Tom Brady to Retire [Done] [He UN-Retired!!!] Retired Again

[Alaska Darin]

14 minutes ago, Crap Throwing Clavin said:

 

And just imagine what Johnny Unitas (or Starr, or Graham) would do with modern rules in modern offenses.

I have always wondered what Bradshaw would have done in this era with the team he had around him.  Swann and Stallworth in a modern passing game with a 6'3" 235 pound running QB who has a rocket arm?

[KD in CA]

3 hours ago, Alaska Darin said:

To say nothing of Otto Graham.

 

Brady isn't generational...he couldn't exist outside of this generation because he wouldn't survive a season under the old rules.

 

The 'GOAT'.......of the 21st century.  lol

[Alaska Darin]

7 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

 

The 'GOAT'.......of the 21st century.  lol

I would take healthy Peyton Manning all day long over him, especially if BB was the HC instead of Dungy/Caldwell/Fox/Kubiak.

[Ann]

28 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

I would take healthy Peyton Manning all day long over him, especially if BB was the HC instead of Dungy/Caldwell/Fox/Kubiak.

I have always thought Peyton Manning was a better QB than Brady. 

[Alaska Darin]

[Nouseforaname]

Looks like Gisele prefers @Uncle Joe

[Nanker]

Who gives a &#%$?!!!

[Ann]

8 minutes ago, Nanker said:

Who gives a &#%$?!!!

Like it or not, he had a 10 year contract with Fox. He's not going away. 

 

[Foxx]

There really is a sucker born every minute... 

 

[Ann]

But can he rescind the letter?   And apparently, he retired a Buccaneer, not a Patriot (one day contract)!? 
 

 

[Nanker]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

But can he rescind the letter?   And apparently, he retired a Buccaneer, not a Patriot (one day contract)!? 
 

 

Hope he doesn’t get in on the first ballot. 

[B-Man]

On 2/4/2023 at 12:28 PM, Foxx said:

There really is a sucker born every minute... 

 

 

 

To be fair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . it's a really nice jar.

 

 

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[Fansince88]

On 2/10/2023 at 4:30 PM, Ann said:

But can he rescind the letter?   And apparently, he retired a Buccaneer, not a Patriot (one day contract)!? 
 

 

For his retiring and unretiring they should almost vote him in the first year then not.

[Alaska Darin]

Preach.

 

 

[crawhammer]

On 11/26/2023 at 11:47 AM, Alaska Darin said:

Preach.

 

 

 

This thread is hysterical.  And Alex Smith is insulting entire divisions of the NFL?  This clown won anything when?  Also, the moron may want to remember that teams don't get Rings for winning their division.  Winning a Super Bowl, any one Super Bowl, is a significant accomplishment (unless you're Aaron Rodgers and then it represents a major career underachievement).  Brady won 7!  With two different teams in either conference.  Brady is the GOAT QB, and GOAT NFL player, and arguably the GOAT professional athlete of all team sports. 

 

Total fabrication too that he couldn't have won in any era of the NFL game.  QBs are breaking down far more than ever in today's game.  Brady missed one season in 24 years because some psychotic wrecking ball (Bernard Pollard) dove into his knee full force.  Among all of his other superior attributes, Brady was also tough as nails.  That he insufferably whined like a baby for penalties is just gamesmanship employed by literally quarterback who ever took a snap in the NFL.  

[Ann]

9 minutes ago, crawhammer said:

 

This thread is hysterical.  And Alex Smith is insulting entire divisions of the NFL?  This clown won anything when?  Also, the moron may want to remember that teams don't get Rings for winning their division.  Winning a Super Bowl, any one Super Bowl, is a significant accomplishment (unless you're Aaron Rodgers and then it represents a major career underachievement).  Brady won 7!  With two different teams in either conference.  Brady is the GOAT QB, and GOAT NFL player, and arguably the GOAT professional athlete of all team sports. 

 

Total fabrication too that he couldn't have won in any era of the NFL game.  QBs are breaking down far more than ever in today's game.  Brady missed one season in 24 years because some psychotic wrecking ball (Bernard Pollard) dove into his knee full force.  Among all of his other superior attributes, Brady was also tough as nails.  That he insufferably whined like a baby for penalties is just gamesmanship employed by literally quarterback who ever took a snap in the NFL.  

The AFCE was terrible for most of Brady's tenure at NE.  It was basically six free wins per year for the Pats. Sorta like what the Chiefs have been enjoying the last few years in the AFCW.  When you start out with six guaranteed wins, winning another 6 or 7 to get the first seed is fairly doable, regardless of how difficult the rest of the schedule is.

[crawhammer]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

The AFCE was terrible for most of Brady's tenure at NE.  It was basically six free wins per year for the Pats. Sorta like what the Chiefs have been enjoying the last few years in the AFCW.  When you start out with six guaranteed wins, winning another 6 or 7 to get the first seed is fairly doable, regardless of how difficult the rest of the schedule is.

 

Snow Bowl.

14-point dog vs the Rams.

Beat 15-1 Steelers in Pittsburgh 41-27.

Conquered the Legion of Boom.

28-3 comeback.

Beat Brees, Rodgers, and Mahomes consecutively in postseason.

35 postseason wins.

14 Game-winning drives.

9 Comeback wins.

6 Super Bowl game-winning drives.

7 Rings... more any NFL franchise!

 

Brady earned every ounce of it.

 

And by way, and I hate to point it out because frankly I'm disappointed too, but ask your Bills about weak divisions. Jets have no quarterback. Neither do the Patriots and they have a putrid team otherwise as well. The Bills have 2 losses against that garbage and they're 3 games in the loss column behind the Dolphins with their 23rd ranked defense. So there are no "guaranteed wins" in the NFL, never have been, never will be.

 

Give credit where credit is due. You'll never see a quarterback as clutch as Brady was ever again. He set that bar too f'ing high.

[Joe Miner]

3 hours ago, crawhammer said:

 

This thread is hysterical.  And Alex Smith is insulting entire divisions of the NFL?  This clown won anything when?  Also, the moron may want to remember that teams don't get Rings for winning their division.  Winning a Super Bowl, any one Super Bowl, is a significant accomplishment (unless you're Aaron Rodgers and then it represents a major career underachievement).  Brady won 7!  With two different teams in either conference.  Brady is the GOAT QB, and GOAT NFL player, and arguably the GOAT professional athlete of all team sports. 

 

Total fabrication too that he couldn't have won in any era of the NFL game.  QBs are breaking down far more than ever in today's game.  Brady missed one season in 24 years because some psychotic wrecking ball (Bernard Pollard) dove into his knee full force.  Among all of his other superior attributes, Brady was also tough as nails.  That he insufferably whined like a baby for penalties is just gamesmanship employed by literally quarterback who ever took a snap in the NFL.  

 

Brady wasn't allowed to be touched after his first couple of seasons.

 

 

 

 

[crawhammer]

50 minutes ago, Joe Miner said:

Brady wasn't allowed to be touched after his first couple of seasons.

So why all hype about Allen? I had this dude pegged as one of the toughest players to ever step onto a football field. I suppose not. Can't be.

 

Forget any GOAT talk for Mahomes. League's been too soft from day one for him.

 

So when's the cutoff? The moment the league went too soft for quarterbacks to credibly claim greatest ever again. 2010's? 2000's? 90's? 80's? Bradshaw's the GOAT, the 70's count, right?

 

Look, whatever the era, or however you choose to define it, or marginalize it, all teams and players played under the same set of circumstances. Brady dominated his era like we've never seen before or ever will again. 46% of seasons played he got to the Super Bowl. Unless you think Mahomes will maintain an every other season pace for the next 17 years, that kind of success won't be duplicated.

[Joe Miner]

10 minutes ago, crawhammer said:

So why all hype about Allen? I had this dude pegged as one of the toughest players to ever step onto a football field. I suppose not. Can't be.

 

Forget any GOAT talk for Mahomes. League's been too soft from day one for him.

 

So when's the cutoff? The moment the league went too soft for quarterbacks to credibly claim greatest ever again. 2010's? 2000's? 90's? 80's? Bradshaw's the GOAT, the 70's count, right?

 

Look, whatever the era, or however you choose to define it, or marginalize it, all teams and players played under the same set of circumstances. Brady dominated his era like we've never seen before or ever will again. 46% of seasons played he got to the Super Bowl. Unless you think Mahomes will maintain an every other season pace for the next 17 years, that kind of success won't be duplicated.

 

Need help dragging those goalposts around?