Age is just a number with Tom Brady

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Normally, when you talk about a quarterback in his mid to late 30's, you talk about his declining production. Tom Brady included. On the surface, his completion percentage over the last 5 years would indicate that age isn't just a number with him - look at the graphic posted by Pro Football talk on Twitter below to see his completion percentage over the last 5 years.



Is his age the whole story, though? No. Certainly, it's part of the story. Even the great Tom Brady is starting to show some signs of aging, but let's look at the other part of the story here for a second: his receiving corps last year when his completion % bottomed out at 60 percent. He lost Wes Welker to Denver, Aaron Hernandez to prison and Rob Gronkowski for more than half of the year to injury. That makes up a good portion of the Patriots offense in the past couple of years, at least until last year. Tom Brady had to work with a whole new receiving corp composed of rookies and injury prone receivers. His only reliable target for the most part was Julian Edelman, although the rookies Aaron Dobson and Kenbrell Thompkins improved over the course of the season. That being said, though, they both dropped passes throughout the season that should have been caught, and that contributed to the 60% completion.

So, yes, Tom Brady is getting older. But the window to win with Brady is still open for another 2-3 years, I think, barring any major setbacks or injuries to Brady because there's still something left in his tank.

Twitter - @C_Frederick1016

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