It was posted elsewhere, I think, but Montana retired at 38 with 16 playoff wins. Brady has a chance this year to get to 16 playoff wins after turning 39 (he is currently 13-2 since turning 39).
I still cannot get over the fact that Tom Brady at age 44 led the NFL in touchdowns and yards. I will never get over this fact. Ben R at 39 years old threw like 40 passes yesterday and I think 3 or 4 of them got past the line of scrimmage. That is insane and he was an embarrassment. He was worse than Manning in 2015 and that is saying something.
My newest favorite thing about counting Brady's numbers is that you cannot compare him to other players anymore. You have to compare him against franchises. And in that regard, Brady still wins. He has won more Super Bowls than any team in NFL history.(this one is legitimately funny) He has more playoff wins than all but 4 NFL franchises have ever accumulated since the beginning of the Super Bowl era over 50 years ago.
The idiot Rob Parker says Brady is the LOAT - the luckiest of all time. Obviously some plays have gone his way, but you don't have this kind of success....well...nobody has EVER had this kind of success so it feels silly writing that, but you don't have this kind of success by being "lucky".
Being good is also a function of taking advantage of the opportunities in which you do get lucky. Aaron Rodgers lost an NFCCG in which Russell Wilson threw 5 picks and lost another in which Tom Brady threw 3 second half picks. He had nothing to do with those interceptions, those added chances just happened to come to him by circumstances out of his control. He proceeded not to do anything with those added shots.
Rob Parker is the Tucker Carlson of sports--and Brady is the Democratic Party.
Parker's comments are stupid on its face, obviously. Some crazy plays have also gone against Brady.
If you limited Brady's career to what he has done after 40:
If Brady were to win the NFCCG, he would tie the all time record (Favre, 12) for most playoff wins against NFC teams.
In a similar vein, there have been 12 wins in the playoffs by quarterbacks over 40. Brady accounts for 10 of them
6 Super Bowls against NFC, 3 playoff wins last year, 1 so far this year. NFC championship game gets him to 12 unless I’m missing something
Being lucky works both ways too. I can think of two Super Bowl losses with an opponent's miracle throw and catch in each that could have gone another way.
You mean like there have been rumors each year for the last 5 years?
Really?...I don't really recall any such rumors last year, or the year before...even before that Brady always insisted that he was going to keep playing and no one credible really doubted him
Wickersham is floating it as well.
One example
They've been picking up recently as well. Saying the last thing Brady wants is a last season victory tour getting gifts and thank you sessions.
True, although if they go to the Super Bowl, wouldn't that mean they need an 11th episode anyway?
Yes. I think the scenario he may be looking for is not going to the super bowl, then announcing retirement, then editing / sculpting ep 10 ending as a farewell to his career.
Going to be awkward when Jimmy G is on the last episode after knocking Brady out of the NFC Championship!
His finest game may have been the loss to the Eagles. If Butler plays, he has another.
Could be outside forces that make Brady say this is it. Meaning that he's put off retirement for so many years now, his kids are getting older and want to be more involved, and may finally relent to Gisele wanting him to be done. He's proven he can win outside of Foxboro, made a lot of money, and is set up to make a fortune for the rest of his life.
And he did that performance without Cooks for most of the game too, which makes the 500+ that much more impressive.
Exactly, his team is 14-4 this year. He is most assuredly still leading them to victories. If they slide back to 10-11 wins next year, who knows.
Their 2022 schedule is brutal. I have no doubt they'll regress in the wins front.
