NFL.Com: Brady no longer a superstar (JULY article)

[SHOWTIME15]

NFL Superstar Club: Deshaun Watson gets in, Tom Brady booted

OUT: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Put down your pitchforks, Patriot Nation. Brady could throw 35 interceptions and get benched in Week 9 and he'll still be the best quarterback who ever lived. But winning another Super Bowl in February didn't change the fact that there were some signs of slippage in the soon-to-be 42-year-old's game in 2018. He struggled with downfield accuracy and seemed skittish in the pocket at times. He missed open receivers. He looked ... human. Now factor in the retirement of Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots' meh remaining pass-catchers and New England's run-heavy offensive philosophy. Brady can still get the job done, but do we really expect him to be an elite player at his position forever? That's not possible, right? Right?

UPDATED MEMBERSHIP: Drew Brees, Andrew Luck, Patrick Mahomes, Cam Newton, Aaron Rodgers, Ben Roethlisberger, Matt Ryan, Deshaun Watson, Carson Wentz, Russell Wilson.

i couldn’t stop laughing at this. Brady is better than all those QBs on the above list.

 

[Le Numéro Douze]

Please, make sure Tom sees this.

 

[Wheelman]

As I said in another nfl.com thread. If you're looking for football news, you don't go on nfl.com

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Put down your pitchforks, Patriot Nation. Brady could throw 35 interceptions and get benched in Week 9 and he'll still be the best quarterback who ever lived. But winning another Super Bowl in February didn't change the fact that there were some signs of slippage in the soon-to-be 42-year-old's game in 2018. He struggled with downfield accuracy and seemed skittish in the pocket at times. He missed open receivers. He looked ... human. Now factor in the retirement of Rob Gronkowski, the Patriots' meh remaining pass-catchers and New England's run-heavy offensive philosophy. Brady can still get the job done, but do we really expect him to be an elite player at his position forever? That's not possible, right? Right?

I may not have been paying attention but I do not recall Tom struggling with accuracy.
Maybe the during the Tennessee game which many speculated that he was playing hurt?
There are occasions when he strategically throws the ball away. Can someone fill me in?

 

[maust]

No doubt the NFL appreciates your efforts on behalf of their clickbait
smdh

 

[SammyBlueCat]

Oh and by the way Deshaun Watson will hate this since it will be bad ju-ju for him.

 

[Wheelman]

I may not have been paying attention but I do not recall Tom struggling with accuracy.
Maybe the during the Tennessee game which many speculated that he was playing hurt?
There are occasions when he strategically throws the ball away. Can someone fill me in?

The dude sucks! Time to stop watching the Patriots play.

 

[Joker]

It's the Nex-Gen group of media morons we have to endure. I can picture this shythead sitting around with uber-dweeb know-it-alls like Reimer sticking their right thumbs up their azzes trying to make their ears pop while their left hands pinch their noses closed. It's just what sports media has become, a Wimp-A-Palooza dotted with skinny necked clowns who couldn't make a girls field hockey team opining on world class athletes they couldn't possibly EVER comprehend on any physical or mental level.

 

[venecol]

Was the tourch passed while I was gone?

 

[maust]

Was the tourch passed...

That will never get old

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Just to recap:

Watson looked like a timid 12 year old in the playoffs and was the sole reason the Texans lost.
Cam’s arm fell off.
Roethlisberger didn’t qualify for the postseason and alienated his best receiver into getting traded.
Rodgers went 6-9-1 and got his coach fired.
Ryan went 7-9.
Wentz failed again to finish the season with another big injury.

Brady’s numbers were very similar to his MVP previous season, easily explained by a very thin receiving corps, and all advanced metrics showed he was the leagues best, or right up there. He won the Super Bowl again.

Brady is out.

Got it.

 

[PatriotsReign]

“He struggled with downfield accuracy...”

Tom Brady Among the Best Deep Ball Passers in Football

 

[fnordcircle]

NFL.com's job isn't to make informed articles it's to push the leagues' marketing direction. Brady already sells tons of merchandise, they don't need to push him they need to push everyone else.

And yeah - as much as well all love the guy he won't be in the league as long as most of the names on that list so this just makes sense.

NFL.com is a commercial.

 

[Le Numéro Douze]

NFL.com's job isn't to make informed articles it's to push the leagues' marketing direction. Brady already sells tons of merchandise, they don't need to push him they need to push everyone else.

And yeah - as much as well all love the guy he won't be in the league as long as most of the names on that list so this just makes sense.

NFL.com is a commercial.

Actually, bashing Brady does more to "promote" him than praising him.

It sucks, but it is what it is.

 

[XLIX]

 

[letekro]

Do you not know that this was written so people like you would click on it and share it, thus increasing advertising revenue and corporate profits? Clickbait to make money and nothing more.

 

[venecol]

TB12 has losing records against Drew, Cam, and Russell. I believe he is 3-7 against those 3. That's all I got.

 

[DarrylS]

Didja know Mahomes can throw a football out of Arrowhead?? Big news in KC... wonder how that will translate in a big game??

FWIW Gronkowski is also out, Duh????????

More crap to litter NFL message boards and somehow in our very weird society it gives credibility to Dan Hanzus..

 

[farn]

Defending SB champ. The only thing that has ever mattered in the football world.

 

[RobertWeathers]

TB12 has losing records against Drew, Cam, and Russell. I believe he is 3-7 against those 3. That's all I got.

...and a 7-10 record in Miami.