After nearly five years of insisting that Tom Brady is “not a top five quarterback” in the NFL anymore, Chris Simms has mostly stood by his take; no matter how undeniably and mind-numbingly misguided it may be. After placing him behind guys like Cam Newton (not playing), Ben Roethlisberger (out for the season), Matt Ryan (18-17) over his last 35 games, and Andrew Luck (0-7 in his career against Brady and also retired), it should be very difficult to take this list seriously even if you are not a Patriot fan. However this list does garner a lot of publicity and popularity.
In one of his podcasts after week two, Simms admitted that he was “dead wrong” about Brady and that he should be ranked at “five or six”. Wow, thank you Chris! Now you finally got it right. Brady isn’t nine or ten, he’s six! What a difference that makes.
But in all seriousness, what does this revision do to the credibility of every other year of Simms’s lists? His main argument has always been that Brady is simply “too old” to be considered the best in the business or even crack the top five. So he was too old to crack it at 39 in 2016 but now at 42 he’s not? Sims has more explaining to do for sure.
In conclusion, his list is mostly gobbledy-gook.
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