Brady is great and is the goat, but he's not the firs...

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forty-something quarterback to start an NFL game. I'm a long-time Raider fan and IIRC 43-year-old George Blanda pulled several rabbits our of his hat for five weeks in a row and either passed and/or field goal kicked the Raiders to victory against the Steelers, Chiefs and other formidable opponents back then.

It was quite a sensation then.

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/sports/football/24blandabox.html

[yonder]

1. As soon as I read your "long-time Raider fan"

George Blanda popped into mind. I'd like to see Brady go for as long as he can (or cares to).

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2. Funny how things change. I was a Pats and Brady hater...

for years because of the "tuck rule" game (it was a fumble) which got the Pats dynasty going, and now I root for Brady too with Tampa Bay.

And if the Pats don't roar back this year, it looks like it was Brady all along and not Belichick.

[yonder]

3. Hard to pull credit from ObiWan Belichick but after last year's Super Bowl and so far this year,

more and more it looks like Brady might be the key part of history here. It's good to see Gronkowski tagging along too.

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4. Oh, yeah. I'm a Gronk fan too. Bill's got to come back this year though.

And I like how Brady got Gronk and Brown back into the game. He knew he needed weapons as he continues his career, outlasting his contemporaries like the Manning brothers, Breeze and Rivers.

I might just have to try that avocado ice cream.