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I've never seen Nick Wright so gracious speaking about Tom Brady. Not the Nick we're used to. Today he was excellent.

Brady really has 3 HoF careers in one lifetime. Insane. Besides being the GOAT he is also unquestionably the most clutch player ever.

Nick has done some of the best breakdowns of Brady’s career. Brady’s story across NFL history is amazing.

Nick should put Max Kellerman on the bottom of the tiers in honor of Brady’s retirement.

7 rings is UNFATHOMABLE. People won't realize how insane Brady's career was until a decade or so passes. The Greatest Ever.

I have NEVER been a Nick Wright fan... until today. Some of the most thoughtful and detailed and unarguable points ive heard in quite some time.

That's crazy how you can break his career into 3 parts and it's basically equal to 3 different hall of famers.

I may not be a fan of Brady but this conversation is outstanding. In particular Nick's point that basically Tom mimicked the careers of 3 other top 21 all time QBs?!?! That's just mind-blowing.

This is why this show is the best. All three can be caricature of themselves on TV, but when it really matters, like in this segment, they are head and shoulders above anything else, sports wise on tv or radio

That comeback against the falcons in the superbowl is the moment that springs to mind when it comes to Tom Brady.

What a take by Nick Wright.......

The point where Nick said Tom changed the standards on how we view NFL player greatness was eye-opening, obvious, but eye-opening. Excellent take.

I still can't believe what Brady did to +21 point favorite Alabama in his last college game game ever *2000 Orange Bowl* He lighted up Alabama's defense for 450 yards and 4 TD's passing and twice came back in the 2nd half down 14 points.. Mr Clutch OT win And a big upset win over Arkansas in the Citrus Bowl the year before (1999) Brady's been doing it for 25 years Greatest QB ever - Beyond refute

In Brady's 23 year career he played as starters for 21 seasons, minus his rookie season and 2008 injured season. You can divide his career into three 7-season durations: 2001-2007, 2009-2015, 2016-2022. Kurt Warner is in the Hall of Fame based on 5 or 6 excellent seasons with 3 Super Bowl appearances and one ring then Brady can have THREE hall of fame careers! 2001-2007: 4 SB appearances, 3 rings, 1 MVP. His early developmental years and a record breaking 2007 season. 2009-2015: 3 SB appearances, 1 ring, 1 MVP. His physical prime and stats accumulating years. 2016-2022: 4 SB appearances, 3 rings, 1 MVP. His sublime autumnal years that defies father time. I don't even need to talk about rings. My metric is pretty simple: the QB with the most playoff wins is the best. To me, every playoff win is the Super Bowl because it's a single game elimination process and you can't get to the Super Bowl without the previous wins. Aaron Rodgers once said legacy is built in the postseason as playing well in the regular season is just to earn your paycheck. Great stats in the regular seasons are there to prove you're majorly responsible for postseason appearances but what good is it if you get bounced in the first round. Peyton Manning was great but he had one and done NINE times in the postseasons. Brady played 48 playoff games and that's equivalent of THREE full regular seasons on top of his 21 active seasons! With 35 wins at the top and the guy next to him, Montana, has 16. Brady has more than double over him. On that note, Brady as a Patriot played and won more games and championship than Joe Montana and Steve Young as 49ers combined and that's two hall of fame careers right there. The ones after Montana's record are the usual suspects like Peyton, Elway, Bradshaw, Favre, etc..... Let's sum it up: the man has the rings and stats on top of leadership, longevity, and competitiveness to be on the Mount Rushmore of the sport. Magnificent career!

I would’ve liked to seen him in San Francisco for the strong ending, but he has literally nothing to prove

Brady is the GOAT 7 out 10 Super Bowls is insane, and he did'nt always have outstanding players, but one thing is that Brady is a hard worker, discipline, and always self motivated. You have to give credit were credit is do. Some quarterback will have to win more than 7 Super Bowls

Brady winning his seventh ring against Mahomes at the stages of their careers cements Brady as the goat no matter what Mahomes does imo

Never thought of it this way. But the fact that brady was the 199th pick. And not expected to do anything other than warm the bench for some 1st rounders should weigh heavily on the conversation comparing brady to mahomes. Mahomes being a 1st round pick. He was supposed to be great. Maybe not as great as he started. But expectations should I believe have some bearing on this. The fact that brady turned into what he is by shear determination and hard work when nobody expected him to be great adds just an extra layer of protection in his legacy imo.

This was probably the best segment ive seen from these guys. Putting into perspective Brady's career with eloquence. Excellent

As an 1990 kid, I started following the Patriots at the age of 12 in 2002. Tom Brady has played the entire time and he’s been amazing. Us 1990 Patriots fans are lucky 😂

Nick gave a great breakdown here. Brady basically having every other top 5 QBs full seasons at different points of his career is....insane. Thank you TB12 for making football what it is, you will be missed by all fans of the game.

Brady is the equivalent of Bill Russel with Jordan's will to win. He is amongst the greatest athletes of all time.

Thank you for paying your respects to Brady, Nick. You've got my respect

Those stat comparison Nick did was nuts…. So glad I got to witness his greatness, undisputed 🐐. What a career

I respect Nick a lot more for speaking about Brady in the way he did. It felt genuine. Dude is the greatest to ever do it.

The breakdown of Brady’s career into Aikman, Marino, and Montana’s career is absolutely mind-blowing.

I never thought Nick Wright had it in him - to be nice about Tom Brady, and actually talk about him at a pretty good length. An amazing player no matter how you measure it. Mahomes is the reigning QB of today and it is going to be interesting to see how many he is able to win.

TB12 had three Super Bowl rings before he even lost a play-off game, amazing!

THANK YOU BROU! Yes, Brady was never a game manager, he led the league in TDs his second season as a starter and he carried them to that second super bowl win. Where they allowed 28 points to Jake Delhomme, he had a record breaking game. The fact that people don’t seem to understand because of this revisionist history narrative that all he had is will, is that in his prime he was as good as anyone at their best. Manning, Rodgers, Mahomes, Marino, he put up video game numbers the time he had a legit wide out. Now he had tremendous talent on occasion, certainly in tampa, but he also broke Super Bowl records throwing to Chris Hogan, James White and Danny Amendola. If he’d had Gronk or Moss his entire career he’d have had a 60TD season. Difference between Brady and Bill Russell is Brady had ridiculous production. If you average Brady’s career he averages more TDs and yards per season than Rodgers. Russell was a great winner but wilt was the stat machine. Brady is both. He is where Wilt meets Russell.

Thanks, Tom, for the memories

I’m old enough to have seen so many quarterbacks play, but Tom Brady did the unexplainable. 45 years old is not end of life years. He has a lot more years of life to live and produce more greatness. Press on Tom.

In his retirement announcement, he said he is 100% retiring. But, he didn't say it was now.

Exactly right the Patriots with Tom Brady was America's Team!!! Tom Brady is and always will be the GOAT!!!!!

I remember when nick was on first things first with Chris Carter and it’s so great to see how well his takes have evolved. He used to be a brady hater but now he gives such a respectful and better take than wildes, the Brady fanboy

The position of QB can never be understated again. Tom came to a young team and took us to a SUPER and quite possibly gave Patrick Mahones his only SB loss… the Bucs were good, but Tom made us better. Thanks

What makes Brady stand out is what Nick said about clutch play. Montana is the only guy that was about that clutch. From the age 41-45 he was still ranked #1 in effectiveness on last possession drives. Absolutely crazy. l think someone said he has more TDS than Bradshaw Elway and Stauback combined. Those guys have 7 or 8 Rings between them. The reason was until rule changes that made passing a better option in 2007 it was a run first league. Brady 6 years of the wide open passing game. Can you imagine the numbers he could have had.

Tom Brady is the GOAT and I am a New Yorker a Giants fan, but don’t matter who you support any real football fan knows he is the greatest of all time and will be missed

Tom Brady is the greatest football player ever! It’s not close.

Tom is a class act. I'm sad on one hand. You don't want to see the end of a dynasty but we know it's going to come. Phenomenal athlete over an extended period of time. No football player may match his accomplishments.

Brady was actually better in his 40s than his 20s..that's crazy to think about..please don't ever compare Brady and Fraudgers ever

God bless you Tom Brady. Been in the league since I was 19. Hard for me to fathom a year in the NFL with out old 12.

This is a sad day ...once Rodgers retires it will officially be the end of an era for me and many people who grew up watching Manning, Brady, Rodgers, Big Ben, and Brees all in their primes

definitely the goat… and it’s nice to see that the best ever is a nice guy and a clean cut guy…he is like the perfect example of what you should be as a professional.

The synopsis of this segment was that Tom Brady gave everything to football. And you could see all 3 coming to grips with just how much Tom gave up to cement his legacy as the greatest to ever play. This was a genuinely touching and really thoughtful take from all three presenters ❤

3:04 I’m so happy that they finally touched on the fact that the first 3 SBs Brady won was without any pro bowl receivers. I feel this has become a bit over looked.

Great episode guys. Absolutely amazing. Every second. Thank you for giving him his flowers. I love the numbers . They are impressive

The craziest thing about Brady? He's quitting at age 45 ... and he's STILL an elite QB who would be sought after by many playoff bound teams. If he was sticking around I'm sure the 49'ers would love to get him for a year or two, and he could make another SB run on a team loaded with offensive weapons.

8:00 Putting that into perspective just blew my mind. Wow like wow.

That man played 23 professional NFL seasons....that's like 3 great professional careers, his longevity and dedication to winning is alien. Unparalleled! And he won 7 freaking super bowls! Salute to the GOAT!!! What makes him amazing is that you never looked at him year after year and DIDN'T think he could win it all. Never.

It was an honor seeing the goat play all these years and football will never be the same

GOAT. 7 Rings. 5 SB MVPs. Beat Malhomes in 2018 AFC Championship Game in KC, Beat Malhomes 31 -9 in Superbowl 55, Beat the Legion Of Boom Superbowl 49, Threw for 510 yards in Superbowl 52 with no ints or punts, 50Tds - MVP - and 18 - 0 in 2007, Beat League MVP Kurt Warner SB36.

FINALLY!... Nick you really had to admit it. Proud of You! TB12 =

If SF comes to Brady, I think he will come for one more year

I hate say but Nick was excellent in this segment especially for a card carrying Ma Homboy. The body of work is overwhelming. Some of it was the right situation, some of it was luck and a large potion was just a relentlessness no athlete has ever had or will ever match. He played to win. That was it. One goal. Win

It's honestly hurting my brain to take in the fact that Tom Brady went a 10 year stretch without a SB ring! That's how incredible Tom Brady is 😂😂😂

This man should have his own private hall of Fame induction and after listening to Nick, he should get 3 golden HOF jackets...we will never see a player like him again...thank you Tom, you are the GOAT of GOATS.

Seriously, Tom could still go, his line was rough, they had 0 running game this year and his receivers were in and out of the lineup. Mentally it may be gone, but he totally could still do it. Insane. Never going to see this again.

Thank all of you for your kind words and thank you Tom for all those exciting years you gave us. 😢💔🏈

This is the best segment on any sports show I've seen about Tom Brady's retirement. Great takes all round. Well done guys. Tom really did the impossible.

FirstThingsFirst has come a long way. They fit perfectly.

I saw the three hall of fame careers take today and was like “didn’t nick say this over a year ago.” Such a great take and cool that Nick can reach people it seems

Man I wish he would play one more year

loved your guys take on this video. Tom is the GOAT. we will miss seeing him in the Arena.

The most educational sports show ever. These guys do a great job...and they do it every day.

This is probably the only commentary where weather they are agreeing or at each other's neck it's just as enjoyable kudos

I won't lie, I got a little teary-eyed realizing, for me.. the last magic moment of his career came for me watching that comeback against the Saints this year.

Great takes all around💯

Nice to hear from you Nick..

Love nick and the way he spoke about brady in this segment was absolute poetry 👌

Nick makes a great point about Brady reconstructing our expectations of qbs....Manning went to 4 superbowls, won 2 and we say he underachieved....it's insane Not only that, he's pretty much ruined life for qbs going into the future because we not only expect them to go to and win multiple suoerbowls, we also expect them to take pay cuts! Crazy

Reflecting on TB’s career brought out the best in these guys. They are great commentators and Brady wasn’t bad either.

Thank you Tom for being the greatest role model and player of all time. He just couldnt win long term without his biggest supporter - Gisele. He called her his "good witch" because of her emotional/spiritual intelligence. He was used to having his sisters and Mom be his biggest emotional supporters and this really broke him. He was so great not just because of all his work and his talent but because he was THE MOST EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT... and HUMAN, which is why he could LEAD like no other famous player. Gisele helped keep him level as he got more famous and hot headed and when he got down. It's so hard to lose your partner. (Not to mention the Bucs had no O line and lousy coaching this year)

Tom Brady played for 25% of the time the NFL has been around. That right there is amazing

This was a wonderful segment by all 3!

It-s a crushingly sad moment to all of us who like the game of football. The NFL will never be the same without him., definitely.

there is nothing that can be said about his ability to play football that has not been said allready but what i find most amazing about Tom is that after playing with thosands of team mates, interacting with coaches,team staff, facility staff, media people etc.the only person that I know of that had anything negative to say about Tom was AB. I also have never heard him say anything negative about any player during a interview.

GREAT JOB !....First Things First !!! THANKS !!

Nick was on fire with this TB had 3 HOF careers in 1 that’s crazy

Brady has been playing since before I entered kindergarten, it’s going to be different without him.

I almost never agree with Wildes, but when he said that the Patriots were really America's Team, I wholeheartedly agree. Next year will feel just a little 'off'. There are thousands of football fans who've never seen an NFL season where Brady in the league. What I think is a shame is that if he had retired last year like he said, he might still have a wife. She tried to get him to retire for years and then he finally does it. Then he reneges on that and plays again. I think that was the straw that broke that marriage's back. Or, maybe it had nothing to do with it. lol

Nicks comparison to Marino Aikman and Montana was crazy. Kudos to him for giving credit where its due

Would not call Tom the 🐐, but tip of the cap to him on a very fortunate career.

Just want to say Thank you Nick!

I appreciate Nick’s unbiased analysis of Brady, considering he is not a fan. Newfound respect for this man.

I feel sad Tom Brady retired.

Nick got really quiet when CB showed them Super Bowl stats

My hope was he would go to the Dolphins for a year and try make it 3 Superbowls at 3 different teams . Imagine that story. They could make a movie about it, he could play himself.

Nick I love you for this take much of tom brady true legend great job man

Kevin backpeddling faster than a Ex realizing they made a mistake dumping you!😄

The game manager title should have went out the window when he led the league in TD's the year after winning his first superbowl. But, shoutout to the goat. gonna miss seeing you every sunday like I miss seeing you in a patriots jersey. Also notice how Nick tried to say Mahomes would be lebron LOL. Lets hope he doesnt have a losing superbowl record.

bradys not only the greatest QB of all time hes the greatest player in the 100 YEAR HISTORY OF THE NFL!!! and he just might be the greatest player in the history of north american sports!

That's perfectly explains is why I love Nick

Comparing tom to bill is not accurate. Brady didnt play in an outdated antiquated league with only 6 teams. Hes the jordan and the russell.

This was an amazing segment!

Im 20 years old. There hasnt been one year of my life where Tom Brady wasnt playing. Talk about longevity

It was coming back from suspension and there was little doubt he would be death staring the commissioner in February. The single most impressive run in football history in my opinion.

Bill Russell ? Don’t ever disrespect Tom Brady like that. Brady holds every qb record

He'll probably come back next month once the 49ers call. His family is 49er fans, and he wanted to be a 49er. His kids are in Miami, so those are the only 2 teams he'll consider next season and beyond.

He was a starting caliber nfl qb longer than he wasn't so far in his life. That's insane to me.