Nick Wright: Tom Brady Is Third Tier
August 3rd, 2022
Ranks Tom Brady.
It seems quarterback tiers were a thing as the calendar turned to August.
Of course, Mike Sando of The Athletic seemed to start this stuff with his annual quarterback tiers summer column.
Nick Wright, co-host of the hollering show “First Things First,” seen and (loudly) heard weekdays on FS1, decided to do sort of a take on Sando’s quarterback rankings with a QB pyramid of seven tiers. Brady is on the third tier.
Though Wright, a Chiefs fan, is not a fan of Brady, he gave Brady his due saying he is the greatest player in NFL history.
Brady is better than Aaron Rodgers, per Wright, and Joe believes that is a smart choice. But Wright does have Brady on the same level as Matt Stafford and Joe Burrow.
You can see Wright’s pyramid below.
.@getnickwright's 2022 QB Pyramid
Top 15
Mahomes
Allen | Herbert
Brady | Stafford | Burrow
Rodgers | Lamar | Watson | Dak
Russ | Kyler | Carr | Ryan | Lawrence"Rodgers is the best QB from Sept.-Dec. Come Jan. he's mediocre." pic.twitter.com/vwPlzcoVC9
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) July 13, 2022
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:04 am
If I were to start a franchise now, yeah, sure I’d take Mahomes over everyone.
If I want to win a Super Bowl this year, there is no better choice than Brady.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:05 am
I’ll dump this here as a PSA
find Mike “Big Head Greenberg” interview yesterday on the Pat Macaffee show yesterday
MG is the Bucs “capologist “
Very interesting
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:05 am
Burrow and Stafford are not on the same tier as Tom Brady. I would not put Russell Wilson on a tier below Lamar Jackson, Massage Watson, and Dak.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:07 am
So, last year’s MVP and runner up to the MVP are 3rd and 4th tier. Nice.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:11 am
Never heard of him….but he looks confused
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:13 am
He’s pretty right on with these takes and rankings in my opinion. Not too many QB’s are more desirable than TB even at his ripe old age. Football is a Year to Year proposition. I couldn’t be more excited as a Bucs fan because we all know if TB is our QB-we’ve got a serious shot at another SB victory. Go BUCS!!
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:20 am
I personally think the GM that said Mahomes “freestyles” a lot is fairly spot on. He’s fairly “mid” when operating strictly from pocket, and has to make second and 3rd reads. Picking nits? Sure. Still a great quarterback? Absolutely. Clear cut best? I’m not so sure. Aaron Rodgers my be the most in control player at the position I’ve ever seen along with Brady and Manning, and if I’m starting a franchise Justin Herbert, Burrow, Allen are the guys for me – all day.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:22 am
He has had hate for Brady for years. Only recently (after his Bucs) success has he been Brady his due even a little.
His new tier that only Mahomes is in the top tier and Allen and Herbert are in the 2nd tier was just his latest click bait way to disrespect Brady.
My gosh, Herbert looks great at some points of his 1st two seasons but to rate him this high with zero playoff games and 25 interceptions in 32 games. Just silliness. Herbert holds on to the ball too long sometime because he still does not recognize what the defense is doing.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:29 am
That list is as funny as the size of his nose.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:30 am
Dumb list
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:35 am
How the heck is Herbert so high …. the kid has literally done NOTHING
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:37 am
If he is a betting man he is going to lose his shirt.
Mahomes shtick is almost played out, everyone has him figured out.
Allen is still kind of streaky, Herbert and Burrow are both the real thing but lack the experience.
Stafford is in the right place, but it isn’t going to be what it was last season.
He also forgot Kirk Cousins. No flash there, but a solid football player.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:43 am
The idea of a tiered pyramid is silly. Because of course it’s a team game. Put Mahomes on the jaguars and see how well he does. He was very fortunate to be drafted by a talented team with a top level coach. Sometimes luck has something to do with it. I’m more impressed by Josh Allen’s ascent. Out of Wisconsin with terrible stats frankly and a mediocre rookie year. Has completely turned it around. And Herbert as well. Promising young talents. Burrow would be in roughly that same category. Prescott has never impressed me. And to have Kyler right next to Russ is embarrassing. Even without the playoff and super bowl wins Russ is a better QB in multiple ways. Then there is Lawrence who has done exactly nothing thus far. Yet is on the same tier with Wilson. This guy Nick wright might actually be retarded. In the non pejorative use of that word.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:46 am
Third tier is probably accurate for Brady in this kind of stack up. Brady is not the “best” QB in the league anymore, we’ll at least until the playoffs roll around. 3rd of 4th is right. I would replace Herbert with Rodgers though.
@Craig, if throwing for 4800 yards, 37 TD and 13 INT, which more than half of them were tips, is the league figuring you out, then every QB in the NFL is figured out. Nobody has “figured out” Mahomes, the guy is just good.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:50 am
Nice geometry lesson.. don’t see how it applies to real football though
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:51 am
Nick Wrong just out here proving me right every time the doofus opens his mouth. Idiot.
August 3rd, 2022 at 10:57 am
Wow, that guy is an absolute clown on so many levels. By the end of next year sensible unbiased people will realize Josh Allen is the best QB in the NFL.
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:06 am
Brady might not have the physical ability to compete with those young guys but his mental toughness and critical thinking beats all of them hands-down. Physical ability can only bring you to playoffs but mental toughness can bring you all the way to SB consistently.. like 7 going to 8th…… GOBUCS!!!
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:21 am
Who is he? And what tier is he on as an NFL commentator? 437?
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:22 am
Nick Wright isn’t competent enough to water my fish while I’m on vacation. That guy is a garbage sports writer.
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:25 am
Jag off
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:28 am
holy moly…nick is clearly an eraserhead
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:36 am
Hot dayum everyone doesn’t like Nick Wright.
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:36 am
Good ol Nick the nose
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:37 am
Sorry, Mahomes 1 Brady, Rogers 2 Allen, Hebert, Wilson 3 the rest are irrelevant.
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:42 am
Remember when it was a 12 game season.
17 going on 18 is not good for the game, a game of brutal contact
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:43 am
Brady trailed only Josh Allen and Joe Burrow in fantasy production last year (Take note Mahomes was behind, not in FRONT)
August 3rd, 2022 at 11:53 am
Dan Fouts was great but never won a Super Bowl= Justin Herbert until he wins something he shouldn’t be ranked that high
August 3rd, 2022 at 12:08 pm
I really dont get the Herbert hype, hes good but overrated. Watson is overrated too, in his big “breakout” year his team went 4-12. Same number of wins as David Mills.
August 3rd, 2022 at 12:20 pm
Trolls gonna troll. Just move on. This dudes been a notoriety seeking clown for awhile.
August 3rd, 2022 at 12:44 pm
When Rodgers, the reigning two-time MVP, is fourth tier,
you know this is click bait.
August 3rd, 2022 at 12:54 pm
Ahhhh good old Nick Wrong. The little weasel.
August 3rd, 2022 at 1:25 pm
Mahommy is 0-2 against TB12 in the playoffs
August 3rd, 2022 at 1:45 pm
Mahomes
Rodgers, Allen
Brady, Burrow, Stafford
Herbert, et al…
I love Herbert but I can’t place someone who hasn’t won or even been to a playoff game to be in the top 3 tiers of the pyramid.
August 3rd, 2022 at 2:31 pm
He’s a broken record
August 3rd, 2022 at 7:13 pm
What an idiot.
August 3rd, 2022 at 7:13 pm
Any of you morons who are actually Bucs fans and think Brady is anything but #1 are tools. Rodgers/Mahomes are clearly behind Brady. Allen is 2, Burrow is 3.
August 4th, 2022 at 12:45 am
This guy is irrelevant. He says things to get attention, nothing more.
August 4th, 2022 at 8:49 am
I don’t understand all the Burrows hype. Cincy defense won the KC game and he shat himself in the SB. He is an injury waiting to happen. I put him in Jimmy G. Category. Those dissing Hebert need to watch him more, he is a polished Josh Allen. Sure Allen is a stronger runner but Hebert can play.
August 4th, 2022 at 9:28 am
When is Nick Wright right? He makes a fool of himself most of the time, hoping that he has a 50-50 chance of making the correct call, and he can’t even do that. LMAO! GOBUCS!
August 4th, 2022 at 9:32 am
PS If Mahomes was better than Brady why did his team lose both games in the playoff to Brady’s team? Just because he runs around like a chicken and throws balls into the end zone doesn’t make him great.