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VIDEO: Lloyd Carr answers question on why Tom Brady didn’t play more at UM
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Arguably the two greatest players at their respective positions in NFL history both played for Lloyd Carr at Michigan.
On Thursday, Charles Woodson played in his final home game of his 18-year career. Tom Brady is still going strong at age 38, and is playing some of the best football of his hall of fame career.
But Brady’s career obviously didn’t have a hall of fame look at Michigan. He didn’t start until his junior season, in which he threw a mediocre 14 touchdown passes and 10 interceptions, but he did lead the Wolverines to a Citrus Bowl win.
Still, Brady platooned with Drew Henson as a senior before finally stealing the job in the second half of the season. Despite the fact that he was a sixth-round pick, Brady still became perhaps the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
So why didn’t he have the job outright? Carr answered that question on the Rich Eisen Show:
Is @CWoodsonF the best player in @umichfootball history? And why didn't Tom Brady play more? Here's Lloyd Carr:https://t.co/lQy9rJ6x2C
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) December 24, 2015
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.