Comparing GOATs: Who’s Better Between Tom Brady and Martin Brodeur?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the Super Bowl with Tom Brady, who is undoubtedly the greatest quarterback of all time. How does the greatest goalie of all time in hockey history compare to his football counterpart?

The New Jersey Devils have officially been off for a week, so they’ve had plenty of time to prepare to watch greatness of Super Bowl Sunday. Tom Brady is playing in his 10th Super Bowl, and before this year he’s gone 6-3. His record is ridiculous. Another player with a ridiculous record is Martin Brodeur.

Take a look at the careers of Brodeur and Brady. They are extremely similar. They both had one massive run at the beginning of their career, they had some great regular-season success in the middle without the postseason success, then they started to play well at the end again to have one more run. Although, Brady’s run is wildly successful right now.

The goalie position and the quarterback position are similar in importance, even though they aren’t the same in how teams value them. Right now, even a mediocre quarterback can get paid $20 million per season. A mediocre goalie is a backup in the NHL.

However, in his time, Brodeur was carrying the Devils to the playoffs every season (what’s that like?). Brady did the same thing despite at one time having Reche Caldwell as his top receiver. I mean, look at last year’s New England Patriots team. He was throwing to N’Keal Harry and a very old Julian Edelman (in terms of football wide receiver age). Brodeur was playing behind some pretty good defenses for most of his career, but when he was helped immensely by Scott Stevens, Scott Niedermayer, and Ken Daneycko early in his career, he never had that kind of talent again.

So, how do these two compare? Who is the better GOAT of the GOATs? Let’s take a deep dive, shall we?