are aging and aren't getting it done to two quarterbacks who
are aging and still getting it done. Let's talk a little Tom,
Brady and Aaron Rodgers, before we take our first break. Cool.
First Brady,
the injuries are
accumulating. Hmm! He's got the
right ring finger
and it is the throwing hand. Somebody tried to email me or
text me yesterday. Say no. It's his left hand know it's his
right hand and he's the ring finger on his throwing hand and
his right shoulder. He did not practice on Wednesday now.
Remember Sunday, Splash from a couple of weeks ago, he's never
practicing on
Wednesday. Again, no matter how many more years he plays
football and then he practiced immediately the first Wednesday
after that, because they
picked up Cole Beasley. Who by the way, has retired to spend
more time with his family, I wonder if that registers with
Tommy.
So, which was just a weird little curveball yesterday
called Beasley is retired. Just gone, just done. See you later,
right? Brady didn't practice.
And he's also trying to avoid his first three-game, losing
streak, since 2002, which is amazing. Yeah, it's an amazing
accomplishment. Schmidt. I think they'll be fine against
the Falcons and obviously he'll play, but Chris I'm worried
about one injury
to injuries. Where's the next one? Going to come and is this
that moment that I was told about five years ago,
once the legs, keep him from getting away from taking those
hits, right?
The injuries are going to start to pile up and he's just going
to be done.
I hear you. And then you know again we talked about Matt Ryan
and how he looks. I mean, I don't think there's anybody in
the football world. That doesn't think Tom Brady. He
looks
a hair more frail this year than
years past, I don't mean that to be disrespectful, his arm is
still big time and everything but I think that's you know,
more to the point to Mike of what you're saying. Here is
why they have to
I think continue to work and play an offense that they won
the Super Bowl with and not the offense last year where he
can't at this age we depended on or I wouldn't want to if I'm
the head coach
of having a 45 year old back there and we got to throw it,
45 times a game for Hundred yards to win the game. That's
how they played last year and I don't think it sets up for
their ultimate best football team in white a play.
And as we've seen to,
you know, yeah, he's gonna take kids, he's not a quarterback,
that's great under pressure. As far as getting out of it,
backyard football and all that and that's why I think
the running the football play action pass.
Play through the defense is something that Todd Bowles
wants to do. But yeah, I'm with you Mike we got to keep our eye
on this a little bit because he is getting hit a little bit
this year. There's that's For sure.
Can we run that video again? Yeah because look and this is
the greatest of all time. I know any position in
the National Football League, but he's 45
and and I don't care how much avocado ice cream your eat, how
much ply Billy exercises you do your 45. That is not
a devastating hit.
We have seen guys take
far bigger hits all the time. This is not
like, oh he's going to be hurt.
I mean, he is getting banged up
by Early ordinary hits Chris. That's my concern. Yeah, this
is not.
This is this would not have made it to jacked up, remember
they used to do that on here? Yeah. Right. This would not
have made it to jacked up. He did not get jacked up but his
shoulder is effed up. Yeah well I a fairly routine hit. That's
what my concern isn't here. You what he thought and
I applaud, literally, this isn't funny golf clap. It's
amazing. That the guys got the courage to go out there with
guys have his age and younger and face that that Risk.
And it is a little crazy that he can't just give it up and
walk away because he probably should, he probably should have
already and he probably should right now.
But man, these that was not, that was not a ho. He's gonna
feel that tomorrow type of a hit that John Madden used to
say. Yeah, right. Just a fairly routine if we didn't, it wasn't
even its way to, you
know it wasn't rushing. It was it was nothing. No no I think
I think the thing that, you know, I look at least is an ex
quarterback. Roller is his arm? Got caught in a little bit of
a weird spot that's where I don't know if it's necessarily
the the the actual force of the blow but the fact that the arm
was like this and kind of got jammed into him a little bit,
that's where quarterbacks can get hurt or get a sore arm
because it can mess with that rotator cuff or the joint
a little bit. I'm imagining it was more that than anything,
but, you know again and I don't think you're wrong with your
point there. He's tough as hell.
He's still amazing, he could still throw the ball at
an elite level, there's no doubt about that. But I think, you
know, again that's been the Kryptonite of their football
team
and we saw that there
when they play a team and then we got a
well, they have a good front and a creative way to get
pressure and stuff like that. That's to me why they can't
beat the Saints or beat the Rams. I don't know why they
struggled against, you know, even Washington last year
because they had a front for that could kind of
get there. Do some things and it becomes like okay wait when
we throw the ball all the time and play that way against these
type of Defense has they don't beat them, you know when they
went on their Super Bowl run it was
too tight ends run the football at the end of the year
then, boom play action, pass Gronk, Mike Evans, all that and
then he was protected. So he could stand back there and not
worry about it, they got to
get to that level of play. I think to your point for a 45
year, old quarterback to protect him, the long haul this
season, and I think ultimately
That'll be their best way to maximize what they are. As
a football team. If they want to get to the Super Bowl,
get through these 17 regular season games position
themselves for favorable matchups, if possible in
the postseason and see if they can get back to the Super Bowl and
when and if they would do it this is the time for him to
walk off into the sunset. I really do think he needs to
call it a day after
this season, regardless of what's going on
personal life. Because now the theory is going around. Hey, if
he and Gizelle are splitting up, he can keep playing, even
then don't keep playing. I think he needs the call.
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it's fun to think about it. It's amazing to watch. But
I just think that that we're seeing that it's time for Tom
Brady to move on to something else.
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