I was in high school the last time the NFL was without Tom Brady. The game, the league, the culture of the NFL is unrecognizable now versus what it was before Brady arrived, and in many ways, he was helping to spur those changes along.
I think it goes without saying that Brady’s the greatest player in NFL history, but to go out at age 44 leading the league in passing yards and passing touchdowns … I don’t think we’ll appreciate how incredible the end of Brady’s career was for a while.