Storybook Ending Possibly Coming in 2 weeks?

Redman443 · Jan 21, 2019

lancerman said:
Brady has been saying for years that he plans to play until at least 45. He's 41 now. He will be 42 next year.

If you really think this is the ending, prepare to watch him in another uniform. He's not going out because people think it's some clean way to end his career. Athletes aren't built like that. They spend their whole lives pushing themselves and sacraficing a comfortable life to achieve something in their sport. They want to push themselves to the end until they can't go anymore or lose all drive. They don't want to retire with what if's.

A guy like Tom Brady wouldn't be able to live with himself if he retired and had to spend the rest of his life thinking, "maybe I could have played 3 more years, maybe I could have won 1 or 2 more". They are warriors. They like to expend everything and go out on their shields knowing its done.

RK would have let BB trade Brady if he didn’t think Brady could compete at a high level for the next few years.

patriot1136 · Jan 21, 2019

If and when we win (trying to keep the optimism up), I don't think anyone retires actually. From a "storybook" perspective, this team reminds me a lot of the 2001 team so I am praying for another victory.

mosslost · Jan 21, 2019

PATRIOTSFANINPA said:
On February 3rd 2002 a young 24 year old QB Named Thomas Edward Brady took a team that was expected to be at the bottom of the AFC East to the Super Bowl which they ended up winning vs the team called The Rams as Adam Vinatieri's kick sailed thru the uprights.

During the next 16 years after that win, this Brady guy took the team to multiple AFC East division titles one after the other and made multiple Super Bowls winning 4 more of them.

As Brady goes into his 41st year of his life,he once again is taking a Patriots team to the Super Bowl,once again that date is February 3 and once again that opposing team ironically is The Rams again.

While Brady has nothing to prove as he is clearly the best quarterback to ever live and we will probably never see another of his caliber in this sport or any for that matter,one has to imagine the distinct possibility that if he wins this one and his 6th ring he may potentially decide to retire while on top and knowing he has distanced himself so far from the other athletes in this sport that he will never be challenged as the G.O.A.T. probably as far ahead as one can see.

While Brady continues to deny retirement is coming soon he may decide in the offseason to spend time with his wife and children more often as they grow up so quick and decide go out into the sunset as champion.

Whatever he decides we as Patriots fans will never see an athlete of this level for the rest of our lives....go Brady and get that 6th and if you decide to hang up those cleats Patriots Nation will stand behind you and love you as we have for almost 2 decades.

I do not believe so.

HOWEVER, I will admit.. that if we win in 2 weeks, it is a tempting "spot" for Brady and even Belichick to consider walking away.

But I don't want him/them to, and I think they can still get to more Super Bowls.

First things first, win the Super Bowl!

mosslost · Jan 21, 2019

Ice_Ice_Brady said:
Brady is not retiring regardless of SB53’s outcome. Brady is wired differently than most people. He wouldn’t “go out on top” because he has no fear that he won’t win another one the next season. He’s been saying for years that he wants to play to age 45.

I agree with you. BUT do you at least admit that a win in 2 weeks is at least a pretty reasonable spot for him to go out on top? especially considering that we know Giselle has wanted him to retire before?

Redman443 · Jan 21, 2019

patriot1136 said:
If and when we win (trying to keep the optimism up), I don't think anyone retires actually. From a "storybook" perspective, this team reminds me a lot of the 2001 team so I am praying for another victory.

Super bowl 36 was the last Super Bowl we had a fast start in. All of the other ones have been nail biters. The rams came back and Brady worked his magic for Vinatieris kick.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Jan 21, 2019

mosslost said:
I agree with you. BUT do you at least admit that a win in 2 weeks is at least a pretty reasonable spot for him to go out on top? especially considering that we know Giselle has wanted him to retire before?

Reasonable from our timeline, not Brady’s. He’s been training and scheduling workouts for 2-3 years away. That’s been verified by multiple sources. Getting back to the SB will just make him want to return even more.

brdmaverick · Jan 21, 2019

Ice_Ice_Brady said:
Brady is not retiring regardless of SB53’s outcome. Brady is wired differently than most people. He wouldn’t “go out on top” because he has no fear that he won’t win another one the next season. He’s been saying for years that he wants to play to age 45.

Agreed. He already had his storybook ending after Super Bowl LI. With that victory he.....

1.) became the first QB with 5 lombardies

2.) completed the greatest comeback ever

3.) threw for the most yards in super bowl history

4.) completed his deflategate fu tour

I mean, if he didn't walk away under those perfect conditions I don't know why this year would be any different.

Ice_Ice_Brady · Jan 21, 2019

brdmaverick said:
Agreed. He already had his storybook ending after Super Bowl LI. With that victory he.....

1.) became the first QB with 5 lombardies

2.) completed the greatest comeback ever

3.) threw for the most yards in super bowl history

4.) completed his deflategate fu tour

I mean, if he didn't walk away under those perfect conditions I don't know why this year would be any different.

Fans tend to cross their own thinking with Brady’s. Example, many Pats fans have implicitly argued they would rather not play in a Super Bowl if they were almost certain to lose it, as it would “hurt Brady’s legacy.” Brady does not think that way. Fans also think that walking into the sunset will somehow cement his legacy as the game’s greatest ever, rather than going out after a failed SB run. Brady doesn’t think like that either. As long as there’s an opportunity to play, there’s an opportunity to win another championship, and all this dumb legacy talk does not even enter the discussion in his mind.

Also he sees his availability and longevity as arguably his greatest accomplishment. It makes zero sense for him to walk away from this.

Ring 6 · Jan 21, 2019

Redman443 said:
RK would have let BB trade Brady if he didn’t think Brady could compete at a high level for the next few years.

Bb wasn’t trading Brady. Ever.

mosslost · Jan 21, 2019

brdmaverick said:
Agreed. He already had his storybook ending after Super Bowl LI. With that victory he.....

1.) became the first QB with 5 lombardies

2.) completed the greatest comeback ever

3.) threw for the most yards in super bowl history

4.) completed his deflategate fu tour

I mean, if he didn't walk away under those perfect conditions I don't know why this year would be any different.

If we win this year, what can our new FU tour be centered around? The previous FU tours have been centered around the various "hysteria gates".

Maybe the new FU tour can be about the "Cliff"

qbno12 · Jan 21, 2019

Patsfanin Philly said:
If he retires, what would the Max Kellermans of the world do????They would have to find another drum to beat other than " he's about to fall off the cliff."

Aaron Ridgers will be old enough then

Oh wait, he's already fallen off the cliff

Betterthanmost · Jan 21, 2019

I have always said that the maximum SBs Brady can win is 6 and not more. The number 6 is very meaningful in his life.

tasmlab · Jan 21, 2019

PP2 said:
Either way, we should treat it as if it were the last one and treasure it.

Shouldn't we do this with everything we cherish?

Bless you, wise friend.

hellolin · Jan 21, 2019

This is what I was saying yesterday, the Brady football pilgrimage started with the Rams, and it will end with a win against the Rams in the very game it all started. There will be a Brady movie that's all I am sure of, the guy's story is a quintessential american dream story.

Pats2000 · Jan 21, 2019

I highly doubt he retires, Brady seems to want to play until he sucks or he owns so many records/superbowls no one will ever break that.

TN patriot fan · Jan 21, 2019

PATSYLICIOUS said:
Doubt he retires. Gronk may be nearing tge end but Tb and Edelman look to have at least another 1-2 years at a top level. I mean Edelman has been better in the last two games than hes maybe ever been. He has a dominant run game where a rookie rb will only improve and the defense may be a couple dl away from being elite with 6 picks in the first 3 rounds. Imo, brady still has probably 2 years left in this championship window. No way he will want to stop when he is likely in position to add another ring.

Just imagine if we drafted a burner WR in the first round, and he was on a par with the #1 wideout for even just the top third of the league, and Brady had him for a full season to go along with Michel, White, and Edelman...Or what if the above happened and we also lucked into a dominant DT and a good pass-catching TE through free agency and the draft...

DisgruntledTunaFan · Jan 21, 2019

Brady isn't going anywhere for awhile. And FWIW too, I doubt if Drew Brees will go anywhere for another couple of years.

bobbutts · Jan 21, 2019

I've had a nagging fear he's going to retire at the end of the year, but you guys just talked me down from it at least a little bit.

ThexMojoxMan · Jan 21, 2019

Ras-IR Dowling · Jan 21, 2019

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