I Give You...The Mad QB Titan: Thanos Brady

 LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!!!! LET'S GOOOOOO!!!! Something that you'll always hear from a quarterback who is WIDELY, not just widely anymore, but absolutely UNDENIABLY, THE GREATEST QUARTERBACK to ever play, a one Mr. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr, known to myself and some as Thanos Brady, but known the world over as the legendary Tom Brady. 

I got to admit, I knew the day would eventually come, but I didn't think that it would be coming so soon. I never would have thought that the Divisional game versus the Rams would be the last time that we see you on the field again. While I completely get it, it's been more than time for you to join your family and have those family moments and family trips that you have missed while completely dominating the gridiron, I never thought you would hang it up while still playing at the game at an elite, MVP level. This felt like you were going to let this sit and grind it out for one more year, which would have ended in you winning your 8th Super Bowl and THEN you would have ridden off into the sunset, STILL at the top of your game and going out like we all thought you would have. A champion, a legend, and once again solidifying that you're the GOAT. 

Nobody, and I FUCKING MEAN NOBODY, would have ever thought that a 6th round pick, a compensatory pick at that, the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft would ever go on to have the career that you've had, LET ALONE be crowned the GOAT?! You could be from the future and time travel back to the past to tell everyone what Tom Brady would become, and they still wouldn't have believed you. From not looking like the typical QB at that time to running the one of the worse, (if not, the worst) 40-yard dash times in the history of the NFL Combine. Nobody thought you were going to amount to anything in the League. You began your career as a 4th string QB, something that's literally unheard of, then or now, but worked and grinded your way all the way to being Drew Bledsoe's backup. Me, being a Patriots fan, Drew actually was a damn good quarterback for us. We probably could have gotten some good games out of him and probably won a championship or 2. This is HIGHLY speculative since we KNOW what had actually happened. Again, me being a Patriots fan, I'm always going to hate the Jets (sports wise at least). They will always make me seethe in anger, but I will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS thank them because one of their players (I'm looking at you here, Mo) will always hold the distinction of kickstarting the greatest Dynasty in all of football and one of the greatest in all of sports history. If it wasn't for the hit Mo Lewis put on Bledsoe, NFL History would never have been altered and the Patriots would, at best, have one or two championships. 

Yet what Mo did launched the Tuck Rule game, which yes it indeed was a fumble I have no issue admitting as such. He launched the first Super Bowl win, and he was the catalyst that launched Thanos's lordship of this League, lol. I'll always remember February 1st, 2022, as the day that the Mad QB Titan finally said, "It's time." He walks away with the most accomplished resume ever for a QB, probably ever in NFL History. Let's take a look, shall we?

GOAT Brady walks away from the NFL with:

• Most NFL Super Bowl Championships by a player (7)
• Most Super Bowl MVPs (5)
• More Super Bowls than any one franchise has in total
• Only QB in NFL History to win Super Bowl MVP for 2 different franchises 
• 1st all time in passing yards (89,214)
• 1st all time in regular season touchdowns (649)
• 1st all time in completions (7,753)
• 1st all time in wins by a QB (251)
• 1 of only 4 players to beat all 32 NFL teams
• Oldest player to win NFL MVP (40)
• Most Pro Bowl selections (15)
• Never had a losing season
• Oldest QB to win a Super Bowl
• Oldest QB to win Super Bowl MVP
• Most Super Bowl appearances (10) 
• Most passing yards in a Super Bowl (505)
• Most playoff wins (35)
• 1st QB voted unanimously as NFL MVP (2010) 
• 3x NFL MVP 
• 2x NFL Offensive Player of the Year
• NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2008 ACL tear)
• 2000s All-Decade Team
• 2010s All-Decade Team
• Only player to be named to 2 different all decade teams 
• NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
• Only quarterback to win a Super Bowl in 3 different decades

This is just only what I could remember off the top of my head about GOAT Brady. His next stop is Canton. He'll be "eligible" for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 5 years. I say, "eligible" because there's not a fucking snowball's chance in hell that he's NOT getting in on the first ballot. Personally, I think that they should have a 2-night ceremony for the annual night. 1 night for the other enshrinees and one STRICTLY for Tom Brady. There's absolutely no way to combine 22 seasons of unprecedented dominance and think all of that can be fit into a 30-minute speech that has to sum up his entire playing career. From starting at young age to becoming the Greatest of All Time. It's impossible. 

Ok, this has gone on long enough. This is my way of saying thank you. Thank you for all the lasting memories. Thank you for all you've done for the League. THANK YOU for allowing me and the world to witness you go Super Saiyan 3 in what will forever be known as "28-3," otherwise known as Super Bowl 51. Thank you for allowing me to witness you play the most important position at such a high level for the better part of 22 years. It's been a pleasure. It's been an honor. I hope nothing for the best for you in the next phase of your life after football. You've left the league a better place and you've left it in good hands. The next generation now has a GOAT to follow and some huge footprints to try and fill. Thank you, GOAT Brady. Ladies and Gentlemen, number 12 for the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The greatest to ever do it. The UNDENIABLE GOAT. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Mad QB Titan...I give you, Thanos Brady....