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Quick answer is no he is not.
Longer answer is Rodgers is an extremely talented QB that has been able to translate that talent into fairly impressive personal and team accomplishments. He has been one of the best in the league year in and year out since he became the Green Bay starter. If he retired now he would likely be an easy HOF player and even with the clarity of time would be regarded as a top 15–20 QB all-time. So to be clear anything else I say isn’t to say he isn’t a great player it is only in relative comparison to Tom Brady.
So one big thing is that Rodgers isn’t not going to retire right now and should have many more top notch starter for several more years. However you can’t give him credit for things have yet to happen. He is likely to be very high on the lists of more all-time QB stats if he has 4 more great years before any decline, but can’t assume it. He also will likely be quite high on the all-time win list and could possibly lead his team to more playoff success, but you can’t assume it.
Brady on the other hand is just writing the last few chapters in a career that is coming to and end (even if he really does play 3–4 more years it still is just the tail end of his legacy). At this point if you ignore wins and rings he is a top 5 all-time QB easily. When you add in his amazing record and unparalleled playoff success most people have him as the clear best ever.
Also as good as Rodgers is he is a bit overrated in terms of his ability to lead his team to tough wins. He has a lot of those flashy Hail Mary plays but when you dig in he doesn’t really do well in overcoming adverse conditions as opposed to when he leads wire to wire.
(These stats are cut and pasted in case any of the syntax or formatting seems off. Numbers updated though Brady’s win over the Jags in the AFCCG ahead of SB LII)
It is actually shocking how bad Rodgers is without a lead, at least compared to Brady...
In games they trailed by any amount at any point in the game:
Brady: 109-64 (0.630), including 15-9 (0.625) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 48-55 (0.466), including 6-7 (0.462) in the playoffs
When trailing at halftime
Brady: 36-37 (0.493), including 5-5 (0.500) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 15-38 (0.283), including 1-6 (0.143) in the playoffs
(When tied at the half Brady is 17-6 (0.739) while Rodgers is 2-7 (0.222))
When trailing to start the 4th quarter
Brady: 30-47 (0.390), including 6-6 (0.500) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 10-41 (0.196), including 1-5 (0.167) in the playoffs
(When tied to start the 4th Brady is 12-2 (0.857) while Rodgers is 4-3 (0.571))
When trailing at any point in the 4th quarter/OT
Brady: 42-64 (0.396), including 8-9 (0.471) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 12-55 (0.179), including 1-7 (0.125) in the playoffs
Okay so Rodgers isn’t so good at playing from behind. He’s probably better when he has a lead though! I mean you often hear Rodgers doesn’t have the comebacks since he is just always ahead and doesn’t need to.
When leading to start the 4th quarter
Brady: 181-14 (0.928), including 18-3 (0.857) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 89-11 (0.890), including 8-2 (0.800) in the playoffs
Well Rodgers is definitely good, but Brady is still better…
Going back to those comebacks…
Now those numbers don’t look at how big the deficits are. Brady probably isn’t any better at making up for the team putting him in a big hole.
When they trail by 10+ points at any point in the game:
Brady: 31-45 (0.408), including 6-5 (0.545) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 8-35 (0.186), including 1-4 (0.200) in the playoffs
When they trail by 14+ points:
Brady: 10-31 (0.244), including 2-5 (0.286) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 6-22 (0.214), including 0-4 in the playoffs
When trailing by 20+ points
Brady: 4-16 (0.200), including 1-2 (0.333) in the playoffs (We of course know what that 1 game was...)
Rodgers: 1-11 (0.083) including 0-3 in the playoffs
Now for those 10+ numbers include the bigger deficits too so let’s isolate the non-blowout games:
Trailing by 10-13 points at some point in the game
Brady: 21-14 (0.600), including 4-0 in the playoffs
Rodgers: 2-13 (0.133), including 1-0 in the playoffs (hey Rodgers stepped it up in the playoffs!!!!)
Also in the biggest crunch time in over time they could not be any more different
Brady: 13-4 (0.765), including 2-0 in the playoffs.
Rodgers: 1-7 (0.125), including 0-3 in the playoffs
(Fun fact Rodgers actually lost his 1st OT game before Brady did. Rodgers in 2008 Brady in 2009, after starting 7-0)
When they get the ball first in OT:
Brady: 8-2 (0.800), including 2-0 in the playoffs
Rodgers: 0-3, including 0-1 in the playoffs (Hint: you can't blame the D if you don't score first)
When the other team gets it first: Brady: 3-2 with both losses being when he never got on the field
Rodgers: 1-4 with all 4 being when he didn't get onto the field (so tough on both guys but yeah Rodgers can't do much when the D can't get a stop)
But of course it is all about the stats not the results right?
Career in OT:
Brady: 47-68 (69.1%) for 511 yards with 1 TD and 0 INTs and a 94.7 passer rating
Including: 13-14 (92.9%) for 95 yards and a 94.9 passer rating in the playoffs
Rodgers: 3-9 (33.6%) for 91 yards with 0 TDs and 1 INT and a 32.4 passer rating
Including: 1-2 (50.0%) for 14 yards and a 72.9 passer rating in the playoffs
Rodgers also has a lost fumble that lead to a defensive score so his defense never had a shot to even try to get a stop in the playoffs.
Well what about close games in general? Surely the king of the Hail Mary’s does really well when the game is close!
Final margin of victory is 7 points or less:
Brady: 81-36 (0.692), including 13-5 (0.722) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 37-34 (0.521), including 5-5 (0.500) in the playoffs
What about specifically when the defense has a bad game and gives up a lot of points?
When each guy’s team gives up 28+ points:
Brady: 22-31 (0.415) including 4-4 (0.500) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 9-32 (0.220) including 1-5 (0.167) in the playoffs
Now this includes the super 40+ point meltdowns (neither guy has ever won a game their team gave up over 40) so let's just look when the team gives up 30-39 points (still pretty terrible!):
Brady: 13-19 (0.406) including 1-2 in the playoffs
Rodgers: 7-22 (0.241) including 1-1 in the playoffs
Okay so maybe he has more trouble than Brady when the defense plays bad but what about when they do good? Surely Rodgers is totally automatic when that happens and probably better than Tommy.
When each guy’s team gives up 0-10 points:
Brady: 65-0 including 4-0 in the playoffs
Rodgers: 25-1 including 1-0 in the playoffs
When each guy’s team gives up 11-19 points:
Brady: 73-6 (0.924) including 10-1 (0.909) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 33-8 (0.805) including 4-0 in the playoffs (Nice that he did better here again!)
So combined when his team gives up less than 20 points:
Brady 138-6 (0.958)
Rodgers 58-9 (0.866)
So in just under half as many games Rodgers has lost 50% more games when the defense does well. Brady barely ever wastes a good effort while Rodgers isn't bad but loses more than 3x as often (13.4% vs. 4.2%) when his defense does enough to win.
We also here a lot about how Rodgers has to carry his team. So what happens when each guy is asked to do more with his arm to really carry the team?
40 or more attempts:
Brady: 55-29 (0.655), including 11-6 (0.647) in the playoffs
Rodgers: 14-25 (0.359), including 2-4 (0.333) in the playoffs
50 or more attempts:
Brady: 19-9 (0.679), including 6-2 (0.750) in the playoffs (2-0 in the SB)
Rodgers: 1-3 (0.250), never thrown that much in the playoffs
Oh and what about clutch?
When Throwing 40+ times 29 of those 55 wins are GWDs and 26 were 4th quarter comebacks for Brady (7 GWDs and 6 comebacks in the playoffs including 3 in the SB)
For Rodgers? Only 5 of his 14 wins were GWDs and only 3 of those were 4QCs (1 GWD and no comebacks in the playoffs)
Brady has been asked to carry his team with his arm much more, and not just because he has played longer. He has thrown 40+ times in 29.3% of his starts (84 of 287) and Rodgers only 24.7% of his (39 of 158) and he actually wins most of the time while Rodgers mostly loses the more he is asked to do.
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So many times the hard to quantify “It” factor is what people use to determine greatness and Brady just oozes it and Rodgers is good but not great.
Fourth Answer
I think that Jamal Adams should be charged with assault and face the legal consequences of his actions.
I thought that maybe this was planned like every other time a mascot and a player "fight" but it looks like it wasn't according to this SI article Patriots mascot tackled by Jets safety Jamal Adams, although the mascot didn't end up at the hospital.
There's no difference between this and assaulting a front office employee who's wearing a suit standing around at a Pro Bowl media event. The mascot is an employee of a team just like anyone else and to have a 6' 210 lb professional athlete unexpectededly tackle him is no different than if I went to a business convention and tackled a competitor out of the blue. If I did that I'd expect to be arrested and charged with some form of assault.
