What has happened to the fire that used to be inside Tom Brady?
Arguably the biggest upset of the season, the lowly Carolina Panthers blew out Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 21-3, in what was supposed to be a game where the Bucs fixed a ton of problems on both sides of the football.
Brady may have had 290 yards through the air on 32-for-49, but the Bucs weren’t able to find the end zone all game long on that Panthers defense. In fact, the Panthers held them scoreless until a fourth-quarter field goal put Tampa Bay on the board.
While Brady has ruled out the idea of an in-season retirement, Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio believes the future Hall of Fame quarterback’s head isn’t solely focused on football and it has led to his terrible play.
“The Bucs can say whatever they want, but their QB isn’t all in,” Florio tweeted on the Pro Football Talk account. “And that’s impacting his ability to lead. How can it not? Whenever there are two sets of rules, dysfunction follows.
“The Buccaneers agreed to whatever terms Tom Brady wanted for business reasons, not for football reasons. It’s that simple. Sell the tickets, fill the stadium. We’ll see how full it is on Thursday night.”
For Brady, this is the first time since 2002 that he has a losing record through the first seven games of the season, as the Bucs fall to 3-4 on the year.
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The Panthers were without All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey for the first time since the blockbuster trade with the San Francisco 49ers. Not only that, they had fired their head coach and also traded WR Robbbie Anderson as well.
Losing their last two, the Bucs will head back to Tampa Bay to face the Baltimore Ravens this Thursday.
