In a piece that we missed late last week, but don't want to forgo the opportunity to pass along, Jenny Vrentas of TheMMQB.com caught up with Joe Namath to discuss a variety of topics. One of them was New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

"No one’s ever been better. No one’s ever been better than Tom Brady, I don’t believe," Namath told Vrentas. "And I go back to watching the guys earlier in some of the darker days, in the ’50s. One of my first heroes was Otto Graham. Come on, 10 straight title games in Cleveland. He was just spectacular. Bobby Layne was a unique quarterback, really terrific. Getting into the modern era, Peyton Manning has had his wonderful performances. Don’t tell me anybody is better than Aaron Rodgers, either. Better than, better than, better than. The best, the best, the best. To each his own. I have a hard time calling anybody in any sport 'the best' because of the changes in the game, certainly, and because of the greats that were ahead of them.

"But I will say, no one has ever played the game better than Tom Brady. You start looking at numbers, and sometimes statistics tell a story, and sometimes they don’t tell the whole story. It’s such a team game. But Tom has answered the bell. He has answered every challenge. He’s great. He’s great. No one has ever done it better."

Namath also shared some thoughts on Super Bowl XLIX, such as the Seahawks' final play call.

"I give all the credit in the world to [Malcolm] Butler for making an absolutely great play and, wow, what a hero, coming from where he came from onto that team," he said.