Tom Brady will probably miss a lot of things about playing football, but running from Aaron Donald isn’t one of them. Brady, who played 23 years in the NFL, retired this offseason and has said countless times that he’s not coming back.
Whether or not that holds true come September or October remains to be seen, but the thought of avoiding pass rushers like Donald is probably enough to keep Brady retired.
He said this week that he’ll feel relieved when Week 1 comes around because he won’t have Donald “chase me down trying to knock me out.”
Who can blame him, honestly.
Fair to say when Week 1 comes around, @TomBrady is not going to miss playing 😅 pic.twitter.com/97nPLvOV6d
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) June 1, 2023
Brady faced Donald six times in his career, including the postseason, and was sacked three times by the future Hall of Fame defensive tackle. Donald landed eight hits on Brady in those six games, including three in the Rams’ divisional round win in the 2021 playoffs.
Even when Brady wasn’t being sacked or hit, Donald was applying pressure and making life difficult for the quarterback. Brady’s probably happy he doesn’t have to think about avoiding No. 99 anymore, even if he did do a decent job of that throughout his career.
