponents into submission quite like Woods, which is particularly impressive given that he is a golfer, not a boxer. His “Tiger Slam” (holding all four major titles at once, though not in the same year) is one of the most impressive feats in the sport’s history. Woods’ 14 majors are second only to Jack Nicklaus, and while some critics say that Woods’ contemporaries were nowhere near as tough as

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