Yes, but Tim was in a much better side.
Not for his whole career... 1977-1982 were pretty lean, as was some of the latter parts of his career.
Some facts for you youngsters

- Tim was a genuine star from day 1 - some of his performances as a 16 & 17 year old were ridiculous...
- Tim was Brownlow favourite in 1980, when he was turned 19 mid year.
- Four time B&F against guys like Daniher, Madden et al
- In 1989, the Sun ran a double page spread ranking the two best players in the game head to head. T Watson vs G Ablett. Tim out ranked him by half a vote if I recall correctly. How ironic that those two legends didn't win Brownlows, but their sons did..!
- Tim's 1989 was every bit as good as Jobe's year this year.
- Tim had 1986 & 1987 wiped out due to his knee injury
- I love them both....
It is really hard to quantify just how good a player Tim was.
The closest player I can think of today is Patrick Dangerfield. Think about the year he had this year, and Tim was doing that as an 18 year old, and continued to do so for 10 years.