After eight weeks of stuttering play to kick-off last season, things clicked. Since then, the Bucs have roasted everyone. By the second-half of last season, the Bucs offense was fully operational. Now, the defending champs are even better. The Bucs have ripped off nine consecutive wins, scoring plus points in each of them — an NFL record.
The only close contenders for that record? The and Patriots, both marshaled by, you guessed it, Tom Brady. What Brady has done — and continues to do — goes beyond impressive.
Think about this: when Manning moved to Denver in the then-biggest free-agent acquisition in league history, the Broncos turned everything over to the future Hall of Famer. Brady certainly seems happy with his situation in Tampa Bay, where the Bucs are favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champions. When will Tom Brady retire? Bucs QB sets a new lofty goal. But what if that's not his last game against the Patriots? Unfortunately for the Patriots, he spent most of the day on the sidelines because the Steelers held the ball for nearly 40 minutes.
When Brady has a passer rating above in a game, his team has a record. This was one of the 10 losses. Brady drove the Patriots to a late touchdown, but New England coach Bill Belichick had so little confidence in his defense that he tried an onside kick with remaining.
It failed, and the Patriots lost. For some quarterbacks, this would be a career day. Four touchdown passes, no interceptions and a passer rating of For Brady, it was okay. There was some miscommunication with receivers, there were some passes that were off the mark, there was even a streak of six consecutive incompletions.
The passing yards were his lowest output of the season. He did his work in the first quarter and then put the Bucs offense on cruise control the rest of the way.
When it comes to the Super Bowl, no player close to Brady's age has been able to touch his achievements. He's the oldest quarterback to start, win the big game from both conferences , and is the oldest player to ever win Super Bowl MVP, which he earned last season during his first season with Tampa Bay.
Well, how about Brady becoming the oldest player in NFL history? That mark is currently held by George Blanda, who played 26 seasons in the NFL until he was 48 years old and days. For Brady to unseat Blanda, he'd need to stick in the league through the season Week 10 to be exact.
While Brady has as good of a chance as any player since Blanda to break that record, that may be lofty even for his standards. For as far back as he began talking about the end of his career, Brady's noted that his goal is to play until he is
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