Crazy stats put Tom Brady's poor season in Tampa Bay into perspective
Tom Brady has not looked terrific this season.
The Buccaneers are now under .500 with a 21-3 loss to Carolina. Though he has won a super bowl in Tampa Bay, it seems age might finally be catching up to Brady this season.
The G.O.A.T was held to 3 points of fewer for just the 5th time on Sunday.
Tom Brady was held to 3 points or fewer for only the 5th time in his career in his Week 7 loss to the Panthers.
Brady had 2 such games in his first 20 seasons (all with the Patriots) and now has 3 such games in 3 seasons with the Buccaneers.
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) October 23, 2022
For what it’s worth, Brady said earlier in the year that there is no retirement in his future. Still, he’ll have to start producing for Tampa before things get out of hand in the NFC South.
This is the first time Brady has had a losing record through the first 7 weeks of the season since 2002, when Brady was in his 20s.
With his Week 7 loss to the Panthers, Tom Brady has a losing record through his first 7 games of a season for the first time since 2002 — his first full season as an NFL starting QB and the only healthy season of his career in which he did not make the playoffs.
— NFL Research (@NFLResearch) October 23, 2022
