Most of even the greatest QBs are at least below average at a few of the many parts of being a starting QB; I am hard pressed to think of anything at which Rodgers does not excel. He gets a hard rap for losing playoff games, but is usually on the sidelines when it happens, often with a lead. When the best argument against a QB is "the two-score 4th qtr lead he provided was not enough" that is not much of an argument; as you say, DEFENDING that lead is not his job.

Meh; defending the run against NE* is a waste of time and resources: They SUCK at and rarely use it (they have had a top ten rushing average all of three times under Belicheat, and BOTTOM FIVE far more often) so defending the run just invites Brady to dink and dunk you to death with Gronk and his No Name Receiving Corps, which is what they vastly prefer anyway.

Who said Eli beat Brady? Going for 4th and 13 with a 4 point lead late in the 3rd and a clutch kicker who can hit from 48 in his sleep beat Brady as much as Elis elusiveness or the Helmet Catch. Brady set up his own beating in the rematch when the Giants took the opening drive to just outside FG range, PUNTED like a sane team and watched the ball roll out at the 2-yard-line, after which Bradys first SB LXVI play was a deep post to NO ONE, earning a penalty for grounding that gave the Giants the ball and a 2-0 lead, which they quickly extended to 9-0, leaving NE* down two scores near the end of a first quarter in which their D had been on the field for all but a SINGLE scrimmage play, while an elite Giants D sipped Gatorade and just tried to stay loose enough to stop the comeback.

Yet if people want to nationally stroke off a proven, proud and unrepentant cheater yet again, they better be prepared for all the arguments he is NOT the GoAT, and those comparisons only tangentially relate to those all-important supporting casts.