Cugel
08-09-2015, 06:25 AM
I thought the level of delusion in this was hilarious:
Kiz: After scanning the private e-mails of Brady for juicy gossip, the best inquiring minds could find was this snappy comment from the QB with Super Bowl rings on his fingers and a slightly under-inflated football in his hand: "I've got another 7 or 8 years," Brady wrote to a longtime friend. "He (Manning) has got 2. That's the final chapter. Game on." (http://www.denverpost.com/kickinit/ci_28609026/no-need-inflate-tom-bradys-e-mails-feud)Really? We here at Kickin' It Headquarters receive five or six tougher jabs from the tweeps before brunch on any given Sunday.
I thought this made no sense so I looked at Brady's age: Born: August 3, 1977 (age 38). Peyton meanwhile is 1 year older: March 24, 1976 (age 39).
Is Brady completely delusional? He thinks he's going to play till he's 46??? I mean, he does have 5 SB rings to Peyton's 1 which is a reason to brag. But, to say that Peyton has 2 more years (he would be 40 after next season) but Brady can just play until he's 46? :shocked:
Reality is that Brady has 1 or 2 more years left than Peyton (if Peyton plays out his contract), not 8. He's not going to be playing in this league when he's 42, let alone 46!
Remember that Peyton had a career year and went to the SB in 2013, when he was 38, just as Brady is now. So, the fact that Brady thinks he doing great doesn't mean a whole lot. Peyton was doing equally well at 38. It was the last 1/2 of last season when Peyton got injured and suddenly looked old. The fact that hasn't happened to Brady yet doesn't mean it won't.
So, Brady has probably got 3 or at most 4 more years, while Peyton has maybe 2 (or conceivably 3 if he can stay healthy and stay productive). Peyton insisted last year that he intended to play out his contract ("of course I am"), until he got hurt and his performance tanked the last month of the season and in the playoff loss. That led him to re-examine whether he wanted to come back.
But, if he performs well and stays healthy this year - which in turn depends on having a successful running game and good OL blocking for Peyton, then he'll probably want to complete his contract in 2016. Whether he would return for another year after that would depend obviously on his performance this season and next, and whether the Broncos would want him back for 2017.
Peyton has looked good in training camp, but that's because he's fully healthy. The question is whether he can be healthy in January.
They are both very likely to wind up playing to about the same age: 40 or 41.
Kiz: After scanning the private e-mails of Brady for juicy gossip, the best inquiring minds could find was this snappy comment from the QB with Super Bowl rings on his fingers and a slightly under-inflated football in his hand: "I've got another 7 or 8 years," Brady wrote to a longtime friend. "He (Manning) has got 2. That's the final chapter. Game on." (http://www.denverpost.com/kickinit/ci_28609026/no-need-inflate-tom-bradys-e-mails-feud)Really? We here at Kickin' It Headquarters receive five or six tougher jabs from the tweeps before brunch on any given Sunday.
I thought this made no sense so I looked at Brady's age: Born: August 3, 1977 (age 38). Peyton meanwhile is 1 year older: March 24, 1976 (age 39).
Is Brady completely delusional? He thinks he's going to play till he's 46??? I mean, he does have 5 SB rings to Peyton's 1 which is a reason to brag. But, to say that Peyton has 2 more years (he would be 40 after next season) but Brady can just play until he's 46? :shocked:
Reality is that Brady has 1 or 2 more years left than Peyton (if Peyton plays out his contract), not 8. He's not going to be playing in this league when he's 42, let alone 46!
Remember that Peyton had a career year and went to the SB in 2013, when he was 38, just as Brady is now. So, the fact that Brady thinks he doing great doesn't mean a whole lot. Peyton was doing equally well at 38. It was the last 1/2 of last season when Peyton got injured and suddenly looked old. The fact that hasn't happened to Brady yet doesn't mean it won't.
So, Brady has probably got 3 or at most 4 more years, while Peyton has maybe 2 (or conceivably 3 if he can stay healthy and stay productive). Peyton insisted last year that he intended to play out his contract ("of course I am"), until he got hurt and his performance tanked the last month of the season and in the playoff loss. That led him to re-examine whether he wanted to come back.
But, if he performs well and stays healthy this year - which in turn depends on having a successful running game and good OL blocking for Peyton, then he'll probably want to complete his contract in 2016. Whether he would return for another year after that would depend obviously on his performance this season and next, and whether the Broncos would want him back for 2017.
Peyton has looked good in training camp, but that's because he's fully healthy. The question is whether he can be healthy in January.
They are both very likely to wind up playing to about the same age: 40 or 41.