Steve Luciano/Related Press
Basketball Corridor of Famer Charles Barkley stated Tom Brady can receive to silent receive retired after main the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a snatch over Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in Orderly Bowl LV, which Barkley believes moved the quarterback sooner than NBA yarn Michael Jordan within the “greatest of all time” debate.
Barkley suggested ESPN Radio Chicago (h/t TMZ Sports) the one-and-done nature of the NFL playoffs is the motive he’s someway moved anyone sooner than MJ in his non-public rankings.
“It be keen for me to position anybody above Michael, but Michael used to be continually gonna be the greatest participant four out of seven games,” he stated. “But, the variation is every time Tom Brady played a football sport, it used to be a Sport 7. I by no device had thought to be it care for that. I indicate, you watched about that. Each and each football sport within the playoffs is a Sport 7.”
Brady now owns seven Orderly Bowl titles after successful six all the device by two decades with the Current England Patriots sooner than signing with the Bucs closing offseason. No lots of NFL participant in history has extra than 5. Jordan done his NBA profession with six with the Chicago Bulls.
The 43-year-conventional California native has confirmed no indicators of slowing down and confirmed for the length of the Orderly Bowl MVP trophy presentation that he’s planning to plot in 2021.
Barkley stated he believes Brady can receive to silent receive thought to be retirement after the Buccaneers beat some of the greatest quarterbacks in history en path to the championship:
“I will’t ponder he’s now now not retired, I’m now now not gon’ lie. On yarn of while you intention what he perfect did, beat Drew Brees in Current Orleans, beat Aaron Rodgers at Lambeau Field, after which beat Patrick Mahomes within the Orderly Bowl, that is presumably the greatest ‘fall the mic’ ever in sports activities.
“That would possibly per chance be the greatest mic dropped within the history of civilization. That’s how cool that is presumably—to beat these three guys and mosey away on No. 7, that is presumably thought to be one of many greatest things I’ve ever seen in my lifestyles.”
It be an very perfect level, but Brady is thought to be one of sports activities’ final rivals, and it would receive been hard for him to name it quits while silent thought to be one of many NFL’s greatest quarterbacks and adding titles to his GOAT resume.
His presence will over again keep Tampa Bay among the league’s top contenders heading into 2021.
