Football Nfl: the future of Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers

Where to start? An unforgettable weekend, with one game more exciting than the other and the icing on the cake of the last one, Chiefs-Bills, which will remain in the annals of football. Several considerations on winners and losers.

brady

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Let’s start with the future of the Goat. The fact that Brady can leave after losing the last race will not weigh on the decision in the least. He certainly has nothing more to prove. There are other factors. First of all, as he himself said, the family. The children grow up and the time to spend with them when they still want to be with their dad decreases. Gisele has been pushing for a long time to retire, but Tom’s love for football and the fact that he is still physically healthy must be put on the other side of the scale. But one question remains: Will these Bucs be Super Bowl next season? The NFC is not great, but they would not start (obviously, free agency and draft are involved) in the front row. And then the farewell becomes possible. The only alternative could be the passage to another team, perhaps “his” 49ers …

Rodgers

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The situation is different for Rodgers. The farewell to the Packers seems quite certain. He too will have to decide whether to continue elsewhere or stop. The first option seems to be the most popular. He is still at very high levels, mvp potential even for this regular season. The umpteenth failure with Green Bay, after the summer quarrels, distances the team and player even more. But much of the blame falls on his shoulders: the roster is excellent, as evidenced by the 13 victories in the regular season. He certainly can’t complain. He has failed, again, and he has to shoulder the responsibility. After the only victory in the Super Bowl, in the playoffs he won 7 games out of 16. They are not winning numbers. Enough comparisons with Brady. Very strong, a phenomenon, but – which is fundamental to enter the category of the greatest of all time – does not improve those who play next to him. And it’s not a small flaw.

Bills-Chiefs

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We want an encore. As Bill Simmons rightly suggested in his podcast on “The Ringer”, we have a mini 4-way tournament between Buffalo, Rams, Niners and Tampa and the winner goes to the Super Bowl against Kansas City. Poor Bills … Decades of frustration, the Pats always on their way, and now that the roles have reversed, they find Mahomes. But they have their faults. With 13 seconds you cannot kick in touchback and let the clock not start. A “squib kick” would have taken at least 6-7 seconds, which is an eternity. The defense was cooked, but letting Kelce free like that was delinquent. Then in the overtime nothing they could. Unforgettable game, especially the last 2 ‘. And Josh Allen is absolutely fantastic.

overtime

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We return to talk about changing the rules of overtime. True, the Bills (as it had been for the Chiefs against the Pats three years ago, and just then they started talking about it), they didn’t have the chance to put the attack back on the field. But defense is part of the game. Just stop KC and the oval would return to them. Is this the best possible formula? No. Can we do better? Surely. But there is no need to cry scandal.

The choices of the Titans

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Vrabel bad. Coach of the year in the regular season, but he messed up in the playoffs. Here we go again with those damned quarter-downs played in the hand that you then pay dearly for. First why a sneak qb with Tannehill on the third and one when you have Derrick Henry? And then take the 3 points on the fourth down and force the Bengals to score a td to beat you. So instead the Burrow-Chase duo (extraordinary, the present and the future of the league as a duo) set up the drive that led to the field goal of the upset.

Championship Sunday

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We will have the opportunity to talk about it in depth. But the Chiefs seem hard to beat. Absolutely. Rams-Niners should be more balanced. Two big defenses, it will be decided at the scrimmage line. The Rams have an advantage: Jimmy G doesn’t let you win but he can make you lose …