Tom Brady Unretires!
Return of the GOAT!
If Brady wants to further shock the world, enhance his reputation and take on the doubters, given his wealth and side gigs, he should consider announcing that he will be donating his 2022 football salary to Ukraine.
I think you should donate your 2022 salary to Ukraine.
The American people already ARE all donating a portion of their income to Ukraine, and likely will be for the next 5-10 years explicitly (because if you actually investigate US-gov spending it's like almost 70% of discretionary spending lol)
Afghanistan a.k.a Unjust War + Operation "While We're Over Here", was ~2.2 Trillion dollars--and the country was re-taken in ~1-2 weeks. Meanwhile American infrastructure is phsically and literally crumbling lmao (and that was pre-Covid, so any political blame on "the pandemic" being responsible for our declining quality of life in this country is pure BS pedaling--something both sides are relying more and more on to a now-normalized absurd-degree)
The bombs/war-machines are your and everyone else's money (plus gov. contractors profiting--hello cheney, bush, rumsfeld, etc.), which could have gone to those potholes and quitting teachers, domestic infrastructure renewal, etc. instead, but hey we don't need a thriving middle class or anything now do we?
Have we offered all those kids scholarships yet?
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everything is coming up Milhouse!! A great M day!
Ok, Do you think this person is PISSED OFF?!!!!
(2nd unretires thread removed.)
I'm sure that money was just chump change for the person who spent it . I wish I could have that kind of money to spend on frivolous things .
It may actually be worth more, now.
It has an awesome story attached to it.
I sort of figured he would. Made no sense given how he played last year.
Pretty good weekend for Michigan gotta say.
A great day for all BLUE fans
I love how he hijacks ESPN's March Madness coverage to make the announcement!! All of our rivals (FYS, Gard, THE, Lou Doo and Jersey Mike's) must be seething.
Wolverines never quit...
Getting on Gisele’s nerves already?
Among her other things to get on.
Oh shit, the reply tab works again!
March 14th, 2022 at 10:26 AM ^
show me a supermodel, and i'll show you a guy that's bored of sleeping with her...
March 14th, 2022 at 12:20 PM ^
LOL! Very clever. Yes, there is that one guy.
March 14th, 2022 at 12:44 PM ^
one of the tweets was pretty funny:
tom brady retires from family, wants to spend more time with football
I like this!
....I'M NOT FUCKIN' LEAVIN'!
THE SHOW GOES ON!
...THIS IS MY HOME. THEY'RE GONNA NEED A FUCKIN' WRECKIN BALL TO TAKE ME OUTTA HERE!
They're gonna to send in the National Guard, a fuckin' S.W.A.T. team, cause I ain't goin' NNNOOOOOOWHEEEEERRREE!!!
Wtf lol
LFG!
Hahaha what a jag. This is awesome though!
He's got two paths: be the 21st century George "Ageless Wonder" Blanda, or end up as just another broken-down QB who gets beaten by the clock—and younger players—in the end, like Y. A. Tittle.
I think he's a fool to gamble with his health, but it's hard to give up the spotlight.
His rings are safe. His legacy is plenty secure.
His rings are safe. His legacy is plenty secure.
Correct—he's got zero left to prove. The longer he plays, the more likely it is that he'll exit the game for good as a pale imitation of what he's been. I don't know why such a perfectionist would willingly do that.
I don’t know, maybe ask Michael Jordan?🤔
The risks Brady takes with his health every time he plays dwarf anything Jordan faced.
March 14th, 2022 at 12:32 AM ^
The point was that MJ came back after 4 years to play again after retiring. So, MJ might very well understand missing the competition and the game, and would be able to explain why superstars come back.
No one said that basketball and football are not apples and oranges, nor that they both had the same injury potential.
March 13th, 2022 at 10:25 PM ^
Absurd comparison.
That photo of the beaten and bloodied Y.A. Tittle remains one of the greatest pictures in sports history.
Though I don't remember watching HOF QB Yelberton Abraham Tittle play (he retired in 1964, about the time I started watching Michigan---and the Lions), that picture more than any other is the embodiment of the phrase "leaving it all on the field". Assuming it was taken in his final season, Tittle was 38 when that shot was taken.
Amazingly, he lived to age 90; not surprisingly, he suffered from dementia in his later years.
March 14th, 2022 at 10:21 AM ^
This wikipedia anecdote about Tittle's playing days at LSU is hilarious:
"While on defense during a 20–18 loss to SEC champion Ole Miss in his senior season, Tittle's belt buckle was torn off as he intercepted a pass from Charlie Conerly and broke a tackle. He ran down the sideline with one arm cradling the ball and the other holding up his pants. At the Ole Miss 20-yard line, as he attempted to stiff-arm a defender, Tittle's pants fell and he tripped and fell onto his face. The fall kept him from scoring the game-winning touchdown."
March 14th, 2022 at 10:24 AM ^
"When I met with Tittle recently, he smiled and acknowledged that what people recall first about him is this image—which did not immediately make it into print.
It was taken by Morris Berman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who had made his reputation as a combat photographer (his next-most-famous photograph is of the bullet-riddled corpses of Mussolini and his mistress).
Berman, who died in 2002 at age 92, had gone to Pitt Stadium that day not to cover the game but looking for human interest. He decided to focus on Tittle. But his editor, wanting an action photo, refused to run the injured warrior photograph. It became widely seen only after Berman entered it in contests. (It was chosen the best sports photograph in the National Headliner Award competition of 1964.)
Now, it is one of only three pictures hanging in the lobby of the National Press Photographers Association headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, alongside Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima and the image of the fiery death of the Hindenburg dirigible at Lakehurst, New Jersey."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fallen-giant-144796136/
March 14th, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^
Thanks for that, Don---sometimes the story behind the photo is nearly as good as the photo itself.
March 14th, 2022 at 12:47 PM ^
Thanks Don, as a (nerdy) kid I loved getting Smithsonian magazine (along with OMNI, Sports Illustrated in its prime...)
March 14th, 2022 at 10:25 AM ^
On that play, Tittle suffered a concussion, a cracked sternum and severely bruised ribcage muscles, but he played the next week.
Go to 47:10 of the video below and you can see the hit on Tittle. Really doesn't look as bad as I was imagining, but you can see his helmet go flying:
Looking at Y.A. Tittle's career, he played exactly one season too long. 1963 was arguably his best season (36 touchdowns against 14 interceptions, quarterback rating of 104.8, lost in the championship game to the Bears).
It all fell apart the next year. The Giants were 2-10-2 and Tittle's stats suffered in every category (10 touchdowns against 22 interceptions, quarterback rating of 51.6).
Brady's performance is going to drop off one of these years like Tittle's did. I just don't know if it will be 2022--or 2032.
March 14th, 2022 at 11:05 AM ^
Well stated. I’m reminded of the misleading skiing statistic: “Most serious injuries occur on the last run of the day.”
March 14th, 2022 at 12:28 PM ^
Tom Brady is a very rare breed whereas older age has not slowed him down that much. He reminds me of Gordie Howe in hockey. Guys like this are on a very short list. No doubt, Brady will realize that he's well past his prime but that time might not yet come to pass. Will it be during this coming season or later?
I grew up in NYC as a Giants fan when Tittle was playing. Led them to three straight NFL championship games. That photo has always been hard for me to look at.
understandable sentiment. that said, it is an iconic photo. i think it speaks to the extraordinary effort and sacrifice of Y.A. it is the real-life manifestation of 'leave it all out on the field' as in, whatever you have to give, give every bit of it. tremendous character.
March 14th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^
I agree, LOL
March 14th, 2022 at 12:23 PM ^
I wouldn't be surprised he retires sometime during the season after either getting concussed or some other bad hit during a QB sack. Am not wishing that but statistically, it seems inevitable.
My fantasy team thanks him.
Tom Brady just pulled a Jim Harbaugh, probably has rejuvenated that fan base
This doesn’t just confirm TB12 is The GOAT, but that his wife is The GOAT as well.
That didn’t take long LOL.
Fox and the rest of the TV partners will be happy.