"Put Marino into today’s game where he gets a free release and [his receivers], holy cow, weren’t very big," reported TMZ Sports.
There are suggestions that Montana could be miffed that many consider Brady above himself as the Greatest Of All Time, and this may have raised his heckles.
Montana reportedly "Hates’ that he lost the GOAT status to Brady.
This is such a speculative, hotly contestable issue that every armchair player, fantasy league enthusiast, high school coach, and players will dissect with the most pin-point of numbers and areas of influence.
Just a quick comparison:
"Joe Cool" is a 4-time Superbowl champion, 3-time Superbowl MVP amongst a truckload of accolades. He played in a dominant 49ers team and holds the Superbowl career record for passes without an interception. That is 122 unanswered passes in 4 games.
Montana finished his career at the Chiefs, and in total had a life-time NFL 40,551 passing yards and a passer rating of 92.3.
Tom Brady is a seven-time Superbowl champion, almost twice as many as Montana, and a 5-time Superbowl MVP. Brady played for 23 seasons, most successfully with the Green Bay Packers and finally for two years at the Buccaneers.
He holds several NFL records including Most career QB wins (251), Most Career Passing Completions (7,753, Most Career Passing Yards (89,214 and Most Career Passing TD’s (649).
Marino spent 17 successful years at the Miami Dolphins and has one 0 Superbowl titles, 0, as in zip, nought, nada. He was the MVP in the NFL in 1984. Marino is a nine-time Pro-Bowler who was the NFL passing leader in five seasons.
The 27th overall pick in 1983, Marino is rightly regarded as one of the best, with 61,361 passing yards and a passer rating of 86.4.
But he is no Brady. And he probably would not be in the top three QB’s (including Montana of course). But again, speculation is expected to be lively, especially in Florida.
