EDIT: Timeline below.
1. Darlington & Schefter report Brady is retiring.
2. TB12, Tom’s brand/company, tweet (then later delete) about his retirement.
3. Toms teammates tweet about his retirement.
4. Tom’s agent, dad, Arians, and Licht all say Tom hasn’t decided yet.
5. Ian Rappaport says many sources confirm Tom plans to retire but the pushback is due to timing.
6. Tom announces retirement again in 2023. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chiefspants:
I have been burned too many times on this to count Tom gone until the moment he hangs up the cleats and doesn't report for Weeks 1-18 of a football season.
The dude lost 3-34 against the Saints his first year in TB and threw a worse interception than Tebow or Palko EVER did. I stood sentry as Mahomes guided him to retirement when Hill got 269 yards in that season while we laughed at Romo saying that TB "finally figured it out" in garbage time after falling to like, 6-5 or whatever they were.
No. I will not count out what super HGH, a blood seance, and help from the refs could still do for Tom at this stage. I mean, how many threads have we made here in the last ten years dancing on Tom's NFL grave and saying he is finally done.
Bucs are still the 4th favorite to win the SB right now after the Bills, Eagles, and Chiefs. Vegas knows what the refs are capable of when he gets in the playoffs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
He doesn't look washed to me. But TB has no run game at all. The OL is a shell of its former self. And his receivers aren't Gronk/Edelmann.
Note: Brady doesn't look right. Like he's aging right before my eyes.
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
He did hit Mike Evans today with a perfect pass that would have changed the complexion of the game had he caught it, but he has been worse than usual.
I'm not convinced he's hit the Father Time wall just yet, but.. idk.
Still a lot of time to correct their issues. We'll see.
Still convinced that he didn’t need the preseason? :-) You idiots that were acting like he could just coast with his “superior talent” and didn’t need training camp are looking pretty dumb now. Anyone who understands how much work goes into each game knew this was coming. If Brady thinks he’s good enough to coast to the playoffs without putting in the effort he used to put in, he’ll continue to get owned by XFL level QB’s. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
Still convinced that he didn’t need the preseason? :-) You idiots that were acting like he could just coast with his “superior talent” and didn’t need training camp are looking pretty dumb now. Anyone who understands how much work goes into each game knew this was coming. If Brady thinks he’s good enough to coast to the playoffs without putting in the effort he used to put in, he’ll continue to get owned by XFL level QB’s.
Right. But he still has the easiest schedule known to mankind and are still winning their division. If he shows up for work and puts in a Peter Gibbons level effort he’s still going to the playoffs and will then show up for work in a real way. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Right. But he still has the easiest schedule known to mankind and are still winning their division. If he shows up for work and puts in a Peter Gibbons level effort he’s still going to the playoffs and will then show up for work in a real way.
I’m looking at the schedule…when does it get easier than a last place team using a 3rd string QB, and an interim head coach, the same week they put out flyers to the rest of the league that they were having a fire sale? I don’t think you all have been watching much of this Bucs team this season. It looks like a team with a QB uninterested in practicing during the week. They should not be favorites against anyone the rest of the way. They’ll win some, but they are not clear favorites over anyone. If losing to the Steelers and Panthers in back to back weeks hasn’t shown some of you that, I don’t know what will. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
I’m looking at the schedule…when does it get easier than a last place team using a 3rd string QB, and an interim head coach, the same week they put out flyers to the rest of the league that they were having a fire sale? I don’t think you all have been watching much of this Bucs team this season. It looks like a team with a QB uninterested in practicing during the week. They should not be favorites against anyone the rest of the way. They’ll win some, but they are not clear favorites over anyone. If losing to the Steelers and Panthers in back to back weeks hasn’t shown some of you that, I don’t know what will.
I cant imagine the offensive line likes getting bawled out by Tom consistantly, no matter how famous he is! [Reply]
