Brady was slower, and more inaccurate than he has ever been in his career this year and.... he threw for more yards than any Bears QB has in history. If Brady shows any interest, Pace better drop to one knee and beg like a dog...
Brady is actually on a pretty large slide. 2018 was a down year and 2017 was worse. One item that is not talked about much is in the offseason between those two years he did something that's really telling. He changed his diet. After the SB loss to the Eagles he changed his focus and wanted to adjust his physical composition a bit to help him take more of a beating and recover better.
Think about that for a second. The founder of nutritional system TB12 acknowledged that the diet that lead to so much of his success wasn't working like it used too. Physically he's looking for ways to prolong his career. IMHO at the twilight of their career this is the 'kiss of death'.
Anyway, I know the Pats won in 2018, but if you look at his playoff performances they sort of won in spite of Tom's play:
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Rk | Date | G# | Week | Age | Tm | | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | Rate | Sk | Yds | Y/A | AY/A | Att | Yds | Y/A | TD | Fmb | FL | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
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1 | 2019-01-13 | 17 | 19 | 41.163 | NWE | | LAC | W 41-28 | * | 34 | 44 | 77.27 | 343 | 1 | 0 | 106.5 | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 8.25 | 2 | -1 | -0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
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2 | 2019-01-20 | 18 | 20 | 41.170 | NWE | @ | KAN | W 37-31 | * | 30 | 46 | 65.22 | 348 | 1 | 2 | 77.1 | 0 | 0 | 7.57 | 6.04 | 1 | -1 | -1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
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3 | 2019-02-03 | 19 | 21 | 41.184 | NWE | N | LAR | W 13-3 | * | 21 | 35 | 60.00 | 262 | 0 | 1 | 71.4 | 1 | 9 | 7.49 | 6.20 | 2 | -2 | -1.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
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| 3 Games | | | | | | | 3-0-0 | | 85 | 125 | 68.00 | 953 | 2 | 3 | 85.8 | 1 | 9 | 7.62 | 6.86 | 5 | -4 | -0.80 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | |
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He was good against the chargers, but after that was very 'meh'.
Follow that up with a 2019 season where his QB rating was 88, which was beneath the NFL average, along with an unimpressive 209 yard, 0 TD, 1 INT, 59.4 QB Rating elimination playoff game against the Titans and there isn't much upside I see.
I should say, I'm not a Tom hater. IMHO he's one of, if not the greatest of all time. He's also going to be 43 years old this coming season. Sure we can say say his 505 yard Superbowl performance in 2017 might be the greatest ever, but that's no different than saying Peyton or Favre probably had their best career seasons within 1-2 years before retirement.