Dude has never won a shark race and you want to put him #1?The Brady Manning thing is absurd, but even that pales in comparison to Michael Phelps being number...well, he’s not even on the list. Dude’s the clear cut #1.
If you're serious about Moses, you might want to look at the criteria.How is Edwin Moses not on this list? Totally BS. Mike fucking Trout? C'mon.
I give him 2 years max. Going to soak in this next season because it very well could be his last.Link
Chopra on Tom vs Time.
I already posted about this. I used to have unwavering faith Tom would make it to 45, but after watching Tom vs Time I no longer see it as a sure thing.
I also now think if Tom wins one more, he probably pulls an Elway.
It's only an Elway if he wins back-to-back...Link
Chopra on Tom vs Time.
I already posted about this. I used to have unwavering faith Tom would make it to 45, but after watching Tom vs Time I no longer see it as a sure thing.
I also now think if Tom wins one more, he probably pulls an Elway.
I’m convinced that they include a few omissions/controversial takes to increase presence on social media. A plausible but hotly debated list is more valuable to them than one that is strictly accurate.The Brady Manning thing is absurd, but even that pales in comparison to Michael Phelps being number...well, he’s not even on the list. Dude’s the clear cut #1.
"We ranked the top 20 most dominant athletes: You will TOTALLY BELIEVE who is #1!!!"I’m convinced that they include a few omissions/controversial takes to increase presence on social media. A plausible but hotly debated list is more valuable to them than one that is strictly accurate.
No doubt. That doesn't fully explain, much less excuse, the enormous disparity between Brady and a QB he should be ranked above. But yeah....I’m convinced that they include a few omissions/controversial takes to increase presence on social media. A plausible but hotly debated list is more valuable to them than one that is strictly accurate.
It does, sort of. New England fans have a huge chip on their shoulder when it comes to Brady being underrated, especially when it comes in comparison to Manning. And when Pats fans start talking, fans of other teams start talking back. Some editor probably looked at a list that had Brady at #4 and Manning at #20 and said "You know what? Switch them. That will get Patriots fans chirping, and then fans of other teams will talk back about the Pats and Brady cheating, and our story is off to the races."No doubt. That doesn't fully explain, much less excuse, the enormous disparity between Brady and a QB he should be ranked above. But yeah....
I hear what you’re saying but ESPN could have achieved the same objective and simultaneously maintained some plausible deniability had they simply ranked Manning ahead of Brady in any way.It does, sort of. New England fans have a huge chip on their shoulder when it comes to Brady being underrated, especially when it comes in comparison to Manning. And when Pats fans start talking, fans of other teams start talking back. Some editor probably looked at a list that had Brady at #4 and Manning at #20 and said "You know what? Switch them. That will get Patriots fans chirping, and then fans of other teams will talk back about the Pats and Brady cheating, and our story is off to the races."
It's a well that will be drawn from for the next 20 years.
Tom Brady has accomplished it all in the NFL. He's a five-time Super Bowl champion and a three-time league MVP. He just completed his age-40 season and doesn't appear ready to hang up his cleats.
And his wife, Gisele Bundchen, won't force him to.
Bundchen shared with Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal that she will not push her husband to retire.
She laughs at suggestions that she’s behind her husband’s rakish style choices.
“I’ve never in my life told him to wear anything,” Bündchen says of Brady. “You should see our closets….It’s so funny. I would say that he likes fashion more than I like fashion. I would say he’s changed his haircut in one year more than I’ve changed in my whole life.”
Overall, Bündchen says she gets way more credit for Brady’s moves than she deserves. She mentions the recent Tom vs Time Facebook documentary—she says it took a lot of convincing to get her on board to allow the cameras into their home.
“People are like, ‘Oh, Gisele must have told Tom [to do it],’ ” she says. “He’s the one who had to come and ask me.”
Bündchen has spoken in the past about her concerns with Brady’s football career, given the growing science about the long-term impact of concussions. “I’m entitled to have my concerns because my husband is the father of my children,” she says. “If you don’t have your health, what do you have?”
At the same time, Bündchen sees how passionate Brady remains about the game, how much joy he takes in playing, even now in his 40s.
“It’s not my decision to make,” she says of any retirement talk for Brady. “It’s his decision, and he knows it. It wouldn’t be fair any other way.
“He’s so focused right now,” she says. “He has a laser focus on just winning and being the best, and I said, ‘You know what? This is what you’re doing right now in your life, and you need to feel complete in it, because if I’m the one who comes and says something and then you make a decision based on something that I said—’ ”
He’d resent it?
“Yeah, and I would never in my life, ever. I want him to be happy. Believe me, I’ve been with him when he’s losing. Try to be with him after you have lost [Super Bowls]. I mean, I had my fair share, OK? As long as he’s happy, he’s going to be a better father, he’s going to be a better husband, and I just want him to be happy. I do have my concerns, like anyone would.”
It’s such a strange combination of professional worlds to straddle: fashion and football. I ask Gisele what would happen if she put Karl Lagerfeld at a table with Brady’s famously taciturn coach, Bill Belichick.
“I think they could have an interesting conversation, because they are very intelligent people,” she says, smiling. “I would love to be at that table.”
she told the WALL STREET FUCKING JOURNAL. "The subject never even comes up."http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/gisele-says-she-wont-push-brady-to-retire/ar-BBKMymu?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=ientp
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she will not push her husband to retire
Does the WSFJ have pictures?she told the WALL STREET FUCKING JOURNAL. "The subject never even comes up."
Yeah um pretty sure he liftsRight, I do remember that. He likes to lift. Forgot about that.
Look, if you run the wrong routes, Brady is going to let you know about it.I think we know why the real reason Tom isn't at Patriots practice.
He's trying to stay one step ahead of the law...
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/sketch-man-threatened-stormy-daniels?utm_term=.ygb4Q02m3M&bftwnews#.egMWR87mKn
Qatar a nice cover story for being in Vegas. Brady probably can find some expanse of sand in the desert that he can pretend is Qatar for Instagram photos.I think we know why the real reason Tom isn't at Patriots practice.
He's trying to stay one step ahead of the law...
Also no way she forgets to mention the chin dimple.Stormy is really bad at estimating height, then.
Or the Uggs.Also no way she forgets to mention the chin dimple.
NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E. Curran wrote in a column Monday that the current discontent within the Patriots organization stems from Brady who Curran writes is leading the “pushback” against head coach Bill Belichick.
So, Brady doesn't like taking less so others can get more AND others not being paid? Okay.“But over the course of time, you know, taking less money, seeing players who he valued very much jettisoned or nickel and dimed or went out the door, along with the team’s success, I think started to wear on him, as did Belichick’s very present inclination toward negativity,”
Actually, I don't blame him--he's getting asked over and over if Brady is coming back, so he's being very literal. "Tom has not said that he is, but I think he is"---now stop asking me.Wow talk about a worthless tweet. “Tom Brady isn’t coming back! But really Tom Brady is coming back!” Adam is better than this...
Hard to estimate height when lying down, right?Stormy is really bad at estimating height, then.
Players in general don't owe their teams anything beyond what's agreed to contractually. This applies in spades to Brady. If Brady feels after a couple of months away from the game that he wants to spend more time with this family, or that he has had enough unreported concussions, he owes it to himself first and foremost to walk away....
If this is two guys honestly wrestling with retirement, they owed and owe the team a heads up.
I'm sticking with poo-pooing until I see some actual smoke here.Guys, you can poo-poo this all you want and say it's nothing. I'm not saying he's definitely retiring, but there's been a lot of smoke from multiple sources that Brady is not happy and that retirement is on the table. Would retirement shock me now? Not at all.
100% agree with this...there was a report a month or so ago where Gronk indicated he would return if Brady returned, and everyone assumed that meant Gronk was returning...maybe Gronk knew Brady was wavering. Where is Kraft on this? If there is an issue here it is obviously between BB and Brady and goes back to 2017, perhaps also including the SB and Butler.Guys, you can poo-poo this all you want and say it's nothing. I'm not saying he's definitely retiring, but there's been a lot of smoke from multiple sources that Brady is not happy and that retirement is on the table. Would retirement shock me now? Not at all.
Curran's article is the weakest one I've seen from him by far. He brings up the quotes from Solder, Amendola, and Lewis, but forgets to add some important context in each case:http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nfl-rumors-tom-brady-leading-‘pushback’-against-bill-belichick’s-culture/ar-AAvZNqT?ocid=ientp
So, Brady doesn't like taking less so others can get more AND others not being paid? Okay.
And what does "along with the team's success" mean? It went "out the door"? The success is wearing on him?
God, I'm glad the Sox, Celtics, and Bruins are winning right now.
If Tom had told BB and Kraft behind closed doors that there were no promises, that while right now he'd like to play until he's 45, he will make that decision at the end of every season in consultation with his family, do you think the Pats would have done anything differently? Do you think they would have traded Tom because of his failure to guarantee? Because I don't. The Patriots made a calculated gamble, and Tom doesn't owe them 2-3 more years.If it’s a health thing, it will be forgiven. But if he just decides he’s done after all his “I want to play until I’m 45” talk, both his legacy and the team management will take a huge hit. Because this team dumped his successor in the middle of last season in part because it looked like they could count on Tom for another 2-3 years at least. And the guy they let go because of that has looked very much like he could have continued the team’s success for another decade.
I hope this isn’t true, for his sake as much as for the team’s. Tom’s been too unselfish throughout his career to let his legacy get dinged at the end.