Certainly having Brady was a big piece of the puzzle, the biggest even. But you guys are smart enough to know one player doesn’t sustain an NFL franchise by ‘himself’ for 20 years right? I mean, Brady had help. And it came in the form of about 4 different core groups.
If you simply point to Brady and say “it was him,” you’re basically saying Tom Brady is the greatest professional athlete ever, and it’s not remotely close. Because football is the hardest sport for one guy to have the most impact. And for one guy to sustain a franchise’s greatness for 20 years would simply make him undeniably the GOAT across all spectrums.