The Packers visit the Lions. The Buccaneers host the Rams. And the legendary quarterbacks need something good to happen to turn around a couple of dismal seasons, Mark Maske writes.
It’s not exactly last-stand time for Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Not yet. But if the two legendary quarterbacks and their teams are going to get things headedRodgers’s Green Bay Packers play an early-afternoon game Sunday in Detroit against the one-win Lions. Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the struggling Super Bowl champion-Los Angeles Rams in a late-afternoon game matchup. The Packers and Buccaneers have matching 3-5 records, and neither has won a game in about a month.
The Packers are on a four-game losing skid. They’re coming off a 27-17 defeat to Buffalo last Sunday night in Orchard Park, N.Y., after Rodgers had said that going on the road to face the imposing Bills actually might be the best thing for the Packers. It wasn’t. That was followed by the Packers allowing last week’s NFL trade deadline to pass —The Packers are 3½ games behind the front-running Minnesota Vikings, who beat them in the season opener, in the NFC North.
The Bucs have the potential to be a dangerous team to face in the NFC playoffs, given Brady’s long history of postseason excellence. But first, they need to find a way to get there. They face a Rams team Sunday with a likewise unimpressive record of 3-4.Brady has endured a tempestuous post-retirement season that has included on-field struggles, sideline temper tantrums and intense off-field scrutiny of his private life.
But it never has been wise, to this point, to count out Brady. Maybe, just maybe he has one more football miracle left in him.
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