Tom Brady has retired. After 22 seasons, seven Super Bowl wins, five Super Bowl MVP awards, three MVP honours and an endless laundry list of accolades, the NFL’s statistically greatest quarterback of all time, the man who habitually vanquished Father Time has finally stopped running, turned and shook the inevitable retirement hand. We'll let you have your say soon - but first, a word.
‘GOAT’ is the phrase that will be bandied about most in the next 24 hours of Brady bedlam. It has been so since Brady’s retirement was mooted after his Tampa Bay Bucs were knocked out of the Super Bowl chase last weekend, albeit not without another near Brady-supernatural comeback. While Brady has a solid argument for the crowd of ‘greatest quarterback of all time’, he also boasts a more than decent CV for ‘greatest player of all time,’ period.
The 2000 NFL Draft’s spindly sixth round selection out of the University of Michigan would go on to trace a career arc that bordered on mythical. He has collected seven Super Bowl rings in total, more than any other team in history. Repeat: more than any other team .
