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next thing you know Brett Favre will retire....
oh he did?
well, I bet he UN retires right after...
oh he did?
next thing you know Brett Favre will retire....
oh he did?
well, I bet he UN retires right after...
oh he did?
:singing:
Did you see that espn promo,where the 2 anchors are walking by the Old North Church in Boston and a "Pat Patriot" lookalike is placing 2 lanterns in the window and Stuart Scott says:
"What is it?,,,,,two lanterns means he's retired....and one means he's unretired"?.........very funny about Lord Favre.
If BB called and asked Tedy to come back late in the season/postseason, I could see Tedy unretire to help the team that much. Play his own game of Favrequad "Efs" the league, no.Thomas and Bruschi have some respect and decency...they won't do that to their teams. If they say they are going to retire, they will stay retired.
Follow up: Someone on another site is claiming that Rosenhaus sent out a tweet denying that Thomas will be retiring.
If BB called and asked Tedy to come back late in the season/postseason, I could see Tedy unretire to help the team that much. Play his own game of Favrequad "Efs" the league, no.
Zach Thomas will probably end up in the HOF, but Tedy will never get a sniff. That is the travesty of it all.
If BB called and asked Tedy to come back late in the season/postseason, I could see Tedy unretire to help the team that much. Play his own game of Favrequad "Efs" the league, no.
Zach Thomas: 184 games, 1076 tackles (678 solo), 20.5 sacks, 17 INTs, 4 TDs.
Tedy Bruschi: 189 games, 735 tackles (448 solo), 30.5 sacks, 12 INTs, 4 TDs.
I doubt either will end up in the HOF, but I wouldn't think it a "travesty".
I'll settle for a Bruschi highlight DVD.Tedy went back and forth on that topic today. When he was asked directly about that exact scenario, he basically said no, that wasn't going to happen. He had fulfilled his goals..
But, then, on the 2nd to last question, he kind of backtracked and left the door open because he said something like "Just call me or text me and I'll be here to do what I can."
Now, what would be cool, but I know that the NO FUN LEAGUE would hit them with a massive fine for, is if the team all came out wearing #54 jerseys right when they took the field for the first game... And then they took them off and gave them to fans and they were all autographed.. THAT would be awesome..
Just saw on TV that Thomas actually *isn't* retiring- he's going to play this season against doctors' recommendations.
Zach Thomas will probably end up in the HOF, but Tedy will never get a sniff. That is the travesty of it all.
IF you are going to post numbers, you should make sure that you have ALL of them..
Bruschi had over 680 Solo and 387 assisted.. Not just 735 tackles total.
Thomas had 1106 solo tackles and 627 assisted. But as some have pointed out, Tackle totals aren't a good judge of things because there are teams who give out, essentially, 2 tackles per play (ala the Colts).
NFL.COM only goes back to 2001 with their keeping of the stats because they haven't put all the information in yet.. Where as pro-football-reference.com goes all the way back.
Zach Thomas had 16 Forced fumbles, the same as Bruschi.
What you don't mention, and really is important, is that Thomas played his entire career in the 4-3 while Bruschi started in the 3-4, went to the 4-3, and then back to the 3-4.
Bruschi also has 3 rings and 5 SB appearances while Thomas has zero.