“How Did They”…: Tom Brady Names Two Top QBs Who Continues to Amaze Him With Their Attractive Game

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on a seesaw ride with the .500 mark this year. After the loss on Sunday night to the San Francisco 49ers, the Bucs have once again fallen below the fifty percent win rate mark. And Brady is not surprised, given how much the league and the modern quarterbacks have evolved.

On the most recent episode of the Let’s Go Podcast with Jim Gray and Larry Fitzgerald, Tom Brady told comedians Adam Sandler, Tracy Morgan, and Bill Burr about his biggest nemesis on the field currently.

That’s his age. At 45, the seven-time Super Bowl champion admitted to belonging to a different era of QBs- the era of Peyton Manning. Tom Brady spoke about how modern quarterbacks like Kansas City Chiefs’ star QB Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson are revolutionizing the position forever.

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“I can’t do any of that. How did they do that? It blows me away. However they’re playing, I don’t see the game the way they see it,” 45-year-old TB12 said. Brady isn’t doing so bad himself, having won his last Super Bowl at 43. However, he is still trying to learn.

Is Tom Brady talking about the QB rush becoming more and more popular?

Tom Brady has been playing at the highest level in the NFL for over two decades now. And understandably, the legendary QB has seen his fair share of innovations. However, to him, it was always a throwing game in his position. Handle the pocket pressure and make a throw to your chosen wide receiver. But it’s not the same anymore. With quarterbacks showing explosive speed nowadays, a fifty or sixty-yard dash by a QB playing the role of a running back is nothing unusual these days.

And Baltimore Ravens QB and 2016 Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson is probably the greatest example of this. More recently, Chicago Bears Justin Fields turned some heads when he set the NFL’s single-game rushing record by a QB. However, Michael Vick and Action Jackson pioneered the position. Jackson owns the NFL record for most single-season rushing yards by a QB with his 1206 yards. But the 2019 league MVP also had the highest passing TDs in 2019. And this dual-threat amazes Tom Brady.

Patrick Mahomes doesn’t run as much as Lamar or Vick. But the unique throwing abilities Canon arm Mahomes possesses allow him to make magical and unconventional passes that Brady would never consider throwing. One such sight came in the Chiefs-Broncos game last Sunday when Mahomes threw a non-traditional lob throw to running back Jerick McKinnon for a crucial touchdown. TB12 will focus on his own skill set for now and look forward to facing the Cincinnati Bengals.

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