It is starting to look like Tom Brady

[MOMFUDSKI]

is gonna go out as ugly as Favre did. He has a zillion TV offers among many other new gigs but I see how hard it is for some to give up their glory days. Nobody likes change. Hard to watch the struggle. That is all.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. This NE fan is sad to see his demise.

Bill and Tom are both ending their careers on a sad note. Tom should have gone out out on top with his last Super Bowl win. I always thought he made Belichick look brilliant. When he left, Bill became a coach in search of another Tom Brady. Mac Jones isn't TB.

[former9thward]

33. Well Tom Brady was not Tom Brady immediately.

He was the 199th pick in the 6th round.

[OAITW r.2.0]

34. He was always Tom Brady.

But the legacy started when Drew Bledsoe got injured in 2001. The rest is history. The NFL quarterback GOAT.

[former9thward]

35. My point is that the jury is still out on Mac Jones.

But you have already returned your verdict.

[OAITW r.2.0]

38. Actually, I like Jones and I know Brady didn't do it all by himself.

Brady had a lot of quality teammates around him. Mac, not so much. The O-line is pretty piss-poor. The receivers aren't much better.

[MontanaMama]

2. I don't mind watching him implode. I don't think he's a good person.

This is still a classic:

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. Really?

You think this was Tom Brady?

Lets talk about football deflation. Everyone went nuts about that. Happened in the 1st half of the Colts game, in the 2014 AFC championship game. Brady/Patriots were up 17-7 at halftime. Using properly inflated footballs, they won the game 45-7. If you understand air pressure and temperature, you understand why the balls were under inflated. But, the haters need a reason to hate the most awesomely successful football team of the 21st century.

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Thank You

Boyle's Law is called a "law" because it's not a theory.
And, the NFL released those numbers which proved the balls had to be inflated to specs before the game.
They didn't nail Brady over deflated footballs. They nailed him for failing to cooperate with an investigation into an event that didn't happen.
And, in case anybody considers calling me a fanboy, I'm a Bears fan. I am not a Patriots homer.
But, science is science and that was a witch hunt.

[MontanaMama]

24. The video is a spoof.

He’s a trump loving Republican. That’s why he’s not a good person. He’s a hell of an athlete but he’s lacking as a human being.

[OAITW r.2.0]

25. Gotcha.

[Docreed2003]

40. I was at that game

The weather was crazy that night. There was wicked rain early and that rain transitioned to sleet and ice after the game. Vince Wilfork actually helped a stranded passenger on I-95 that night whose car had flipped because of the ice. I can still remember driving home on a thin sheet of ice on 95 thinking "Don't go fast and don't slam the breaks".

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

28. I'd more say he's "deflating"... Lol. n/t

[brush]

3. What makes you think he's done? The Bucs are going to win...

their sorry division and make the playoffs. I wouldn't count him for a good playoff run as the team is getting healthy players back and the defense is good.

With good line protection he can still find his targets, and the running game is getting back into form.

I don't think he'll drag it out like Farve did when he decides to hang 'em up.

[calguy]

4. He's already dragging it out, in my opinion

[brush]

8. You're jumping the gun. They will make the playoffs....

as their division is sorry. They're in first place you know. Or do you know?

[calguy]

36. Yes, I know.

I still think Tom should have hung it up last year.

[rampartc]

9. "winning" the nfc south is a booby prize this year

brady playing saints this weekend and will be fortunate to survive encounters with cam jordan.

[brush]

11. I'm not a Bucs fan but they'll beat the sorry Saints.

That franchise has been nothing since Drew Brees's arm gave out and then their good coach left.

[chriscan64]

13. My sorry Saints have a defense that Brady struggles to beat.

That is a little better than nothing.

[rampartc]

20. brady has struggled with saints since he got to tampa

it depends on which saints offense shows up.

[LakeArenal]

5. As a huge Packer/Rogers fan....I see Aaron flowing that way.

He used to smile and made football entertaining. Now he’s grimacing and grump faced.

[MOMFUDSKI]

12. I agree Rogers is imploding

but I don't see him trying to hang on past his expiration date.

[a kennedy]

27. Heard his contract will hang around the Packers neck for ever....

[Initech]

18. I think Aaron Rogers is one of those "red pill truthers".

He definitely got flipped somewhere and went to the dark side and started spouting every horrible conspiracy he could. That definitely cost him his career. I like the Packers as a team (my aunt and uncle used to live in the Milwaukee area), but I think he’s just such a garbage person that it’s hard to root for him.

[Demsrule86]

7. Remember Joe Montana or perhaps George Blanda? I think they love the game.

[a kennedy]

26. I just saw an advertisement for Guinness beer with ah, JOE MONTANA.

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

29. I saw that one...

"Did he play Tennis?"
...
"Sure, kid."

[pwb]

10. They are all busy doing commercials because

they are not paid enough already? Maybe concentrate on football and let someone else sell me my submarine sandwich and insurance, and cars, on t v..

[ProfessorGAC]

15. Doesn't Appear To Be Affecting Curry

And, he's in 4x those subway commercials.
Most of those shoots are done in the athlete's off-season so I have a hard time believing that appearing in a commercial affects their performance.
Finally, they put famous athletes in those ads because it adds revenue.
They're not going to have me do it, because who the heck would care what kind of sandwiches I like.
The get recruited because they're already famous!

[pwb]

17. They are football players

to me and famous senator material to others. I probably couldn't get into a football game today, not owning a team jersey. Is their a Subway ad on the football itself yet? Soon.

[ProfessorGAC]

21. OK

Certain sports for certain people.
I wouldn't watch a college football game on a bet. So, I get it.
But, those are still famous athletes, which is why they're on those ads in the first place.
And your dislike of football doesn't address how being in an ad leads to reduced performance. Which seemed to the your original premise.
That's why I mentioned Curry. Mid 30s, scoring 30+ points per game on >50% shooting, over 43% from 3. And, his defense is better than when he was 25!
He's in a half-dozen of those ads, and he's playing terrifically.

[pwb]

23. I think it is a greed thing with me? Others could use that work.

They make enough. A great ball player could be a real asshole? Being good at sports does not make me like or dislike someone. I like football, the commercialism in every view not so much.

[ProfessorGAC]

47. I Get Your Point

And, it makes sense.
But, advertisers want that return on investment and starting with high name recognition helps assure that.
Like I said earlier, I could endorse Subway for a lot less, but why would they put me in a commercial? Other than my wife, who would care about my endorsement?

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. When will he run for governor of Florida?

That is the next question.

[splat]

19. Tom traded his marriage for this sorry season

And now he's being sued over crypto. The charmed life implodes.

Can Humpty Dumpty put it all back together again?

[former9thward]

32. The crypto suit will go nowhere,

Its a lawyer trying to generate publicity for his client. Larry David was sued also. If his wife left him over this season the marriage was over a long time ago and not his loss.

[Iggo]

22. Heheheh...good! See ya!

[keithbvadu2]

30. He could always have a retirement career of shilling for Medicare Advantage.

[BradAllison]

31. Good fucking riddance.

[Lunabell]

37. So, he bailed on his wife for this?

Shame on him.

[brush]

39. No, she bailed oh him. Life happens.

[Lunabell]

42. Nope, that's not the story.

He was supposed to retire to spend more time with her and his family. He promised and then reneged on that promise. He made the choice to bail on her and his children. Shame on him and he's really too old. He needed to retire.

[brush]

43. Sorry, that is most of the story. I should've added that she ditched him when he went back...

on his promise to retire (guess he found staying home with her and driving the kids to school wasn't for him). Then she moved to divorce him.

Again, life happens.

[Lunabell]

45. You don't break such a serious promise.

I'd have left too. What other promises did he break?

[brush]

46. It's kind of their business. Let's move on.

[Lunabell]

48. I'll "move on" when I feel like it.

You move on.

[brush]

49. Hahahahaha. Newsflash: Other peoples marriages is their business.

[Lunabell]

50. Newsflash two:

It's pop culture news that's been flashed all over the internet. THEY made it the whole world's business. Don't like it? Don't get on the internet.

[brush]

51. Ahhhh...idiots on the internet did that.

[Lunabell]

52. No, they did. They're celebrities who like the attention.

They both made their marriage everyone else's business. So don't blame me for their narcissism. They could have easily said that this was a private matter and they would like to keep it private, but they didn't. So don't tell me their marriage is none of anyone else's business.

https://people.com/sports/tom-brady-admits-gisele-bundchen-marriage-struggles-spilled-football-first-interview-since-divorce/


https://nypost.com/2022/09/13/gisele-bundchen-conflicted-in-latest-tom-brady-interview/

[Maru Kitteh]

41. Fucking idiot traded his family and marriage for THIS season.

When his life winds down and only hired help are willing to care for him, I hope these last few games were worth it.


Fucking idiot.

[lostnfound]

44. He will find a young trophy wife

And his kids will suffer the divide.

It’s a shame.