Brady's legacy is set. IMO, the Seahawks legacy is set. Both are one of the best of all time at what they do...nothing that happens in this game should change that narrative.
I've always believed that body of work > individual performances
Still believe in this.
Brady's individual performance was excellent, MUCH better than what I thought it would be. I thought he would struggle a lot more. BB & Josh had a hell of a gameplan. There's obviously other circumstances that went in the Patriots favor, and it's part of the reason why I'm not with the "all or nothing, black & white" thought with everything riding on one game.
If there's one thing I've learned to appreciate in the past 10 years, it's how truly difficult it is to go on that run and finish the job. You also need luck, bounce of the balls, health, etc. to go your way as well. Brady & the offense handed the lead to their defense late in the 4th Q in 3 consecutive SB games and the team managed to win 1 out of 3. Were real close last night to being 0 for 3 if it wasn't for (again) other circumstances. So the narrative today would've been Brady losing 3 SB games in a row w/ mostly a negative spin even though he did more than his part in this game vs. the previous two L's. And today the talking heads would've brought up Spygate, Deflategate, etc. as a way to **** on him...because the Seahawks decided not use Marshawn at the 1.
Dumb.
Honestly do not care about ranks and any of that stuff. I've never been a big fan of arguing lists and rankings. At the end of the day, it's all subjective. Even though you should probably have a good feel of where certain players belong.
All that GOAT **** riding on one game is too damn arbitrary for me. Winning a SB is a team accomplishment, and Body of work w/ context > W/L result from one game.