Brady loves that kind of competition, I doubt he'd shy away from it. Was probably mad he lost AB and didn't have a reliable receiver who wouldn't drop balls.Yeah, like I said, I've never seen Brady look as disheveled as he did during that Rams game. I've NEVER seen that look from him. He's usually all intensity, all the time and other than the unsportsmanlike penalty, I just never really saw it.
It's just insane to me how you can walk away when you're still playing at not just the top of YOUR game, but at the top of the entire league. But, sounds like his heart just isn't 100% in it anymore. I guess that happens when you've been to 10 goddamn Super Bowls and won 7 of them, lol.
I wonder if the coming dominance of AFC QBs has anything to do with it also. He might realize his shot at another SB is very low when you have Burrow, Herbert, Allen, and Mahomes as your likely opponent for the next 10+ years.
Probably a fuck ton more pressure on him to perform since he didn't have Billy B and his staff holding things down on the sidelines.