The opening week of the NFL saw all 5 first-round rookie QB’s take the field for their respective teams. And Tom Brady had a certain nostalgia about the rookie takeover.
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Tom Brady and the Bucs won a Thursday Night Thriller against the Dallas Cowboys on another Brady game-winning drive. And while nothing much has changed for the 44-year-old, the emergence of rookie QB’s has changed how Brady see’s the future.
Sunday marked the second time since the 1970 merger that three rookie QBs started Week 1. It wasn’t pretty out of the gate for the rookies, with all three starters Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, and Mac Jones losing their debuts. Fields and Lance also got action in spells and had a touchdown each in the limited time that they had.
And seeing this, Tom Brady had a realisation.
Tom Brady sees a lot of young star QB’s in the league.
“I don’t remember this many rookies playing,” he said on his “Let’s Go” podcast Monday. “Even the second-year guys. Tua [Tagovailoa], [Justin] Herbert, [Joe] Burrow, Trevor Lawrence. [Justin] Fields played a little bit. Trey Lance played a little bit. Zach Wilson is playing. Mac Jones is playing. That’s a lot of young quarterbacks.”
He continued: “Gone are the days of Drew Brees, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning. You know, those are the guys I’m used to hearing about. … I’ll be forgotten here soon. I’ll move on and they’ll be onto someone else but that’s just the way football goes, as does life.”
The last line is a bit of a stretch, after all he has cemented his legacy as the GOAT. 7 Super Bowl rings. All-Time Leader in Passing Yards with 79,204 yards. All-Time leader with 581 touchdowns. 3 MVP’s and many more.
