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Disproving Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless)

A common plight of ESPN personality Skip Bayless is that Tom Brady currently is a better quarterback than Aaron Rodgers. Despite all of the overwhelming empirical evidence to show otherwise David Beckham World Cup Jersey , Skip's main argument is that Tom Brady has continually engineered fourth quarter comebacks to give the Patriot's victories, whereas Aaron Rodgers hasn't. While this is true to a point, it's not because of any fault of Rodgers.

::Note:: Rodgers' Packers havent trailed in the fourth quarter during their current 18 game winning streak which shows his excellence throughout the game David Beckham England Jersey , not just late. Yes I'm looking at you Tebow.

I personally went back and looked at the game logs for each player over the last three seasons (2009-2011, playoffs included) which has spanned 46 games for Brady and 48 for Rodgers. During that time each player has had seven trailing and late opportunities.

::Note:: For this argument I defined this as TRAILING by one score or less while starting a drive with roughly six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. Also drives that started with less than one minute remaining were not counted due to their supremely high degree of difficulty. Rodgers had one such instance and Brady had two, with neither player being successful.

We'll start with Tom Terrific since he is the standard bearer in this case. Over those 46 games he's had seven drives during five games which met this criteria. On three of those drives he led the Pats to take the lead. Leaving Brady's clutch percentage in this case at 43 % (37). The Patriots record for those games was 2-3.

Now to Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers has gained the reputation amongst some fans of not being able to come through with the game on the line. Over Rodgers last 48 games he's also had seven drives that fit this criteria David Beckham Jersey , and guess what, Rodgers has engineered a drive to either tie or take the lead on five of those drives, two more than Brady. The main difference is that over Rodgers six games (he was 0 for 2 against Tampa Bay in 2009) the Packers are only 1-5.

If Brady supporters have an argument in this debate it's that all three times that Brady has come though it has put the Patriots ahead. With one loss coming as a result of Eli Manning's own fourth quarter prowess earlier this year. Rodgers has only done so twice but that has more to do with the Packers being down by 7 points in all the other occasions he has been successful. Hard to take the lead when the best you can do is tie.

All of this is without even going into the traditional measures of a Quarterback.

Pretty even Luke Shaw World Cup Jersey , freakishly so aside from the rushing totals and Rodgers sizable advantage in passing yards per attempt.

But over the playoffs during this span there is no comparison between the two. And during the time of year where a person's true clutchness shines. Tom Brady has certainly accomplished more to date than Aaron Rodgers has, but right now, at this point in time Luke Shaw England Jersey , he and everyone else in the NFL is behind Aaron.

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