Brady Retiring…

[Belfast1933]

Sorry, Leon… might be in the wrong place but…

Tom Brady is retiring….

Wow - greatest team player athlete of all time? Sad day.

[Frank A]

Just unbelievable the level at which he played at all those years. It was a true pleasure to watch him at work. I hope he enjoys his family now and for the rest of his life. Nothing else to prove Tom, good choice.

[Peter_Spaeth]

And he went out on a high note, another trademark comeback, even if it fell short.

[John1941]

I'm sad. He was the only football player that I was a real fan of - I love old pitchers and quarterbacks.

[Exhibitman]

Interesting how Boston had two guys widely acknowledged to be the greatest ever at their positions and arguably the greatest ever in their sports, during nearly their entire careers: Brady and Bobby Orr. I would put Bill Russell up there but Wilt Chamberlain was simply a better overall player, just with crappier overall teams. I don't count Babe Ruth because, let's face it, he was a Yankee icon.

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I'd post a Brady but my football collection cuts off at 1975.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Interesting how Boston had two guys widely acknowledged to be the greatest ever at their positions and arguably the greatest ever in their sports, during nearly their entire careers: Brady and Bobby Orr. I would put Bill Russell up there but Wilt Chamberlain was simply a better overall player, just with crappier overall teams. I don't count Babe Ruth because, let's face it, he was a Yankee icon.

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I'd post a Brady but my football collection cuts off at 1975.

Anyone who thinks all Wilt could do was score (as if that was a bad thing in a game where the team with the most points wins) should find film of the 1972 Knicks Lakers finals. I have nothing but good things to say about Russell, but it always seemed to me there was something perverse about people who ranked him over Chamberlain and found it to Russell's credit that he did not score a lot.

[Tao_Moko]

Transcendent players are so few. Brady is a once in a lifetime talent. We all got to enjoy him in borrowed time. Can't ask for more than that.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Great career for sure...just imagine if he hadn't the misfortune of facing Eli Manning twice in the Super Bowl

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Tao_Moko

Transcendent players are so few. Brady is a once in a lifetime talent. We all got to enjoy him in borrowed time. Can't ask for more than that.

+1 agree but I am glad he is retiring so it gives other teams a chance to win.

Not that my team will ever win