Chapter 204 There is a Goat
GOAT, Greatest-of-All-Time, the greatest of all time, this is a hot topic in all competitive sports, even the best in history across all sports is slow Slowly enter the scope of discussion.
Everyone's definition and standards of GOAT are often different:
Some people just look at the data, and whoever has the most champions is the most powerful.
Some people look at professional selections, from MVPs to professional awards to comprehensive evaluations from peers in the industry, which are more professional than simple and crude numbers.
Some people look at influence, which is the key to getting their sports out of the circle and having a far-reaching impact on a global scale, driving the entire project.
Some people also look at an era where great opponents can give birth to a great era. The champion who sweeps all opponents with one horse is certainly admirable, but the one who reaches the top of the Forbidden City among the stars shining brightly is the king.
And so on, etc., at the same time, because the word "GOAT" itself means goat, naturally, people tend to call the best jokes 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 football GOAT discussion list, and these are just four Just shooting guard, there are more if other positions are covered.
Here, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady also deserves his place.
Although as of the upcoming 2017 season, Brady is not dominant in passing yards, passing touchdowns, regular season MVP and other statistics, lagging behind opponents such as Manning, Favre, and Drew Brees. But after a desperate comeback to reach the Super Bowl and win his fifth championship ring last season, his position in the discussion has skyrocketed with the Rockets.
The reason is very simple and intuitive. In the short 50 years of the Super Bowl era, the Pittsburgh Steelers hold the record for the most championships. They have won six times in team history and are the most proud of the crowd. They are followed closely by San Francisco with 49. The Cowboys and Dallas Cowboys are both five-time champions.
Now, Brady and the New England Patriots have officially joined the ranks.
Moreover, coupled with Brady's legendary experience of being selected with the 199th pick in the sixth round, the story of this superstar's emergence is full of fairy tales, and even movies dare not film it like this.
In the past sixteen years, Manning and Brady have been the undisputed faces and flags of the league. Last season, when Manning retired, Brady took the lead and became the number one player in the league.
There is no doubt that Brady's every move can easily attract the attention of the entire league, living in the spotlight 24 hours a day.
But Brady never imagined that one day his light would be snatched away——
And this is his season as the defending champion.
And by a rookie.
And it was by a running back.
When Brady heard the reporter's question, he was not angry at all. There was no need to argue with children, but he just felt ridiculous.
In spite of himself, Brady laughed.
"Haha, I don't know, I didn't follow his game."
For such a superstar, Brady's answer was very polite and sincere; and this is the truth, he really didn't pay attention-
Not on the same level, no need to pay attention.
To be honest, none of this year's rookies deserve 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 number one player in the league, and the other is also the number one player in the league in some form.
One is the face of the league, and the other is about to become the new face of the league.
One is the biggest focus of the league, and the other is the peak of the Rockets' rising traffic.
What's more, when Manning retires, the media needs to create a new opponent for Brady. Otherwise, if he is the only one, there will be no topic in the season. Compared with other active players such as Brees and Rodgers, this one jumped out of the cracks in the stone. Sun Houhou is obviously more suitable. He has been on the professional stage with a trouble-making attitude from the beginning. Now the media only needs to add a little more fire, and the explosive point can fully release the energy. Moreover, there is another most important reason why reporters connect Levi and Brady——
"Tom, you share the same agent. Didn't you pay special attention to it? Didn't you train together during the offseason?"
Brady was furious now.
To be precise, I laughed out loud. I have seen ridiculous things, but I have never seen anything so ridiculous.
When did he, Tom Brady, become a nanny? Even if it's the same agent, no outsider can intervene in his training. What kind of absurd and bizarre problem is this?
His face was stern.
"Donald? I don't know his job. After all, I'm not his agent."
In fact, few people know that New England Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and Brady have the same agent. In private, Brady will take care of Garoppolo a little, but there is no special treatment. .
Even Garoppolo won't train with Brady in the offseason. When will it be Levi's turn?
Anyway, Brady doesn’t care about Donald’s job——
Why in the hell would he care about his agent's job?
The more he thought about it, the more outrageous and absurd he thought, and Brady's patience was at the bottom.
The reporter saw this and said, "So, what you are saying is that you don't care about Li Wei's performance?"
At this point, Brady was impatient and said, "No, I don't care at all."
It’s not that Brady doesn’t know Levi. How could he know nothing about the heated discussion that has been raging throughout the offseason, especially since the identity of the Chinese-American players makes him want to have a big-character poster posted up and down the entire league.
But, he doesn't care, really.
A rookie running back? Even aliens are not worthy of his attention, and they are not worthy of shining his shoes. He thinks it is better to leave his shoes to professionals, haha.
Brady resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He should have made a call to Goodell. He should also pay attention to the propriety of the hype. He really didn't care about the performance of the rookie running back.
not at all.
Without another chance for reporters, the goat walked away leaving only a shadow. The New England Patriots preseason post-game press conference discussed a rookie running back. What the hell kind of joke is this?
As a result, major news headlines flooded the screen the next day.
"Brady: Levi is worthless."
One headline was enough, and all the other players in the league started to stir up excitement. Anyway, there were not just one or two players who couldn't stand the media making a fuss about kneeling down and licking Levi. At this time, after seeing Brady's shocking headline, they also expressed their opinions, and countless arrows Yafei heads to Kansas City.
Rookie? Running back? And he’s still a rookie?
The anger and dissatisfaction accumulated during this period were released without reservation. It is unimaginable that Levi actually became the one that everyone shouted to beat, and for a moment he truly felt what it was like to be a street rat.
Before officially entering the professional league, he faced off against the League Goat, "Rookie VS Goat", and even further developed into "Rookie VS The World". The development of things went off the track and caught people off guard.
It's actually... a little bit sour.
(End of chapter)