Tom Brady: Why Patriots QB Deserves to Be Higher for Top Men of 2011

Tom Brady checked in at No. 42 on the AskMen.com's list of the Top 49 Men of 2011 and that is a slap in the face to the NFL's best quarterback. 

The list, which you can view here, is all about who the best and most influential men of 2011 were. How certain men were rated better than Brady is beyond me.

The list was comprised by the staff of AskMen, as well as votes from the readers. There is part of the problem, since most men despise Brady simply because they are jealous of him.

I'm not saying Brady needs to be in the Top 10 or anything because the list is full of great men who inspire others to succeed and who have done phenomenal things in their lives that are far greater than the game of football. 

The top three consisted of No. 1 Steve Jobs, the late innovator and visionary for Apple, No. 2 US NAVY Seal Team Six, the men who took down Osama Bin Laden and No. 3  Larry Page, the newly appointed CEO of Google.

Athletes ahead of Brady are Dirk Nowitzki at No. 39, Novak Djokovic at No. 19, Cadel Evans at No. 11 and Lionel Messi at No. 10.

It's understandable these top performers ranked higher than Brady because just like Brady they too had dominant seasons in the last year, but they did what Brady couldn't do by recently winning big championships.  

However, how is it that guys like Jimmy Fallon (No. 35), Ashton Kutcher (No. 23) and Prince William (No. 7) are well above Brady?

Brady is coming off a season where he was the NFL's first ever unanimous choice for MVP, was rewarded a very large contract of four years worth $72 million and he and his wife Gisele Bundchen were named the highest paid celebrity couple. 

Men love football and there's something wrong with the fact that the best player in the NFL isn't even in the top 30. 

Every man would love to be Brady for at least a day, whether they admit to it or not, and that's why he should be higher. Yes, even the Jets' fans would trade places with the leagues' most popular guy.