Tom Brady says he's undeserving of being voted the No. 1 player in the NFL by his peers

• Tom Brady was voted as the No. 1 player in the NFL by his peers.
• Brady disagreed with the rank on the "Let's Go" podcast, calling himself a "pretty good football player."

Tom Brady doesn't believe he's the best player in the NFL, even if his peers do.

Brady landed at No. 1 on NFL Network's Top 100 players list for 2022, a list that is decided by the players themselves.

The accolade is a testament to Brady's greatness, the respect he commands, and his longevity — the quarterback was voted No. 1 in 2011. Now, 11 years later, he's back on top after leading the NFL in passing in 2021. It's his fourth time finishing as No. 1.

However, speaking on the "Let's Go" podcast with Jim Gray, Brady said he doesn't view himself as the best player in the league.

"Obviously it's very flattering any time you get recognition by your peers," Brady said, adding: "To be named No. 1, I don't necessarily believe that. I think I have a different view of myself than everyone else does. I try to still go out there every day and prove it to myself. Yeah, I think I'm a pretty good football player, but I gotta go earn it this year, and that's what I'm trying to do."

Brady also said he believes it's impossible to isolate his personal success when so much credit is due to the talents of his teammates.

"I've always felt that these are team awards. I get to throw passes to Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and Rob Gronkowski and Julio Jones this year, and all of the amazing players I've had over a long period of time. You can't do anything in football without the support and the dedication and commitment of your teammates, too."

Still, Brady doesn't think he is without skill. He told Gray that although there are more physically talented players, he believes his experience and leadership separate him.

"Where do I really excel? I excel with my leadership. I excel with my dedication and discipline. I excel, I think, mentally. I excel emotionally. I do a very good job emotionally, staying poised when I need to.

"Where people really miss the mark about me and really mis-evaluate parts of sports and competitors and skill sets in general is there's too much weighting on physical, tangible things that are very easy to study — speed or height or how high someone can jump. And they misappropriate the value of somebody's ability to learn, somebody's ability to process information quickly, to be a leader, to show discipline and to show up every day as a really consistent player with a consistent attitude for the team, that's a team player and wants to win and wants to see the team succeed. I think those have really been my strong suits."

In a video from NFL Network about Brady's No. 1 rank, players discussed what makes the seven-time Super Bowl winner so great. Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce gave nearly the same assessment as Brady.

"That intensity is always there, that desire to win never wanes, it seems like," Kelce said. "That will to win is the highest out of anybody in the NFL. That's by far the thing that separates him the most."

Or perhaps safety Malcolm Jenkins said it best.

"If I have a son — and I don't even have a son right now — but if I have one and he grows up to play in the league, he's gonna have to prepare to play Tom Brady," he said.