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 BWillie:
You can try to sue anyone for anything. Brady did nothing wrong by being a paid spokesperson or even investing in a company that did not work out.
Originally Posted by oldman:
FOX will get some AFC/NFC games and I'm sure we'll have to get some of them.
Maybe, he will be on number one team... not like we will get him more that twice a year or three times with the super bowl on FOX... But he could suck so bad they have to move him off the one team... :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by BWillie:
You can try to sue anyone for anything. Brady did nothing wrong by being a paid spokesperson or even investing in a company that did not work out.
There might be some sort of legal technicality but, if an individual is being paid to promote a product/service/company, are they not technically working for said company? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
Mike Francesa destroyed the Brady Goat shit today. I wish I could embed the video. He said he wasn't the best regular season QB because Manning was. Not the best SB qb because Montana was. All his numbers prove that fron season the season. He played the longest and fell into a good situation. He played longer and had more opportunity on good teams.
Brady is the all time leader in passing yards, touchdowns, wins, playoff wins, and Super Bowl wins. That isn't luck you dork :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
Brady is the all time leader in passing yards, touchdowns, wins, playoff wins, and Super Bowl wins. That isn't luck you dork :-)
Never said luck but he's right. He got to all the stats because he played the longest. That's the only reason. Where was he in 2015 when Manning retired? He certainly wasn't at the top or even close at all.
Rice same thing. He played forever so he has the stats. [Reply]
I read a thing on Twitter, can't recall from who that basically said Brady is the most successful NFL player, the most accomplished, but not the best. He's like Bill Russel. Yes he has the most rings, but that doesn't make him the best player, it makes him the most successful player. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
Never said luck but he's right. He got to all the stats because he played the longest. That's the only reason. Where was he in 2015 when Manning retired? He certainly wasn't at the top or even close at all.
Rice same thing. He played forever so he has the stats.
He was pretty close...
Wins by QB (since 1940) as of 2015 - the top 5 were Favre (188), Manning (187), Brady (172), Elway (149), Morrall (149)
Passing yards in that time frame - top 5 were Manning (71.9k), Favre (71.8k), Marino (61.4k), Brees (60.9k), Brady (58.0k)
Passing Tds in that time frame - top 5 were Manning (538), Favre (508), Brees (428), Brady (428), Marino (420)
So, yeah, he padded the stats retiring in 2023, but in 2015 he was statistically top 3-5 in those 3 critical areas and he had 4 of his 7 SB rings as of 2015. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Red Dawg:
Never said luck but he's right. He got to all the stats because he played the longest. That's the only reason. Where was he in 2015 when Manning retired? He certainly wasn't at the top or even close at all.
Rice same thing. He played forever so he has the stats.
Brady had more playoff wins than the QB who's #2 on the list, Joe Montana, by age 35. He went on to win 18 more playoff games, but Brady was 3 years younger than Montana's retirement age (38) when he passed him in playoff wins. Brady actually had 21 playoff wins by the time he reached the age at which Montana won his 16th and final one.
Brady has 7 Super Bowl wins; no one else has more than 4 wins. He won his 5th Super Bowl in 2012 at age 34. [Reply]
Brady is not the best ever. I have seen every playoff game and many of his regular season games. Not even gonna mention the PI calls he got but more than anything he was helped a great deal by defense more than any QB that has a ring. He scored 10 points and won a SB, He threw 3 picks in one half and won a playoff game, he fumbled the Tuck rule game and he admitted it, Bledsoe saved the day at Pitt 20 years ago, early 2000's were totally driven by defense and video tape cheating the NFL covered up and of course the big Wilson int got him one as well. Brady has never had to carry a team with his arm since he had a top 10 defense literally his entire career.
He's a great leader, worked hard and could get some points in the 4th after crapping himself the other 3 quarters some of the time but no way you watch other QB's and say he's better than all of them. Bunch of 4th quarters getting to FG range for the win is not greatness. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
Brady had more playoff wins than the QB who's #2 on the list, Joe Montana, by age 35. He went on to win 18 more playoff games, but Brady was 3 years younger than Montana's retirement age (38) when he passed him in playoff wins. Brady actually had 21 playoff wins by the time he reached the age at which Montana won his 16th and final one.
Brady has 7 Super Bowl wins; no one else has more than 4 wins. He won his 5th Super Bowl in 2012 at age 34.
Simply Amazing. His SB wins and regular season wins will never be touched. [Reply]
