Tom Brady may be the most accomplished NFL player in history, but as we’ve learned over the years, it’s essentially impossible to get the man to credit himself.
Brady has a record seven Super Bowl championships, three MVP awards, five Super Bowl MVPs and almost every meaningful passing record (passing yards, passing touchdowns, completions career wins, among others).
Entering Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams, Brady has 86,787 career passing yards in the regular season to go along with 13,049 passing yards in the postseason. So there’s a very good chance that he’ll hit 100,000 passing yards for his career against the defending Super Bowl champions.
Brady spoke to reporters on Thursday and briefly discussed the topic of 100,000 career passing yards. The 45-year-old offered a hilarious self-assessment before crediting his teammates for getting him to this point.
Here’s what Brady said, via ESPN’s Jenna Laine:
“I think of — I can’t do s— in this league without guys doing what they are amazing at too…I feel like these are all, they’re great achievements, but for as much as people want to say, ‘Oh, this is what Tom Brady did,’ in my mind, this is what myself and all these other people that have contributed to my life have done.”
Indeed, football is a team game with 53-player rosters. So it’s good of Brady to remind folks that his accomplishments aren’t possible without the many great teammates.
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But of course, the quarterback still has to execute the plays and lead his team through the good and the bad. Brady has been doing that for over 20 years now, so he obviously deserves the credit that he receives.
2022 has been a frustrating season for the Buccaneers, who find themselves sitting at 3-5 heading into Sunday’s tilt against Los Angeles. Tampa has lost each of its last three games, marking Brady’s first three-game losing streak since the 2002 season, his second year as the Patriots’ starting QB.
The good news for the Buccaneers? They play in the wide-open NFC South, which is currently led by the 4-4 Atlanta Falcons. A Tampa Bay win, coupled with a Falcons loss against the Los Angeles Chargers, would have Brady and company in a first-place tie for the division.
