Tom Brady's lifelong connection with his WRs and more Beav

I thought it was cool that when he signed that Sirius Radio endorsement contract back in the day he did it on the condition that his three WRs at the time (David Givens, Deion Branch, and Troy Brown) would  appear in the TV commercial with him.

I hope Brady can hang around just long enough to bridge the gap to the next great Michigan NFLer.

Look, I love Tom Brady as a player and Michigan Man as much as any Wolverine fan.  Despite my status as a Terrible Towel carrying Steeler fan (since the 70s, BTW), I have no problem admitting he is the greatest ever.

But good grief, the idolatry in getting a little thick here.  His "lifelong connection" with the Patriots' receiving corps?!  You mean the group of people that turns over faster than than the midnight crew at McDonalds, or the U.S. Olympic Chummng with the Sharks Swim Team?  I buy that he is still tight with his college teammates.  I think he needs name tags at the reunion of all the players that caught passes from him with the Patriots.

Here we go Steelers, here we go.

Back in the mid-to-late-90s, Doug Karsch was the afternoon guy on WTKA, and among the regular cast of characters calling in was a guy Karsch called Crazy Jay, and he had good reason to call him that. I'm pretty sure Crazy Jay got banned a couple of times.

Now he's no longer Crazy Jay but the Beav.

I thought this was gonna be about his receivers and Gisele.

of being the GOAT, Brady passes all tests, including longevity, consistency and performing on a high level for his team regardless of resources, personnel and league regard. He just is the greatest because he has worked toward being so since this drive was instilled in him.

And hate and disrespect have been incredible motivators for him throughout his career, a burning intensity that was fueled at Michigan by circumstance, the requirement to excel and most importantlly his head coach, who once ceremoniously handed him his ttansfer papers, a regular Lloyd Carr ploy with those who sought such an exit and questioned their place in the program.

No player at his position has ever dedicated himself to the proposition that he would become the best and then push the bar higher for greater achievement. I honestly believe that Brady ought to write the book for high achievement after he leaves the NFL, and it would become a primer for someone fully engaged wtih his kind of discipline. Verty few possess his emotional makeup.

Brady was never the better athlete at Michigan than Henson, whom he principally battled for the No. 1 qb spot. But that was also the case in the pros, drafted in the 6th round, and then beating out an all-pro to become the Patriots lead quarterback and now the greatest ever,

It's not the nmbers that he's achieved, it's the way he has matured and perfected his craft and learned every nuance in the game in spite of his physical limitations. When you reach his level, you are loved by some and hated by a lot. And it just doesn't matter because your performance is dicated by the highest confidence in the pusuit of perfect performance. Nothing else matters except winning. He's on the verge of leading his team to its 7th SB in 15 years. The Lions and Browns have never made one. No wonder he's hated.