The position Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers helped define has changed.
The generation of Ben Roethlisberger, Drew Brees, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Rodgers and Brady dominating the quarterback position is coming to an end. There are 56 Pro Bowl appearances, seven MVP awards, and 13 Super Bowl titles remarkably shared between those six names - and four of them are already happily enjoying retirement.
For all of their greatness and the gold jackets that await them in Canton, Ohio once they inevitably ‘evolve away’ - to use the term coined by Serena Williams in her own retirement statement - from their arena, the game has moved on. The baton has been passed, although Brady and Rodgers are admirably clinging on as a host of stars who grew up idolising the duo attempt to snatch it and take control.
