Tom Brady Unretires!

I think you should donate your 2022 salary to Ukraine. 

Oh shit, the reply tab works again! 

LOL! Very clever. Yes, there is that one guy.

His rings are safe. His legacy is plenty secure.

Correct—he's got zero left to prove. The longer he plays, the more likely it is that he'll exit the game for good as a pale imitation of what he's been. I don't know why such a perfectionist would willingly do that.

This wikipedia anecdote about Tittle's playing days at LSU is hilarious:

"While on defense during a 20–18 loss to SEC champion Ole Miss in his senior season, Tittle's belt buckle was torn off as he intercepted a pass from Charlie Conerly and broke a tackle. He ran down the sideline with one arm cradling the ball and the other holding up his pants. At the Ole Miss 20-yard line, as he attempted to stiff-arm a defender, Tittle's pants fell and he tripped and fell onto his face. The fall kept him from scoring the game-winning touchdown."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._A._Tittle

"When I met with Tittle recently, he smiled and acknowledged that what people recall first about him is this image—which did not immediately make it into print.

It was taken by Morris Berman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who had made his reputation as a combat photographer (his next-most-famous photograph is of the bullet-riddled corpses of Mussolini and his mistress).

Berman, who died in 2002 at age 92, had gone to Pitt Stadium that day not to cover the game but looking for human interest. He decided to focus on Tittle. But his editor, wanting an action photo, refused to run the injured warrior photograph. It became widely seen only after Berman entered it in contests. (It was chosen the best sports photograph in the National Headliner Award competition of 1964.)

Now, it is one of only three pictures hanging in the lobby of the National Press Photographers Association headquarters in Durham, North Carolina, alongside Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima and the image of the fiery death of the Hindenburg dirigible at Lakehurst, New Jersey."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fallen-giant-144796136/

On that play, Tittle suffered a concussion, a cracked sternum and severely bruised ribcage muscles, but he played the next week.

Go to 47:10 of the video below and you can see the hit on Tittle. Really doesn't look as bad as I was imagining, but you can see his helmet go flying:

Well stated.  I’m reminded of the misleading skiing statistic: “Most serious injuries occur on the last run of the day.”

Tom Brady is a very rare breed whereas older age has not slowed him down that much. He reminds me of Gordie Howe in hockey. Guys like this are on a very short list. No doubt, Brady will realize that he's well past his prime but that time might not yet come to pass. Will it be during this coming season or later?

understandable sentiment.  that said, it is an iconic photo.  i think it speaks to the extraordinary effort and sacrifice of Y.A.  it is the real-life manifestation of 'leave it all out on the field' as in, whatever you have to give, give every bit of it.  tremendous character.