NFL Draft Tom Brady teases NFL return, says 'I still have more to prove' - Page 5

Eleazar · 01:37 PM

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(CNN) - Star quarterback Tom Brady will return to the NFL to play another season after a rare first-round playoff loss, he hinted in an Instagram post on Wednesday.

"In both life and football, failure is inevitable. You dont always win. You can, however, learn from that failure, pick yourself up with great enthusiasm, and place yourself in the arena again," he wrote. "And that's right where you will find me. Because I know I still have more to prove."

Brady, now 42, is the oldest quarterback in the NFL and yet remains one of the league's top players. He is due to be a free agent this offseason and so will be able to sign with any NFL team, and there had been question as to whether the ageless wonder would retire.

In his Instagram post, he heaped praise on the fans, his teammates and the Patriots organization.

"I have been blessed to find a career I love, teammates who go to battle with me, an organization that believes in me, and fans who have been behind us every step of the way. Every one of us that works at Gillette Stadium strived to do their best, spent themselves at a worthy cause, and prepared to fail while daring greatly (h/t Teddy Roosevelt)," he wrote.

"And for that, we've been rewarded with something that the scoreboard won't show -- the satisfaction of knowing we gave everything to each other in pursuit of a common goal. That is what TEAM is all about."

Led by a dominant defense and Brady's steady quarterbacking, the Patriots went 12-4 this season. However, Brady did not impress in a first-round playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans on Saturday, and his final throw was an interception returned for a touchdown. The loss was the earliest playoff exit for the Patriots in a decade.

He said after the loss that it was "pretty unlikely" he would retire.

"I don't know what the future looks like, and I'm not going to predict it," he said. When asked if there was a possibility that he would retire, Brady answered, "I would say it's pretty unlikely, hopefully unlikely."

When asked about bringing Brady back for another season, Patriots coach Bill Belichick deferred, saying, "We just finished the game. We're focused on this game, okay."

Brady has won six Super Bowls for the Patriots in his 20-year career since joining the team as a 6th round pick in 2000.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/us/to...urn/index.html

DRM08 · 01-08-2020, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lilmrp117

This gets overlooked a lot, but straight up stupid luck has contributed to the majority of his super bowls if you look back at it carefully. The tuck rule game saved him for the first super bowl, pete carrol gave him another super bowl win, the falcons ridiculous collapse gave him another, and dee ford offsides another. A normal player would be lucky to just have half of these events go their way, but this lucky bastard has all of them go his way.

I really hate pete carrol, the falcons and dee ford for making it so that people can argue that brady is the GOAT. I would have loved to see brady go up against the defenses in the 80's with the rules from that time that montana and marino faced. He'd probably just do what he does nowadays - throw himself to the ground to avoid the other team putting his ass on the ground. I hope next season he breaks his hip while throwing himself to the ground to avoid a hit.

Pats have had plenty of good luck for sure. But flip side is the flukey catch by the Giants WR and the flukey performance by Nick Foles.

The one that pisses me off to this day is the tuck rule in the snow. Raiders had them beat. Jerry Rice was my favorite football player as a kid. Hated to see him lose that game in such a BS manner. And then the Pats turn into a dynasty after that. Who knows what would have happened if the tuck rule never bailed them out in the first place.

Flying High D · 01-08-2020, 09:19 PM

You can do it Tom. Only 3 more til 45. You can do it Tom. The NFL needs you. PEnischin son French kissing shitriot.

JakeF · 01-08-2020, 09:29 PM

I think Belichek wants to move on and prove he can win without Brady.

Kraft already made him keep Brady instead of moving on to Garoppolo. That's why Belicheck traded Garoppolo for cheap. He was pissed and wanted to make sure Garoppolo was very successful and Kraft would see what he missed out on.

The only way that Brady is a Patriot next year is if Kraft makes it happen again.

**Mr. Kotter** · 01-08-2020, 10:21 PM

This cracked me up when i first saw it....

**Lzen** · 01-09-2020, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Sorce

Can someone please tell the media that this is not true. He was pretty awful this year.

It's CNN. Fake news is the norm there.

**Lzen** · 01-09-2020, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiimosabi

Is driving a peg up a goat's ass difficult?

It sounds difficult.

Cntrygal · 01-09-2020, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan

He should go to Buffalo and be the game manager that team needs.

Hugh Jayniss · 01-09-2020, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by RealSNR

One thing changed. Gimped Gronk retired. One ****ing slow ass TE was all the difference for a 41 year old QB vs the 42-year old abortion we saw this year?

I sure wish that we had that slow ass TE playing for the Chiefs for the last 5 years. We might have won it all last year with Gronk!

Megatron96 · 01-09-2020, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Hugh Jayniss

I sure wish that we had that slow ass TE playing for the Chiefs for the last 5 years. We might have won it all last year with Gronk!

Gronk doesn't play defense.

Well, to be more precise, he doesn't play defense well. See Patsies vs. Fins last year when they tried to use Gronk as a safety . . .

01-08-2020, 01:36 PM
Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	Tom Brady teases NFL return, says 'I still have more to prove' Megathreads suck (CNN) - Star quarterback Tom Brady will return to the NFL to play another season after a rare first-round playoff loss, he hinted in an Instagram post on Wednesday. "In both life and football, failure is inevitable. You dont always win. You can, however, learn from that failure, pick yourself up with great enthusiasm, and place yourself in the arena again," he wrote. "And that's right where you will find me. Because I know I still have more to prove." Brady, now 42, is the oldest quarterback in the NFL and yet remains one of the league's top players. He is due to be a free agent this offseason and so will be able to sign with any NFL team, and there had been question as to whether the ageless wonder would retire. In his Instagram post, he heaped praise on the fans, his teammates and the Patriots organization. "I have been blessed to find a career I love, teammates who go to battle with me, an organization that believes in me, and fans who have been behind us every step of the way. Every one of us that works at Gillette Stadium strived to do their best, spent themselves at a worthy cause, and prepared to fail while daring greatly (h/t Teddy Roosevelt)," he wrote. "And for that, we've been rewarded with something that the scoreboard won't show -- the satisfaction of knowing we gave everything to each other in pursuit of a common goal. That is what TEAM is all about." Led by a dominant defense and Brady's steady quarterbacking, the Patriots went 12-4 this season. However, Brady did not impress in a first-round playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans on Saturday, and his final throw was an interception returned for a touchdown. The loss was the earliest playoff exit for the Patriots in a decade. He said after the loss that it was "pretty unlikely" he would retire. "I don't know what the future looks like, and I'm not going to predict it," he said. When asked if there was a possibility that he would retire, Brady answered, "I would say it's pretty unlikely, hopefully unlikely." When asked about bringing Brady back for another season, Patriots coach Bill Belichick deferred, saying, "We just finished the game. We're focused on this game, okay." Brady has won six Super Bowls for the Patriots in his 20-year career since joining the team as a 6th round pick in 2000. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/08/us/to...urn/index.html Last edited by Eleazar; 01-08-2020 at 01:37 PM.. Reason: Corrected title
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