Tom Brady
Tom Brady seems to be enduring the worst time in his career. From officially parting ways with his wife Gisele Bundchen on Friday to witnessing his team drop 3 consecutive games for the first time, the 7xSuper Bowl Champ seems to have seen it all.
As Lamar Jacksons’ Ravens beat Brady, Bucs 27-22 on Thursday, the veteran 45-year-old QB finished with 325 passing yards, one passing touchdown, zero interceptions and an 89.7 quarterback rating while completing 26 of 44 passes (59.1%). This led to sports media veteran – Skip Bayless sympathizing with Brady and also blasting him and his team at the same time.
“The Buccaneers are now a bad football team, decimated by key injuries,” Skip Bayless said on the latest episode of Undisputed. “A team that has lost its confidence on both sides of the ball and lost its way on both sides of the football. What was the trademark, what was the calling card of the Super Bowl-winning Buccaneers in the pandemic year that Tom Brady turned them completely around? The calling card was: ‘We stop the run. Nobody runs on the Buccaneers. Nobody!’ What has happened in the last two games? The Carolina freakin’ Panthers ran ’em off the field.”
Talking about Tom Brady’s performance in the entirety of 2022-23 season – he has totaled 2,267 passing yards, 9 passing touchdowns, one interception and a 92.4 quarterback rating, completing 65.9% of his passes. Interestingly, keeping aside from the Bus record, Brady’s numbers are indicating the worst possible outcome.
“Twenty-five-year-old Tom Brady could not rise above this football team,” Bayless added. “He would have no chance because the only kind of quarterback that would have a prayer with a team that’s playing like this is a scrambling, rambling, gambling quarterback who would take a lot of changes.
“Maybe make a play or two here or there. That is the anthesis of who Tom Brady was at 25 and what he is at 45.”