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Tom Brady did again, because of course he did.
The 45-year-old GOAT played a terrible game for the first 56-ish minutes of last night’s Saints-Bucs NFC South showdown/debacle (and threw another fit) but then pulled a W out of his hat with two TDs in the final minutes, including the latest game-winning TD of his legendary career.
It was an insane ending to what was mostly a brutal game to watch. But in the end Brady was running off the field with a smile on his face after getting a 17-16 victory in a game he had no right to win but then again nothing has really made sense for Brady this year so this all kind of did make sense.
This season has been a mess for Brady. He retired briefly in the offseason, of course, and then decided to come back for at least one more run at another Lombardi Trophy. It’s safe to say that so far things haven’t gone as planned for Brady in his 23rd NFL season – the Bucs have been mostly mediocre, injuries have hurt the offense, and the team has played in some really ugly games.
But now they are 6-6 and atop the dreadful NFC South. Sure, they have a trip to San Francisco coming up this Sunday, where they’ll face the best defense in football, but thanks to their rotten division the Bucs should make the playoffs, even if they do it with a losing record.
That wouldn’t be how Brady would have drawn things up leading up to this season but when you’re as old as he is and still playing QB in the NFL you’ll take any type of success you can get. Brady has led a pair of thrilling come-from-behind wins this season in games he shouldn’t have won and has shown that he really still has what it takes to be a very good quarterback in this league, which is wild.
That Brady is still able to do all of this, though, continues to make no sense. He’ll be 50 years old in five years and he’s still out there running 2-minute drills like he’s in his early 20s. During the two late TD drives last night he looked like vintage Brady. Not even a holding call in the final seconds that negated a TD could stop him, as he came right back and got the Bucs in the end zone again.
Fire those cannons, baby! 💣💥
📺: #NOvsTB on ESPN pic.twitter.com/r4t1nV3fnz
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 6, 2022
When you think of it, though, nothing has really made sense in Brady’s career and I mean that in a good way. He went from being a sixth round pick to being the greatest QB of all-time with seven Super Bowl rings. That stuff just doesn’t normally happen.
He won a Super Bowl in his first season with a new team during the middle of a pandemic. That doesn’t normally happen.
And now he’s still showing everyone that when things matter the most he’s still one of the top QBs that you’d want leading your team on important drives.
It’s bananas and makes no sense. But man is it good theater.
Quick hits: Mark Ingram apologizes for bad play… Peppy Joe Buck confuses fans… Fans react to Deion Sanders’ message… And more.
– Saints RB Mark Ingram apologized after the game for not picking up what should have been an easy first down late in last night’s game. He gets that first and New Orleans likely wins the game. Instead, he stepped out of bounds right before the marker. Ouch.
– Joe Buck was really peppy last night and fans were confused.
– Fans had mixed feelings about Deion Sanders’ message to his new team.
– Charles Curtis has six guys you should be looking at on your fantasy football waiver wires, including Ravens QB Tyler Huntley.
