Play over two decades in the NFL, and you’re bound to see a healthy balance of peaks and valleys. Though, for Tom Brady, winner of seven Super Bowls, Sunday’s clunker in Carolina might have been an all-time valley for the legendary quarterback.
You see, while Carolina’s coaches and players might still be pushing the full throttle, the Panthers as an organization aren’t necessarily “trying” to win. A fascinating trade of Christian McCaffrey to the 49ers points to the likely plans of the fire-selling Panthers in the coming days. They’re one of the NFL’s worst teams!
And yet, Brady’s Buccaneers — once considered a prime preseason contender for the Super Bowl in the NFC — couldn’t even score double-digit points against the Panthers in a beyond-embarrassing 21-3 defeat. (Maybe things shake out differently if Mike Evans doesn’t inexplicably drop a layup TD.)
You know, the more time passes by, maybe Brady should really consider stepping away and retiring from the NFL rather than continuing to play forever.
When a team you play for has its worst record in two decades, you should probably take that as a sign:
With his Week 7 loss to the Panthers, Tom Brady has a losing record through his first 7 games of a season for the first time since 2002 — his first full season as an NFL starting QB and the only healthy season of his career in which he did not make the playoffs.
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) October 23, 2022
NFL fans weren’t kind to Brady after the now 3-4 Buccaneers suffered one of the worst losses of his illustrious Hall of Fame career.