Tom Brady likens 2022 season with Bucs to iconic boxing bout between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson
Tom Brady was raked over the coals earlier this year for comparing an NFL season to going on a military deployment. Now, the legendary quarterback has offered another simile for an NFL season's experience.
Speaking on the Lets Go! podcast, Brady compared his season to the iconic boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Mike Tyson.
"No football team has everything figured out for four quarters every game, every week. It's impossible. There's times where you have three really good quarters and we have four good quarters. Most of the time, you probably have two really good quarters. You know, two good teams have three good quarters and the bad teams have one good quarter."
He continued, bringing up the old motto that one's record is a perfectly accurate representation of how they are playing:
"Everyone has the chance to do it, but how well can you do it consistently over the course of a game and then ultimately a season? So being 5-6, I'm frustrated with the fact that we have not played well enough to be better than 5-6."
Brady then went on to bring boxing into the equation:
"If you are a reflection of what your record says you are, and we have a losing record, but the best part is we're still in first place in our division again, which is hard to imagine. It was like when Evander Holyfield got bit in both his ears and still won the fight against Tyson. It wasn't pretty, but he still got the job done."
Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers limping through 2022
In 2020, the NFC South was one of the toughest and most competitive divisions in the league. This year, the division is the weakest in the eyes of a majority of NFL fans. However, top-to-bottom, the division is as tightly competitive with themselves as ever.
Tom Brady has 71 touchdowns and zero… ZERO interceptions in the redzone since joining the Bucs in 2020.
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At 5-6, Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are in first place in the division. Had the quarterback's team played at the same level as in past years, it would not be a competition.
That said, as it stands, the Buccaneers have just one more win than the last-placed team in the division. If the Buccaneers hit a wall, they could easily slip out of the playoffs.
At this point, the wild card could already be out of reach, as the seventh seed is already 7-5 after a quarterback change. Meaning only one team in the NFC South will likely be playing after the regular season ends. Will Tom Brady be a part of that team?
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