how many super bowl rings will tom brady have when he retires?

love how the dumb Twitterati bullied Darlington and Schefter all weekend only to eat crow, and then now they're moving the goalposts by saying they didn't have a 'right' to scoop his retirement.

god I wish I'd placed a huge bet on this over the weekend. couldn't find a sportsbook that was offering it anymore after Schefter's bombshell though :)

Retired again

already blew up his marriage, why stop now

an absolutely weird dude

his career from draft to retirement was almost exactly parallel to the existence of ILX

Shit is Ilx Retiring

Ichiro: Who the fuc* is Tom Brady pic.twitter.com/gy8OzRKZFb

— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) February 1, 2023

Wonder if we'll ever see a run like this again.

He wasn't even someone who was necessarily lights out right out of the gate. He was an effective QB in a ball control offense initially, became more of the center of the offense his second year but hadn't yet reached top tier until 2003 when he became who he'd be the rest of his career.

And there were so many years he put up numbers with third tier receivers, he was the only continuity the offense needed.

The late career renaissance was nuts too, like we even itt had kinda felt like he'd won his 3 and after the two Giants losses, their window had closed, but nope

i can't imagine a similar run, it's crazy to look at the QBs who were drafted well after him and how many of them have been enjoying retirement for a few years now. Romo, Cutler, Luck, Eli, Roethlisberger, Bradford, Sanchez, Palmer, Leftwich, Sexy Rexy G

To put things in perspective, during Brady's actual rookie season (where he only threw three passes) , Troy Aikman was still in the league, playing his final season

also: Neil O'Donnell, Jeff George, Doug Flutie, Jim Harbaugh

probably not in the NFL, it's just so hard to not have the cumulative effects of injuries weigh you down once you get to 39 or so. in the NBA I guess LeBron is kind of there, he's already at the stage where NBA players are telling him "hey my Dad played against you"

Hmm yeah Brady played in the league with both Patrick Surtain and Patrick Surtain Jr among others

did he end up finally getting a ring before he retired?

i didnt vote in this but i would have chosen more than four