“Don’t be surprised if Tom Brady unretires 2 more times to pass up Michael Jordan”: NFL fans joke about NFL GOAT’s insane competitive nature after he retires

Tom Brady

Tom Brady has made it official. After 22 incredible years in the NFL, he has retired, leaving behind a legacy nobody will come close to matching anytime soon.

Brady retires with seven Super Bowl rings (more than any NFL franchise), most passing yards and touchdowns in NFL history, most wins in NFL history, and about 40 other NFL records you can read about here.

There really isn’t going to be anyone like Brady ever again, and his career is right up there with the other greats of sports worldwide. Brady set the standard for greatness the minute he won his first Super Bowl, and he hasn’t looked back since then.

Brady’s retirement can be compared to Michael Jordan’s retirement from the NBA (the third one) as both players impacted the game in such a massive way. Brady’s killer mindset and competitive nature kept him in the game for so long, and it resulted in a career nobody would have predicted from a 6th round draft pick.

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Tom Brady gets compared to Michael Jordan as memes emerge

No matter what the situation, no matter what the context, meme culture wil continue to be prevalent in every situation. Brady’s retirement is no different. While many meme pages weren’t able to capture Brady’s downfall as the former Bucs and Patriots quarterback never fell prey to Father Time, they were able to find another way to poke fun at him.

In fact, the memes around Brady were uplifting in a way, highlighting just how competitive he was. Just take a look at this thread, particularly the third slide.

 

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As you may or may not know if you’ve kept up with Jordan’s career, the NBA GOAT retired three times. He first retired after the 1993 Finals when the Bulls completed the first of their two three-peats. He would sit out 2 seasons before coming back full-time in the 1995-96 season when the Bulls set the then-NBA record for wins in a season, going 72-10. That season kickstarted Jordan and the Bulls’ second three-peat.

Following that, Jordan retired again only to come back again to play a couple more years with the Washington Wizards before finally calling it quits for good. If Brady followed a similar path, it would truly be insane.

For one, we have no clue if Brady could even do that considering he retired putting up perhaps the second best season of his career. Whatever the case is, we won’t find out for a little while at least, and until then, we should be appreciative.

Brady showed us something no NFL player ever has before, and it’s going to be tough to find anyone who will match him ever again.

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Ashish Priyadarshi

Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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