Where will Brady end up next year?

[Spider-Dan]

maybe we will see if he is a system QB or was it BB

Brady is 43; if he does poorly elsewhere, it may simply be because he's old.  We all saw the cliff Peyton Manning fell off of, going from the best season in league history to a shriveled husk of himself in just 2 years' time.

[BuccaneerBrad]

Brady is 43; if he does poorly elsewhere, it may simply be because he's old.  We all saw the cliff Peyton Manning fell off of, going from the best season in league history to a shriveled husk of himself in just 2 years' time.

Manning got to retire a champion at least.   I don't see the same thing happening for Brady.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Manning got to retire a champion at least.   I don't see the same thing happening for Brady.

He doesn't need to, he already has more rings than anyone else. He can throw 48 INT this season and it wouldn't hurt his legacy, it's just a shitty way to go out.

[fyo]

I'm completely fine with athletes choosing to keep playing for as long as they can, even well past their prime. Why shouldn't they? As long as they can still get playing time, why not?

For me personally, it doesn't tarnish their legacy in any way. It's not like I don't know that ALL athletes will eventually succumb to age, so the unknown of someone who decides to call it quits while at the height of his career isn't really unknown.

On the other hand, I can completely understand if an NFL players decides to stop in his prime for health reasons.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

He doesn't need to, he already has more rings than anyone else. He can throw 48 INT this season and it wouldn't hurt his legacy, it's just a shitty way to go out.

Me thinks Brady’s final year will either be really crappy or IR.  He isn’t walking off while he still feels he can play.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Me thinks Brady’s final year will either be really crappy or IR.  He isn’t walking off while he still feels he can play.

You're probably right. I mean, if he can throw for 4,000 yards in 2020 and make a deep playoff run if not win the Superbowl, why retire? Problem with NFL players is that they age 30 years overnight, you just don't know when the wheels will come off.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

You're probably right. I mean, if he can throw for 4,000 yards in 2020 and make a deep playoff run if not win the Superbowl, why retire? Problem with NFL players is that they age 30 years overnight, you just don't know when the wheels will come off.

If he throws for 3000 yards and goes 8-8 in 2020 he will be back in 2021.  Only way he doesn’t play in 2021, is if ALL 32 GMs considers him done. 

[Pappy13]

I was one of the few that voted for retirement. If no one is willing to give him a decent sized contract, I think it's still very possible he just retires. I know he doesn't want to, but no one ever does. If he finds himself without a team or with the prospect of going to a team that's no where close to playoff ready, what do you do? You play another year or 2 just to keep playing? Think his pride comes into play there and he decides to hang em up. Honestly if he doesn't resign with New England, I think the next most likely possibility is retirement.

[EDGECRUSHER]

NBC Sports is saying that Brady to the 49ers is a real thing being discussed. The key is that Jimmy G can come off the books right now and the Niners would have virtually no cost paid for it and would clear over $22 Million in cap space. Brady would never sign with a garbage team and the Niners just went to the Superbowl.

This could be very interesting.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

NBC Sports is saying that Brady to the 49ers is a real thing being discussed. The key is that Jimmy G can come off the books right now and the Niners would have virtually no cost paid for it and would clear over $22 Million in cap space. Brady would never sign with a garbage team and the Niners just went to the Superbowl.

This could be very interesting.

That would make Jimmy G the top sought after tradeable QB.  Be great if he got traded back to NE.

[EDGECRUSHER]

That would make Jimmy G the top sought after tradeable QB.  Be great if he got traded back to NE.

That......is not unrealistic. Pats have no QB and if they draft and start a QB this year the team would very likely only win 7-8 games. Niners have leverage and they don't because benching Jimmy for a year for Brady would ruin their relationship, plus who wants a $30 Million backup? But, he would be coveted on the trade market.

[Sunstroke]

OK, folks...let's take a step back from the ledge here. Jimmy-G isn't going anywhere, except back to the Super Bowl with the 49ers next season.

[EDGECRUSHER]

Ian Rappoport says he hasn't heard anything about this and Brady's most likely destinations are still the Patriots or Titans.

What happens to Tanny if the Titans move on from him?

[Sunstroke]

Ian Rappoport says he hasn't heard anything about this and Brady's most likely destinations are still the Patriots or Titans.

What happens to Tanny if the Titans move on from him?

What happens is a frenzy of teams that want a young QB that has proven his ability to take a team to the playoffs.

That's my guess, anyway...

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Long term both Tenn and 49rs would be better off keeping who they got then signing Brady.  I wouldn't mind either Tanny or Jimmy G getting traded to NE.