Tom Brady, Whose Marriage Issues Almost Drove Him Back Out of NFL, Had a Unique Take On His Toughest Rival Eli Manning Opting to Sit Out Certain Games at the End of His Career

Naturalist Charles Darwin’s famous theory of natural selection states that only the fittest survive and this phenomenon applies everywhere, be it excelling in sports or living a successful life. NFL superstar Tom Brady knows this very well and has experienced it in the past two decades. While his biggest rival, Eli Manning was struggling in the final stages of his career, Brady made a wise opinion on the issue.

The former Giants quarterback Eli Manning had one of the most successful careers in the NFL. And his biggest achievement was taking down the GOAT, Tom Brady twice in their Super Bowl appearances.

In fact, Manning is the only passer to have handed a Super Bowl loss to Brady twice in his career. However, in the final stages of his journey, while Manning struggled to live up to the expectations, the Giants chose to go with alternate options for the starting positions. They wanted to try Geno Smith and Rookie Davis Webb in the remaining games. The Giants were 2-9 at that point in 2017.

It was indeed an unfortunate moment for the quarterback to assimilate. That’s when Brady extended support with his kind words. “Obviously, being on the other side of two of those Super Bowl losses to an Eli Manning-led team, I just have so much respect for his dependability, for his consistency, for his toughness,” Brady said in an interview.

“You know that’s really everything you want in an NFL player, and I think Eli has always provided that for the team. So I think it’s a pretty unfortunate situation,” the GOAT added to his explanation. While Manning was worried about bidding goodbye to the league, the Buccaneers quarterback is now going through a similar situation.

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His marital instabilities have led him to make a choice. Brady wants more, and that was the reason why he came out of his retirement in 40 days. But focussing on football has reportedly jittered his marriage with Gisele Bündchen.

Tom Brady admits that pro football is not a fairytale

The NFL is a big market where the teams trade players in pursuit of improving their positions each season. In the end, it is all about making money.

“As a fan growing up, I mean, to see Joe Montana playing in another uniform, and again, to see Jerry Rice or Ronnie Lott [in another uniform], you know guys that I really looked up to and admired, there are not many happy endings in sports, and you know that’s just the way it is,” Brady explained how it all changes after realizing the true intentions of playing pro sports.

Even Brady, who was expected to stay with the Patriots, started a new journey with the Buccaneers in 2020. Fans must understand that it is all about the juggling of talents. The player is the only entity that makes all the difference.

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