Tom Brady would trade two Super Bowl rings for a perfect season

Posted by Michael David Smith on May 3, 2021, 2:19 PM EDT
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady owns seven Super Bowl rings, but he came up just short on the one accomplishment he really wanted: A perfect season.

Brady acknowledged during the NFL’s draft-a-thon that he would trade two of his Super Bowl rings to have finished a perfect season in 2007, when the Patriots went 16-0 in the regular season but lost to the Giants in the Super Bowl.

Former NFL player Shannon Sharpe asked Brady, “Would you be willing to trade two Super Bowl rings to win that one Super Bowl?”

“I would,” Brady said.

Brady has accomplished more in his career than any other team in NFL history, but that Super Bowl after the perfect regular season is the signature loss of his career. And it still stings Brady, all these years later.

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23 responses to “Tom Brady would trade two Super Bowl rings for a perfect season”

  1. Most players would trade all their accomplishments just for one ring. Brady is the only one that has so many rings to spare and afford to make a trade like that if it was possible

  2. Forget about it this year, mister goat.
    You got the Buffalo Bills on your schedule.,.

  4. That’s how many rings this man has to spare. He’d give up 2 knowing he’d still have the most lol.

  5. But would he throw 2 championship trophies into the sea for a perfect season?

  6. When he played “do what I want to do” offense, his chance of winning SB was no better than any other great QB.

  7. Got to respect the man’s honesty! rare we get a REAL answer in major league sports

  9. Just think, if Samuel catches the interception or Tyree doesnt make that catch … The Perfect Patriots

  11. Bradys smart since he would get back a ring with that win. So he wouldn’t lose 2 he would only lose one.

  13. When I do the math, Brady gets one of those traded rings back again after having that perfect season…he’s only trading one ring.

  14. They really did blow it against the Giants. It’s just as funny now as it was then.

  15. billsfaninmiami says:
    May 3, 2021 at 2:31 pm
    Forget about it this year, mister goat.
    You got the Buffalo Bills on your schedule.,.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Actually, the Bucs overall 2021 schedule is as favorable as it will get for quite a while. They play the AFC East and the NFC East. Sure there are some tough teams on the slate, including your Bills. But Brady is clearly motivated.

    While the Bills have improved a great deal in the last couple of years, Brady’s record against Buffalo is something like 32-3. Your confidence is admirable, but I wouldn’t be so sure…

  16. And that is probably Eli Manning’s sweetest ring.

    Brady is clearly the GOAT. However, Eli is the GOAT Slayer.

  18. 2021 will be that perfect season for Tom Brady and the Buccaneers.
    🐐🏈

  19. I remember the t-shirt…

    Lombardi trophy with the text “19 and OH!”

    As a Cowboys fan, I have never wanted the Giants to win a game so bad. LOL

  21. So he’d actually only trade 1 since he’d get 1 back and a perfect season.

  22. William Lee says:
    May 3, 2021 at 2:51 pm
    When he played “do what I want to do” offense, his chance of winning SB was no better than any other great QB.

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    Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!

  23. Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!

    ———————

    You want Brady to play like he did in the first 3 months of 2020?

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