Has there ever been an over-40 professional athlete better than Tom Brady?

[GrenadaRoger]

Kareem, Warren Spahn, Barry Bonds (chemically assisted), Roger Clemens (chemically assisted), AJ Foyt, Bill Shoemaker



and for indoors sports: Nina Hartley

[lol wow]

thon maker

[Baron Von Strucker]

Glenn Howard, won both the brier (canadian championship) and world championship twice since turning 40. Competed in the Brier 10 times since turning 40. That takes an amazing level of skill and dedication.

Check out this shot, he's down by two and this is his last throw. Curlings most famous hail mary.

This was a huge deal until positive blood test revealed excess alcohol specifically a mixture of rye whisky and ginger ale. Not so serous the woman’s team was caught using Chardonnay as a blood thinner.
Big black eye for Canadian sports.

[TheXFactor]

Don't worry, Tom Brady and the Patriots will lose to the new Super Bowl Champions.

Will the worst team in the league (Jacksonville Jaguars) beat the best team in the league (New England Patriots) ?

One can only hope.

And fuck Tom Brady.

[HoodedN]

fuckin tom brady baby gonna go win us another superbowl. jacksonville was impressive today but pittsburgh and new england are two entirely different things if you feel me dog

[TheXFactor]

Tom Brady should've retired last year after they beat the Atlanta Falcons.

Patriots didn't start playing until the 4th quarter but beat them in overtime because the Falcons suck.

[OSA]

Scott Hamilton, figure skater.

[shortbuspoker]

Hale irwin

45 senior pga tour wins 7 of which were majors

golf is more of a game than a sport though

[big dick]

Im going with Nolan Ryan

[gut]

Warren Moon was quite good through age 42, despite playing on some bad teams.....and this was before the league started babying the qb's so much.

[big dick]

honestly Brady is a pussy, if that fag was was 20 years older we wouldn't even know who he was he just playing at a time where the game is soft
Bradshaw was 2x the qb Brady ever was

[peter mcneil]

As remarkable as Brady is, Roger Federer is even more remarkable since its an individual sport. In 3 years he will be 40, and he very well could still win a major or two.

Kareem was pretty great in his 40s. In his very late 30s he was still the dominant big man in the league and I doubt the Lakers would have won anything without him.

Fed is the best tennis player in the world right now, if he didn't take the clay season off last year he'd ranked number one by a mile. What Federer is doing is just ridiculous in a sport that destroys most guys by the time they are 30.

[chinamaniac]

Is it possible he is on the roids or some other PED?

[MumblesBadly]

Wow! How did anyone not mention the greatest NFL player of all time? He had a workout regimen into his 40s that even rookies couldn't keep up with.

[chinamaniac]

Not only is Tom the best QB, he is also the smartest. It is not his physical abilities that make him the best ever it is the mental aspects.

He knows exactly what is being done pre snap on 99 % of plays so the ball is usually out quickly. If you cannot get a pass rush on him and the defense plays 1/2 decent it is lights out


It's harder to make the QBS pay for standing in the pocket etc.. these days too. But like I said he is so smart he knows where the ball is going and the ball is out quickly and they maybe have the best O-Line coach ever too if not one of them.


As long as he is protected and does not suffer a serious injury I could see him playing 4-5 more years.


Also keep in mind he misses like 1/2 of the patriots practices just to get treatments etc... at least this year.

[lol wow]

Great story Karen

[lol wow]

It's thon

[VaughnP]

Randy Couture won the UFC light heavyweight title at 41 and then the heavyweight title at 45. Dan Henderson was also at the pinnacle of the sport in his 40s.

[VaughnP]

The line on Tom Brady being on hgh and some sort of recovery PEDs is something like -800, especially given his worship and overly close relationship with the doctor who's not actually doctor but once claimed to have cured cancer. Who knows if it will ever come out.

Same goes for LeBron and him being the one guy to peak statistically at 33 -- though it's probably more like -2000 for him.

[gut]

also, QB's really are closer, when factoring in the physicality of the position, to kickers than to any other position on the field.....and there have been plenty of them who have played well into their 40's as well.