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Trent Dilfer Sounded Pretty Bitter While Explaining Why Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers Aren’t ‘Impressive’
Trent Dilfer is a Super Bowl-winning quarterback who can thank most of his success to being a very good game manager. The fella knew what he was working with and didn’t try to do anything crazy.
What is a crazy, though, is a take he recently shared about Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl-winning GOAT, and Aaron Rodgers, who has only one Super Bowl ring but is right up there in the GOAT discussion.
Dilfer shared his feelings during ESPN’s Bullies of Baltimore 30 for 30 documentary on the 2000 Ravens, saying:
“The modern-day game does not impress me. It’s super easy when you don’t get hit as a quarterback and when you can’t reroute receivers and when you can’t hit guys across the middle.
“I love Tom Brady. I love Aaron Rodgers. I love these guys. It’s not impressive. What’s impressive is what (old-school QBs) did.”
Seriously, he said that:
— Melo Trimble (@MeloTrimbleStan) February 6, 2023
“Super easy” seems like a bit of a stretch to me. And “not impressive” is just wild.
NFL fans had reactions:
This dude is real time example of how the “RINGZZZ” discourse can warp things. Now Dilfer is some sorta expert?
— Flex Luthor (@SirRantAndRave) February 6, 2023
A very meh career journeyman wins a SB with the best D in NFL history, and suddenly his words carry weight? Miss me https://t.co/BcK2Y7R62w
Trent Dilfer talkin like he was HIM
— あなたはおせっかいすぎる (@CaptainInsight) February 6, 2023
🤮🤮🤮 https://t.co/seR9QdzPxE
It can still be impressive for different reasons. But Tom Brady has played through multiple eras of football, it wasn’t always this “easy.”
— Demetrius Harvey (@Demetrius82) February 6, 2023
Also, the level of athleticism you see defensively these days is impressive and the complexity of the plays called etc. not easy https://t.co/OemtpUxYID
My eyes took 20 minutes to unroll after this bit https://t.co/vBKT3lTmpG
— Jessy (@thatssojessy) February 6, 2023
Trent dilfer is so damn annoying. Worst QB to win a Super Bowl https://t.co/EhQJscp1ZY
— Tyke (@___Tyke___) February 6, 2023
Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.