Is this the GOAT's greatest achievement?.Write off the greatest NFL player of all time at your peril, but digging out of this hole and patching all these problems would be one of the seven-time Super Bowl winner’s greatest ever achievements.And despite facing Kansas City and their dynamic young quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who came in as favourites, Brady threw three touchdown passes to prevent the Chiefs becoming the first back-to-back NFL champions since Brady and the Patriots in the 2004 season.Īt 43 years and 188 days, Brady became the oldest player to play in the biggest game in US sport, extending his record for Super Bowl appearances to 10 and joining Peyton Manning as the only quarterbacks to win Super Bowls with two different teams.Īlready widely considered the greatest NFL player of all time, Brady decided to leave New England in the off-season for a new challenge and was lured to Tampa Bay, whose only previous Super Bowl win came in the 2002 season. Our leaders are going to lead, our coaches are going to coach and we’re just going to dig and keep our head down … We’re going to see what we have going forward, see how many crumble in the dark and see how many people step up and start playing better and start coaching better.”īetween Brady’s struggles – finishing with 290 passing yards off 49 attempts and no touchdowns – the running game’s struggles and the usually-dominant defense’s paucity, it could be suggested this is the lowest moment of Brady’s time in Florida. “Those guys who are going to step up are going to show up this week in practice. We’re going to see what we’re made of, how many people can handle adversity, and this is about as dark as it’s going to be right now. “And as a result, we have to wear this on our sleeve. All the way around – we’re not scoring enough on offense and we’re not stopping them enough on defense. “We’re not playing well as individuals, we’re not playing well as a team, we’re not coaching it well. “We’re not playing well,” Bowles told the media. The Bucs’ first nine drives finished with six punts, one turnover on downs, one ending at halftime and a field goal.īetween struggling connections with his offensive weapons, a porous offensive line and a faltering running game, the problems are mounting in Tampa.Īccording to ESPN, this is the first time since 2002 that Brady has had a losing record after seven games of an NFL season.īucs head coach Todd Bowles admitted his team wasn’t performing at peak levels. A laser of a pass to Mike Evans which would have been a walk-in touchdown on the opening drive of the game was dropped. Sunday’s game couldn’t have started much worse for Brady. Eakin Howard/Getty Images North America/Getty Images This week, it was a defeat to the 1-5 Panthers.īrady passes the ball in the third quarter against the Panthers.
Last week, the Bucs lost to the 1-4 Pittsburgh Steelers. With sideline outbursts captured during games and reports of marital issues, Brady’s typical fiery competitiveness has at times seeped into anger and frustration.įor someone whose desire to win and drive has separated him from others, this hasn’t been the season he would have wanted to go out on. Anytime you score three points, that pretty much sums it up.”īrady has been pensive about his future in the NFL, suggesting in recent months that his second, and presumably final, retirement might not be far away. They’re trying to keep us from doing our job, we’re trying to do it, and they’re doing a better job than we are. I think we all just need to do our job better,” he told the media. “We talked about execution the other day, and it still comes up. Eakin Howard/Getty Images North America/Getty ImagesĪlthough the Bucs still sit atop the NFC South division, Brady has suffered humiliating defeats against both good and bad teams alike this season, as what is likely to be his final season goes from bad to worse.Īfter the loss, Brady said that “no one feels good about where we’re at, no one feels good about how we’ve played or what we’re doing,” once again reiterating the need for his team to execute details with more precision. Brady talks to Nick Leverett of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before the game against the Carolina Panthers.
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