Is Tom Brady Staying in Football Shape So He Can Save the Minnesota Vikings Season?

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Aug 16, 2024
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The Minnesota Vikings believe they have their quarterback for the 2024 season. Yes, JJ McCarthy is on injured reserve, and will not return until 2025. Thus, the Vikings fate is 100% on Sam Darnold’s shoulders. Is that a lot to ask of a former No. 3 overall draft pick on his fourth team in six years?

Meanwhile, as the Vikings and other NFL teams are grinding out training camp, Tom Brady, the greatest quarterback of all time, is enjoying his summer doing what any recently retired and divorced QB GOAT would do.

He’s living it up, jumping in and out of the limelight, hosting TV shows, going on exotic vacations and hanging out with beautiful women. You know, normal Tom Brady stuff. But after one year out of the league, Tom has made it clear (on multiple occasions) that he still has that itch to put pads on again.

Tom Brady is still thinking about a return to the NFL.

The most recent instance happened this, when a clip of Tom Brady surfaced on social media, where he bragged about how great of shape he is still in. Why is he staying in great shape? Oh, you know.

“I just want to make sure that all those young bucks in the NFL know that if I still want to come out of retirement, they still got something to deal with.”

Earlier this offseason on the Deep Cut Podcast, Tom talked about how he’d likely make his comeback as a mid-season signing. The most likely scenario, he said at the time, would be an early season injury to a QB on a competitive team or some other sudden need for a super bowl caliber quarterback on a super bowl caliber roster.

Well Mr. Tom Brady, let me tell you about a team that plays home games up in Minnesota, in a temperature controlled environment perfect for a 47-year-old quarterback whose knees might get a little squeaky in the cold?

Selling the GOAT on the Minnesota Vikings…

We’re talking about the same team that already lost it’s rookie first round QB for the season, due to a meniscus tear. It’s the same squad that is relying on a guy named Sam Darnold to have a comeback player of the year kind of performance.

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If, let’s just say, the Sam Darnold project in Minnesota weren’t to work out. Whether it be due to injury (please not) or poor play (certainly plausible), would Brady be willing to put the pads back on for the Minnesota Vikings? He’d have two of the best offensive tackles in the league keeping his pocket clean.

He’d get to throw to Justin Jefferson, who would be the best receiver he has ever played with, not named Randy Moss. Oh, and he could reunite with his old teammate, turned offensive play call guru, Kevin O’Connell.

There may be better situations in the NFL for a returning Tom Brady, depending on how the beginning of the season unfolds, but will any of those spots become available? Will the Vikings’ job?

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If so, I’m sure his family members in the Browerville area, where he used to visit regularly in the summertime, would be oh so proud of their little Tommy, if he decided to to god’s work in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, where football dreams have often gone to die. So… just think about it, Tom. Keep us on your list of teams… just in case duty calls.

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