{"id":398283,"date":"2022-01-24T05:05:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T02:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/will-tom-brady-retire-after-buccaneers-loss-to-rams\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T05:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T02:05:26","slug":"will-tom-brady-retire-after-buccaneers-loss-to-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-tom-brady-retire-after-buccaneers-loss-to-rams\/","title":{"rendered":"#Will Tom Brady retire after Buccaneers loss to Rams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Will Tom Brady retire after Buccaneers loss to Rams?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-serby-02.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Steve Serby\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-serby-02.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/steve-serby-02.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>       <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There will be no repeat Super Bowl championship, no eighth Lombardi Trophy for Tom Brady to hoist \u2026<\/p>\n<p>And now we find ourselves wondering:<\/p>\n<p>Will we ever see him again?<\/p>\n<p>In the final minute of Rams 30, Bucs 27, after the Rams had started choking and seemed to be doing everything in their power to keep him alive, after he had brought the Bucs back from a 27-3 deficit the way he brought the Patriots back from a 28-3 deficit in Super Bowl LI against the Falcons, Brady was helpless on his sideline watching Matthew Stafford find Cooper Kupp with a 44-yard bomb that set up Matt Gay\u2019s 30-yard field goal as time expired.<\/p>\n<p>So Brady, beaten and bloodied for a good part of this one, savaged by Von Miller and Aaron Donald and Leonard Floyd, will be home watching the Rams host the 49ers in a most improbable NFC Championship <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\/grudge match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt all sucks to lose in the end,\u201d Brady said. He lost in the end because Sean McVay and Stafford played to win, and not every Buc who Todd Bowles expected to blitz did blitz.<\/p>\n<p>Is this the way it ends for the GOAT?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t put a lot of thought into it so, I\u2019ll just take it day by day and see where we\u2019re at,\u201d Brady said.<\/p>\n<p>He was asked what the biggest factor for him would be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTruthfully guys, I\u2019m thinking about this game and not thinking about any \u2026 past five minutes from now,\u201d Brady said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Rams-Buccaneers-Football-e1642988639486.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Tom Brady walks off the field after Sunday's loss.\" class=\"wp-image-20939690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Rams-Buccaneers-Football-e1642988639486.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Rams-Buccaneers-Football-e1642988639486.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Rams-Buccaneers-Football-e1642988639486.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tom Brady walks off the field after Sunday\u2019s loss.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>John Elway was 38 when he walked away from the siren call of a threepeat \u2026 would Brady decide at 44 that there is nothing left for him to prove even if there are only seven rings for wifey Gisele to kiss?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t do it physically anymore,\u201d Elway said, \u201cand that\u2019s really hard for me to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brady, of course, in a much more quarterback-friendly era, has made a mockery of Father Time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPhysically I feel great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>We know that the model mother of two of his children has for years urged him to retire, and what if he finally concludes that Mother Knows Best?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366489619-e1642988765752.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Tom Brady was sacked three times in Sunday's loss.\" class=\"wp-image-20939692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366489619-e1642988765752.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366489619-e1642988765752.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366489619-e1642988765752.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tom Brady was sacked three times in Sunday\u2019s loss.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So we have officially entered Where There Is Smoke There Is Fire territory.<\/p>\n<p>Until the GOAT Terminator declares: \u201cI\u2019ll be back,\u201d we will have to brace ourselves for the possibility of the Buc stopping here.<\/p>\n<p>Only Brady knows \u2026 if he even knows himself right now.<\/p>\n<p>Brady\u2019s legacy, of course, is intact no matter when and how it ends.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams kept gifting Brady last-gasp chances for a miracle in the second half, starting with Kupp\u2019s fumble late in the third quarter that required Brady to march a mere 30 yards to cut the deficit to 27-13.<\/p>\n<p>When Miller s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>-sacked Brady and recovered at the Tampa Bay 25, it looked over.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Miller and Donald, in particular, had from the jump resembled sharks smelling blood. Brady\u2019s blood. In fact, Brady had earlier wound up with a bloodied lower lip when Miller hit him a tad late and no flag was thrown, sending Brady into a tantrum that resulted in the first unsportsmanlike penalty of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford had come out swinging and they had made Brady one-dimensional and dared him to beat them.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing to the likes of Scotty Miller and Tyler Johnson instead of Antonio Brown and Chris Godwin, and under siege without right tackle Tristan Wirfs.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks in large part to them, he nearly did.<\/p>\n<p>Brady\u2019s 55-yard bomb to Mike Evans against Jalen Ramsey with 3:20 left made it Rams 27, Bucs 20, and all of Tampa was thinking the same thing as all of Atlanta must have been.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you got Tom,\u201d Bruce Arians said, \u201cyou\u2019re never out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then Ndamukong Suh stripped Cam Akers \u2014 who had fumbled at the Bucs\u2019 1 in the first half \u2014 and Lavonte David recovered at the Rams 30.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366493033-e1642988978522.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cWhen you got Tom,\u201d Bruce Arians said, \u201cyou\u2019re never out of it.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-20939697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366493033-e1642988978522.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366493033-e1642988978522.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/1366493033-e1642988978522.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cWhen you got Tom,\u201d Bruce Arians said, \u201cyou\u2019re never out of it.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brady had 2:25 and no timeouts remaining. One last chance to make everyone around him believe.<\/p>\n<p>He hit Cameron Brate for 9 yards and it was fourth-and-inches at the 9 with 46 seconds left, and Brady handed off to Leonard Fournette who eluded a Troy Reeder tackle and burst around right end and it was 27-27. But not for long.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Montana was about to turn 39 when he retired \u2026 after two seasons in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople\u2019s concern about me getting injured had nothing to do with it,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cIt would be more or less my own concern about I\u2019m getting older and my kids are getting older and I have a long life ahead of me with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Michael Jordan retired for the first time at 29, he said: \u201cWhen I lose the sense of motivation and the sense of, to prove something as a basketball player, it\u2019s time for me to move away. It\u2019s not because I don\u2019t love the game. I always will. I just feel that I have reached the pinnacle of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tom stands still now until he makes his decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one team one year, and then it\u2019s never the same after that,\u201d Brady said.<\/p>\n<p>If he retires, the sport will never be the same after that.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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