Tom Brady and Joe Namath may be affiliated with two division rivals, but the two can't stop saying nice things about each other.
Speaking on The Howard Stern Show, legendary Jets quarterback Joe Namath freely admitted that the quarterback of the rival Patriots is the greatest to ever play the position.
“Tom is the best,” Namath said. “I’ve been asked that question for many years. Johnny [Unitas] was my hero, Otto Graham was great, slingin’ Sammy Baugh, I could go back. But meantime, Tom has been challenged more in recent history with huge games certainly than anyone I recollect, and he’s stepped up every time.”
Stern then asked Namath point blank if Brady is the best of all time.
“I would have to say he’s the best at answering the challenge that ever was,” Namath said, conclusively.
Is @TomBrady the best-ever @NFL quarterback? @RealJoeNamath thinks so. “I've not seen anybody have that many big games and answer the challenge as well as he has,” he tells @HowardStern. pic.twitter.com/SmoIzrqp4p
— Stern Show (@sternshow) June 24, 2019
Brady obviously heard, and on Tuesday evening he took to Instagram to thank the 76-year-old Namath.
“I'm flattered and humbled!” Brady wrote on his story, along with two goat emojis next to the names Broadway Joe and Howard.
It’s hard to disagree with Namath’s opinion on this one. Brady has six rings. Any quarterback who has six rings is always going to be in the conversation for the greatest of all time.
The only player at his positions with more titles is Bart Starr, who won two Super Bowls and five NFL championships before the current system.
Brady will be 42 years old when the 2019 season kicks off.
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