“Tom’s The MVP Every Year”
January 5th, 2022
Rob Gronkowski gave the right answer to a question about the NFL MVP today, but it was not a tongue-in-cheek response.
And Gronk is known for playing the wiseass card.
After practice today, Gronk was asked about Tom Brady being the 2021 season MVP.
“Tom’s the MVP every year,” Gronk said. “I mean just the way that he adjusts on the fly, you know, to his personnel, just trying to get the ball into the best player’s hands or the best matchup on that current play. He’s just always ready to go no matter what the situation is. He’s MVP every year, baby.”
For those who question whether Brady is MVP material, Joe would refer them to the final drive against the Jets.
Brady was rolling 93 yards with time ticking down and throwing to Tyler Johnson, Cyril Grayson and new arrival Le’Veon Bell. Legendary!
The team that makes the best adjustments keeps advancing all season long, Gronk added, and that’s Brady.
Gronk called Brady’s production this season is “surreal,” given his age, consistency and power. And for more doubters, Brady leads the NFL in passing yards, pass attempts, completions and touchdowns. If a 20-something year old QB had those numbers, the national media would be screaming for the guy to be MVP.
January 5th, 2022 at 5:07 pm
Joe, your last sentence really summed it up. The fact that it’s Brady, and he’s done this before, is lost on some of the voters I’m sure. If anything what he’s doing now is more impressive than what he’s done in the past during MVP seasons.
January 5th, 2022 at 5:11 pm
He’s not wrong. At least not this year.
January 5th, 2022 at 5:32 pm
From watching the player interviews and how they handled all the AB questions I feel a lot better about the team moral and focus. Seems like the leaders will stand and up and keep the ship headed into the right direction. We haven’t even played a full half of good football all season. We have left so much on the table in all three phases all season. We are missing two absolute studs but we have plenty of weapons and the key is the o-line. We have a lot of fight, Brady has won more with less overall talent, and I think our D will finally click when the time is right. I do not like a couple matchups from a physicality standpoint but in the playoffs anything can happen and we have Brady and one hell of an o-line and this stretch is on their shoulders.
January 5th, 2022 at 5:40 pm
That’s why he’s the best ever. He will adjust to his personnel. Don’t need the greatest diva wrs of all time out there. Let’s see what happens this go round!!
January 5th, 2022 at 5:43 pm
Brady should be the prohibitive favorite given his numbers and how much he has done with a roster decimated by injury.
But the media is fuelled by the billionaire owners who don’t want Brady making them look any worse by winning even more than he already has. So they keep pumping perennial playoff loser Aaron Rodgers.
Classic example of the bias: Rodgers has 35 TD’s and 4 INT’s and the media talking heads try to say that 8 fewer INT’s is that much more impressive than having 5 fewer TD passes than Brady. How can you pass for 1,000 more yards than the next guy and win games with guys like Grayson, Perriman, Tyler Johnson and Cam Brate and not have that be more impressive? Evans, Godwin, Gronk and Brate have been banged up all year. Our defense has been decimated forcing Brady to carry games.
Another example. Media likes to say how Brady’s comeback win on the road against the Jets wasn’t impressive because it was against the Jets. He threw for 410 and 3TD and 1 INT. Yet, Rodgers performance against a Cousin-less Vikings team was flawless and sealed the deal. He passed for 288 yards, 2 TD and 0 INT’s. At home with his full gamut of offensive weapons except Tonyan. How is that so much better than Brady’s outing?
Just look at the quality wins Tampa.has in beating NE on the road, Dallas and Buffalo at home while the Packers beat up on the lowly NFC North. Yes, they beat the Rams at home, and lucked out beating overrated Cardinals and SF teams on the road. They both crapped the bed against the Saints. I’d argue Tampa did better against the Bears, a common opponent.
Is it Brady’s fault that Rodgers couldn’t play against KC and that he lied about his vaccination status? Somehow that now has been spun into a positive for Rodgers (ie.. look how they lost to the Chiefs when he wasn’t on the roster… That wasn’t even a runaway win for the Chiefs with Jordan Love under center). I have been appalled and sickened by how distant TB is considered in the MVP race. It should infuriate Buccaneers fans but I see little of it.
Yes, there is a Brady conspiracy in the NFL and if you watched him closely for 2 decades you’d understand. He absolutely deserves the MVP this year and won’t get it. Brady hate also resulted in Kyler Murray making the pro bowl last year over Brady which was a joke, even when the votes were cast earlier in the season. Just look at the numbers. Plus Brady has been and is still learning a new team and system after 20 years somewhere else. It’s amazing.
Shannon Sharp likes to bring up Rodgers TD to INT ratio over the last 4 years. If you do that, why not look at Brady’s head to head versus Rodgers in those 4 years? That alone wins Brady the argument for who is the MVP on the league.
January 5th, 2022 at 6:05 pm
Joe you forgot if a vet Qb got covid and broke NFL protocol missed a game and team fell apart, won a few games by dodging a few bullets due to bad coaching decisions to win the #1 seed and bitched and moaned about a sore pinky toe, t
Another case for the national media would be screaming for MVP.
They keep saying because Roger’s has the #1 QB rating and how important he is to his team. How about the guy that leads in all categories
except QB rating, a guy that can win a game with 2 min left no TO’s go 93 yds with b/u rbs, & wr’s and win the game. He is just as important if not more to the Bucs than Roger’s to GB.
January 5th, 2022 at 6:05 pm
L F G !
January 5th, 2022 at 6:25 pm
Also, don’t kid yourself how important the MVP award is to these guys and the legacies they want to leave. Brady can say whatever he wants to the media about only caring about winning Super Bowls but there’s a reason he fetches every record breaking football and saves his game worn jerseys, etc.
Rodgers also cares a ton and it came through in his interviews after last year’s MVP.
Don’t believe me? Check out the lead headline on NFL.com. Hot off the press:
https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-calls-award-voter-a-bum-following-comments-that-he-woul
Speaking of the 50 voters, has Ira Kaufman given any indication on how he’s voting? Serious question.
January 5th, 2022 at 6:27 pm
Also, don’t kid yourself how important the MVP award is to these guys and the legacies they want to leave. Brady can say whatever he wants to the media about only caring about winning Super Bowls but there’s a reason he fetches every record breaking football and saves his game worn jerseys, etc.
Rodgers also cares a ton and it came through in his interviews after last year’s MVP.
Don’t believe me? Check out the lead headline on NFL.com. Hot off the press:
https://www.nfl.com/news/packers-qb-aaron-rodgers-calls-award-voter-a-bum-following-comments-that-he-woul
Speaking of the 50 voters, has Ira Kaufman given any indication on how he’s voting? Inquiring minds want to know!
January 5th, 2022 at 6:44 pm
There’s only one MVP award TB cares about, and it ain’t this one.
January 5th, 2022 at 7:01 pm
I feel like TB12 retires this year.
Last year was FUN and he got to prove a point. This year hasn’t gone as expected and I don’t think he’s enjoying the grind.
League leader in yards and TDs is a great way for the GOAT to go out.
January 5th, 2022 at 7:17 pm
Enjoy while we can its all Brady and not Arians at least Licht knows who to listen too.
January 5th, 2022 at 7:22 pm
Brady has almost a thousand more yards passing. Rogers lost the Saints 38-3 we lost 9-0 that’s a wash. With the injuries we’ve had Brady is the clear MVP!
January 5th, 2022 at 7:56 pm
I love how Aaron Rodgers is a lock for the Mvp. When he has 1,000 less passing yards 5 less tds than Brady with a team that hasn’t lost there top three Wrs top running back top defensive ends top linebacker and top 3 corners. But has one more win than the bucs. And let’s not forget about the 38-3 loss to the saints with 0 tds and 2 interceptions to start the year. Tom has done more with less. Take them both off there team and the packers are a 9-7 division winner. Take Tom off the bucs team and we’re a 5-12 last place team.
January 5th, 2022 at 7:57 pm
FACTS!!!!
January 5th, 2022 at 7:58 pm
@Slypirate its a grind but check out our W/L
January 5th, 2022 at 8:01 pm
Joe Who do you think AB was talking about today when he said he is not the only one who hates Bruce Arians. Or was that just AB acting like a kid again and saying well other kids hate him to without saying a name because they know it’s a lie but just trying to get someone on there side even if there made up. So he doesn’t look like the only village idiot.
January 5th, 2022 at 8:37 pm
Aaron Rodgers is a Covid deceiver. A whiner. A weirdo. With a weirdo relationship with a weird chick. That he’d cheat on Danica Patrick is appalling. If the crumbbum Media makes him MVP, then I hope Tom unreigns a fiery hell on Green Bay in their $1.50 stadium.
I don’t give a dicksquaddle about the 50s and 60s. The Bucs are a much better franchise than those gooberscoopers from the NFLs smallest market. They are living on fumes.
Bruce, raise hell. Lenny, get right church and let’s go home.
January 5th, 2022 at 8:37 pm
HE AIN’T DONE YET!
January 5th, 2022 at 8:42 pm
He’s not wrong. Nevertheless I think Rodgers wins it and if you want the truth, I think he probably narrowly deserves it. There will be those like Hub Arkush who humiliated himself by opening up his prejudiced mouth because he’s on the not vaccinated crusade. Still, I think Aaron gets the nod. Still, Brady gets the last laugh if we play in GB…..again.
January 5th, 2022 at 8:52 pm
All I got to say is…
Accepted Date: 09/09/21 04:02 GMT-4
Amount: $20.00
Status: Pending
To win: $280.00
Type:Future/Prop
Description: NFL Player Futures – Awards – 2021/22 Most Valuable Player – Tom Brady +1400
Accepted Date: 09/09/21 03:49 GMT-4
Amount: $30.00
Status: Pending
To win: $360.00
Type: Future/Prop
Description: NFL Player Performance – Quarterbacks – Passing Yards Leader 2021-22 Regular Season – Tom Brady +1200
Accepted Date: 09/09/21 03:49 GMT-4
Amount: $30.00
Status: Pending
To win: $225.00
Type: Future/Prop
Description: NFL Player Performance – Quarterbacks – Passing Touchdown Leader 2021-22 Regular Season – Tom Brady +750
Accepted Date: 09/09/21 03:50 GMT-4
Amount: $30.00
Status: Pending
To win: $225.00
Type: Future/Prop
Description: NFL Player Performance – Quarterbacks – Passing Touchdown Leader 2021-22 Regular Season – Tom Brady +750
I accidently did the passing touchdown bet twice as I wasn’t paying attention, hopefully that pays off. Brady has a 2 TD lead and is playing at home where he throws a lot of TDs.
January 5th, 2022 at 9:03 pm
There is no doubt in my mind that Tom Brady’s poise and determination provided a superlative example to all as we came closer and closer to the end of the game. He really deserves the title of GOAT. The only other quarterbacks I’ve ever seen play who in any way also executed comparable fourth quarter comebacks were John Elway and Peyton Manning.
His on field example is how Brady elevates everyone around him in practice and in the games. Tom Brady is continually mentioning how football TRULY IS a team sport. It takes every contribution large or small to get a win. He is not blowing smoke when he says those things. He is merely sharing what he has learned over his entire career.
Go Bucs!
January 5th, 2022 at 9:05 pm
Yes, the path to the Super Bowl may go through Lambeau Field once again this year.
Go Bucs!
January 5th, 2022 at 9:23 pm
Rod. That’s called putting your money where your mouth is. Good on you.