Is Patriots’ Golden Child, Tom Brady, Still Elite As He Turns 37? - The Sports Journal
New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady turned 37 this past week, and celebrated it like he has probably for the last twenty-plus years: out on the practice fields working with his team. With much discussion about his decline this offseason, all eyes will be on Brady, as he takes the field in 2014 to see if he can win that elusive fourth Super Bowl championship. Brady is the elder statesman on the Patriots’ roster, and unlike Peyton Manning, who is only in his third season in Denver, Brady has been wearing Patriots red, white, and blue since he entered the league as a sixth-round draft pick in 2000. The names of players on that team are distant memories, as Drew Bledsoe, Kevin Faulk, J.R. Redmond, Troy Brown, Terry Glenn, Lawyer Milloy, Tedy Bruschi, Ty Law, Ted Johnson, and Willie McGinest have long since retired. Only kicker Adam Vinatieri (now in Indianapolis) remains in the NFL from that squad. Despite the analysts and media members ready to drop Brady from the list of elite quarterbacks in the NFL, he is far from finished.
New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady turned 37 this past week, and celebrated it like he has probably for the last twenty-plus years: out on the practice fields working with his team. With much discussion about his decline this offseason, all eyes will be on Brady, as he takes the field in 2014 to see if he can win that elusive fourth Super Bowl championship. Brady is the elder statesman on the Patriots’ roster, and unlike Peyton Manning, who is only in his third season in Denver, Brady has been wearing Patriots red, white, and blue since he entered the league as a sixth-round draft pick in 2000. The names of players on that team are distant memories, as Drew Bledsoe, Kevin Faulk, J.R. Redmond, Troy Brown, Terry Glenn, Lawyer Milloy, Tedy Bruschi, Ty Law, Ted Johnson, and Willie McGinest have long since retired. Only kicker Adam Vinatieri (now in Indianapolis) remains in the NFL from that squad. Despite the analysts and media members ready to drop Brady from the list of elite quarterbacks in the NFL, he is far from finished.
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