......got me thinking about just how far that can reach.
We really can't say Tom Brady is THE GOAT unless we make it very clear if talking NFL QB's. He is not the greatest football player, no QB can claim that. We have to have this THE GOAT for every position on a football field. Hell, we could break it down to THE GOAT Niner, Cowboy, Bear etc.
Some might call Carl Lewis THE GOAT of track and field and if we looked at his world rankings at 100m, 200m, long jump he does pretty much stand alone. But hes no distance runner, high jumper, pole vaulter they need a THE GOAT.
Silvio Leonard from Cuba was the first sub10.00 out of te caribbean, he is that THE GOAT of Cuban 100m sprinting. Juantorena THE GOAT of 400 and 800 sprinting. And so it goes,
When talking British rock bands gotta be The Beatles THE GOATS. Old prewar Texas blues THE GOAT would be Blind Lemon Jefferson. When it comes to HBCU 100m sprinting THE GOAT Bullet Bob Hayes, When talking about prewar Mississippi Delta blues, while Charley Patton was The King, Robert Johnson was THE GOAT. Chicago blues THE GOAT gotta go with Muddy Waters.
The AFL was in existence for a decade, so who would be that leagues THE GOAT since it did have a start and a finish. How about Lance Alworth who was the only AFLer in his day who was considered to be better than any NFL WR. And he was the first AFLer to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Travis Kelce will soon by pass fellow Cheif Tony Gonzalez as THE GOAT NFL TE.
Jim Farmer was a 9.4 sprinter while at Fresno Pacific he is without question THE GOAT at 100m for that school.
Leamon King was the fastest HS sprinter in the world in 1955 he was out of tiny Delano a little farm labor town about 25 mies from here, he will always be THE GOAT of Delano sprinting.
Jimmie Rodgers THE GOAT of prewar country music, yep, them white man blues.