Tom Brady Thesis Statement

He is often referred to as the best quarterback of all-time, but that is debatable. He was named NFL MVP a record 5 times (4 with Colts and 1 with Broncos). Peyton was named to the pro bowl a record 14 times, and named as an All Pro 7 times. He holds the NFL record in career touchdown passes and career passing yards. Manning played in four super bowls winning 2 of those.

Legendary halfback Jim Thorpe was recruited to join the team, which earned its first league title in 1927 under head coach Earl Potteiger. The Giants shut out 9 of 12 opponents and surrendered only 20 points during the entire season. (New York Giants Team History) In just its third season, the team finished with the best record in the league at 11–1–1 and was awarded the NFL title. In a 14-year span beginning in 1933, New York qualified to play in the NFL championship game eight times, winning twice (1934 and 1938).

Rick James For the famous singer who passed away on August 6th. Pooch For the player Bill Puccio who swears this is the winningest hand. Chad

In the beginning of his seven years with San Francisco 49ers, Owens was drafted in the third round. This was a humble beginning. In his career, he soared to heights of greatness to become the second ranked player in NFL history after accomplishing 15, 934 receiving yards, 1,078 receptions and 153 receiving touchdowns. Further, he has won is a six times Pro bowl selection, five times first team all pro selection and three times NFL receiving touchdown leader. Three touchdowns ahead of Owens, is Randy Moss.

With an award winning movie based on his life from being homeless to becoming a successful athlete, Michael Oher was truly amazing. Oher has faced many challenges and misfortunes in his life, yet he still became such a successful individual. Michael Oher became the first round National Football League (NFL) draft pick and also an inspired writer. Michael Oher had shown us all, that if you fall you will always get back up. ¨I came so far, from nothing to a Super Bowl Championship.¨ (¨Michael Oher Biography¨ Biography.com).

Look up his brothers Tavon Gatlin and Dejor Simmons, some say Tavon was the best athlete outside of Percy Harvin to ever be from the Virginia Beach, Virginia area. Dejor Simmons, Dual athlete, and was breaking state records left and right. That is not the the only top athletes that run in this young mans bloodline. Jahvoni Simmons All-State LB now at UVA, those are just a few of Trevons talented family. Well that still doesn 't tell us who Trevon Thorpe is.

Sacrifice, care, bravery, courage, etc; but only one of the characters in the novel exhibits all of the above qualities and is a true hero. Some of the heroic characteristics that were present were sacrifice and caring. Darry exhibits sacrifice and care when he gives up a college scholarship in order to take care of his brothers. Ponyboy vouches for his brother’s character stating that Darry “had been a real popular guy in school; he was captain of the football team and he had been voted Boy of the year”, but goes on to lament that at this point in the story he “didn’t have time between jobs to even think about college”(16).

Mike Tyson some would say the greatest heavy weight champion ever for his power and dominance of the sport of boxing at age 20 years old he set records amazed many and seemed unbeatable .When people think about Mike Tyson they think about Power, Speed, Defense, and Combinations. When people think about boxing they think about knockouts, blood, and punches that can bring serious damage in the future to a person. Well Mike Tyson was known just for that he was even ranked No.1 as hardest hitter in heavyweight history. Coming into the boxing world Tyson won two junior Olympic Gold medals in 1981 and the following year in 1982 he also won both of those matches by Knock Outs(Are, Jackee. "

Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi was mainly known as a football coach for the Green Bay Packers. Many people considered him one of the greatest football coaches in history considering the several Championships he took his team to. Vince Lombardi, defined his success in winning the Super Bowl and not just seeing his players as players, but as family. Vince Lombardi was born on June 11,1913 to Matilda Izzo and Enrico Lombardi in Brooklyn, New York. (Biography.com Paragraph 2) From birth, he was pushed towards the Catholic church.

Walter was born July 15, 1954 in Columbia, Mississippi. He had one brother named Edward Charles, a sister named Pam, mother Alyne, and father Peter. As a newborn he was called Chubba but as he got older he was Bubba because he got skinny. One problem as a boy for walter was that his father, Peter, would get drunk a lot but the kids thought it was the “fun” side of him until they would lied trying to cover for someone which would result in them all getting spanked.

Some accomplishments of his were in 2016 he is inducted into the pro Hall of Fame. He was the first one in packer franchise to win the MVP award three times in a row. He won Super Bowl 31 on January 26, 1996. Brett Favre 's Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl 31 against the New England Patriots (35-21) was the score.

Nonetheless, Wilson still remains a top five quarterback in my book. First of all, he is the ONLY quarterback in history to appear in two Super Bowls in his first three seasons. Instead of giving Wilson any credit, the inference is made that the Hawks ' defense is the reason for both the team 's and Wilson 's success. Well let 's keep in mind what all Wilson has actually accomplished early on in his thus far successful career.

Conference Championship Takeaways 1. AFC Championship From kick off till the end of the game, the Denver Broncos outplayed the New England Patriots- and it wasn’t even close. Tom Brady was hit a season high 20 times. Their offensive line was embarrassed- specifically Marcus Cannon who was routinely beat by Von Miller. Miller finished the game with 1.5 sacks and an interception.

NFL Accolades MVP- Andrew Luck: QB Indianapolis Colts: 5003 Passing Yards and 44 Touchdowns How confident am I in my choice of Andrew Luck as the NFL MVP? Well, if I had to choose between the field and Andrew Luck, I would choose Luck. On offense the Colts are loaded at receiver and running back.

Waco is a growing city in Central Texas with a population of about 130,000 people. Within this growing city lies a private, baptist university with a growing reputation for success in college football, Baylor. Baylor is a modern example of overrated success, the American bandwagoner 's dream, and the copycat system of head coaches today in football. Over the past few years Baylor has become known for their high octane offense, where they use speed to accelerate passed defenses to score, and they do score a lot, and the don 't let up.