Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 204 There is a Goat
GOAT, Greatest-of-All-Time, the greatest of all time, is a hot topic in all competitive sports. Even the best of all time across all events is slowly coming into the discussion.

Everyone's definition and criteria for GOAT are often different:

Some people just look at the data and think whoever has the most championships is the best.

Some people look at professional selections, from MVP to professional awards to comprehensive evaluations from industry peers, which are more professional than simple and crude numbers.

Some people look at influence, who is the key to making their sport popular and having a profound impact on a global scale to drive the entire project.

Some people also look at an era. Only great opponents can give birth to a great era. A champion who sweeps all opponents is certainly admirable, but the one who reaches the top of the Forbidden City among the shining stars and the heroes is the king.

And so on. At the same time, because the word "GOAT" itself means goat, naturally, people often call the best in history goats, and some people even give goats as gifts to these superstars.

Football is no exception.

Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, etc. are all on the discussion list for football GOAT, and this is just quarterbacks. There are more if other positions are covered.

Here, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady also deserves a place.

Although Brady does not have an advantage in passing yards, passing touchdowns, regular season MVP and other statistics as of the upcoming 2017 season, and lags behind opponents such as Manning, Favre, and Drew Brees, his position in the discussion has soared after he made a Jedi comeback last season and won his fifth Super Bowl championship ring.

The reason is very simple and intuitive. In the short fifty years of the Super Bowl era, the Pittsburgh Steelers hold the record for the most championships, winning six times in team history, leading the pack. Following closely behind are the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys, both of whom have won five times.

Now, Brady and the New England Patriots have officially joined the ranks.

Moreover, Brady's legendary experience of being selected with the 199th pick in the sixth round makes the story of this superstar's sudden emergence full of fairy tale colors, and even movies dare not shoot it like this.

In the past sixteen years, Manning and Brady have been the undisputed faces and banners of the league. After Manning retired last season, Brady took the lead and became the undisputed number one player in the league.

There is no doubt that Brady's every move can easily attract the attention of the entire league, and he lives under the spotlight 24 hours a day.

But Brady never expected that his glory would be snatched away one day.

And it is the season in which he is the defending champion.

And it was by a rookie.

And it was by a running back.

When Brady heard the reporter's question, he wasn't angry, as there was no need to argue with a child, but he just thought it was ridiculous.

Brady couldn't help but laugh.

"Haha, I don't know. I didn't follow his games."

For such a superstar, Brady's answer was very polite and sincere; and this was the truth, he really didn't pay attention to it -

Not on the same level, no need to pay attention.

To be honest, among this year's rookies, no one deserves Brady's special attention, not even the quarterback, let alone a running back?
Is this the joke of the century?

However, this is not the case in the eyes of reporters.

One is the best in the league, and the other is also the best in the league in some form.

One is the face of the alliance, and the other is about to become the new face of the alliance.

One is the biggest focus of the league, and the other is the peak of the Rockets' rising new traffic.

Moreover, with Manning's retirement, the media needs to create a new opponent for Brady. Otherwise, if he is the only one standing out, there will be no topic for the season. Compared with other active players such as Brees and Rogers, this Monkey King who jumped out of the cracks of the stone is obviously more suitable. He has entered the professional stage with the attitude of making trouble in heaven from the beginning. Now the media only needs to add fuel to the fire, and the explosive point can fully release the energy. Moreover, there is another most important reason why reporters link Levi and Brady -

"Tom, you share the same agent, don't you pay any special attention? Don't you train together in the offseason?"

Brady was furious.

To be more precise, I was so angry that I laughed. I have seen ridiculous things, but I have never seen anything as ridiculous as this.

When did he, Tom Brady, become a babysitter? Even if they share the same agent, his training is not open to outsiders. What kind of ridiculous question is this?

His face turned serious.

"Donald? I don't know what he does. After all, I'm not his agent."

In fact, very few people know that New England Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and Brady have the same agent. Brady will take care of Garoppolo a little in private, but there is no special treatment.

Even Garoppolo won't train with Brady during the offseason, so when will it be Levi's turn?

Anyway, Brady wouldn't care about Donald's job -

God damn it, why should he care about his agent's job?

The more he thought about it, the more outrageous and ridiculous it became. Brady's patience had already run out.

Seeing this, the reporter asked, "So, what you mean is that you don't care about Levi's performance?"

At this point, Brady had lost his patience, "No, I don't care at all."

It's not that Brady doesn't know Levi. How could he be unaware of the heated discussions throughout the offseason? Especially the identity of the Chinese player was so obvious that he almost wanted to post a big poster all over the league.

But he didn't care, really.

A rookie running back? Even an alien is not worthy of his attention, and he thinks it is better to leave shoe polishing to professionals, haha.

Brady resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He should have called Goodell and used some discretion when hyping up the news. He really didn't care about the rookie running back's performance at all.

Not at all.

Without another chance for the reporter, the goat just walked away with its back left. The New England Patriots' preseason postgame press conference was discussing a rookie running back. What kind of hellish joke is this?

As a result, major news headlines flooded the screen the next day.

"Brady: Levi is not worth mentioning."

One headline was enough to cause all the other players in the league to start to stir up trouble. There were many players who couldn't stand the media making a fuss and licking Levi's boots. After seeing Brady's shocking headline, they also expressed their opinions. Countless arrows flew towards Kansas City.

A rookie? A running back? A rookie?

The anger and dissatisfaction accumulated during this period were released without reservation. It was hard to imagine that Levi would become the one who stood out and was hated by everyone. For a moment, he truly felt like a rat crossing the street.

Before officially entering the professional league, he was already in direct conflict with the league's goat, "rookie vs. goat", which even further developed into "rookie vs. the whole world". The development of things went off track and caught people off guard.

It’s really... a little bit sour.

(End of this chapter)