“He’s Not Very Good Anymore”
November 10th, 2022
Is it over?
Joe doesn’t buy into this assessment, but the guy saying it is genuine, knowledgeable and has a huge platform.
Former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms has said the unthinkable. Well, it’s unthinkable if you wear pewter and red and live within a reasonable drive Lakeland, Largo or Longboat Key.
An NFL analyst for NBC Sports, Simms told ProFootballTalk this week that Tom Brady no longer is Tom Brady.
Say it ain’t so, Chris.
“It stinks watching them. They’re not good on offense and he’s not very good anymore. It’s average quarterback play,” Simms said of Brady. “But damn, if you leave people open or stuff like that, he’s going to hit it.”
Simms added that he believes the Bucs are a dangerous playoff team if they get in because of clutch Brady, but that doesn’t mean he’s playing good football.
Joe can’t go there. It’s too soon, there’s not enough evidence, and Brady isn’t turning the ball over. Also, Brady makes top-shelf throws every game and literally has the worst running attack of the last 50 NFL years, and he’s got banged up receivers.
So, no, Joe will not sound the alarm on Brady.
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November 10th, 2022 at 12:14 pm
You know Simms has been trashing this team since he got his job as well as Brady.
Dude is just butthurt he couldn’t make it.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:17 pm
Chris, if you’ve noticed, has been giving the Buc’s tough love for awhile now. I think he holds a certain grudge against the franchise. Maybe I’m being over sensitive but he never has a lot of good things to say about us. I’m not expecting him to be a homer but c’mon man. Show some love once in a while.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:19 pm
Simms is jealous, his career ended prematurely and he can’t deal with the fact that TB12 is still playing at 45.
Brady has definitely lost a step and has declined, but he is still a top QB and can compete. Can’t say the same about our O-line, running game or WR’s that drop 8 balls in one game.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:19 pm
Simms is an ass clown that has always disliked Brady – might be some jealousy with the levels of success that the goat continues to achieve. Does he say the same about Rogers & Stanford who also have o-line issues – no that’s not on them, but yet Brady should be able to overcome that not to mention that lack of running game in Tampa (which can also be attributed to that o-line learning curve). Simms is a bozo period.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:20 pm
Simms hates Brady. I can’t take anything he says about him seriously. He has some sort of grudge against Tom from his days in NE. His dad was more insightful. Phil is tough but fair on QB play.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:21 pm
Chris simms Are you butt hurt? Just asking for a friend!
November 10th, 2022 at 12:21 pm
Brady leads the league in completions, attempts, and he’s on pace to throw for 4800 yards. He currently has a 65% completion rating and only one INT. In what world is that not very good?
I will not argue that’s great but it’s certainly not bad. He currently has the 2nd lowest yards gained per attempt in his career (excluding his rookie season). He also has the lowest QBR (since 2006) in his career if you want to count that. There are many factors to these drop offs but he is still playing at a high level.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:29 pm
Brady is hitting more insane tight window throws than any QB in the league. By unfortunate necessity. Simms ALWAYS looks for every opportunity to dump on Brady.. and it always backfires on him. Lol
November 10th, 2022 at 12:38 pm
Simms is a D!CK! Never liked him always think his perspective is limited and biased on everyone but especially Brady. Funny how all these mouths don’t talk about the most drops in the league the worst running game in history the bottom tier tight end production amd the bottom 2 interior line pass block win rate. That would require critical thinking. F#ck that guy
November 10th, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Junk comments by the old so-so QB.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:39 pm
Chris is playing the media game. Hyperboles = click bate = viewers = money.
TB12 is a popular subject. These guys are never held accountable for their takes.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:42 pm
Brady not playing great and not being good anymore are not the same thing. Simms is wrong in specifics. Brady has not been special near as much as he used to be but not very many of those around him right now are special often enough either.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:43 pm
Oh yeah and I believe he leads the league in tight window throws…. Meaning worst receiver separation WTF
November 10th, 2022 at 12:44 pm
Fact is: I’d like to see any QB with:
A new Coach
A Divorce
Messed up OL
WR’s/ DB’s/DL/OLB dropping like flies
Coaching staff that just forgot how to call plays
Do a better job
November 10th, 2022 at 12:47 pm
Man, some of ya’ll really, really hate hearing objective takes about Tom Brady and a lot of ya’ll line up to eat the glizzy in his defense w/no regard of how the critiques line up with reality, talk about cult of personality.
November 10th, 2022 at 12:47 pm
How many rings does that Clown have?
November 10th, 2022 at 12:59 pm
Lets be real here brady at this point in his career is way better than chris simms was his entire mediocre career not even close
November 10th, 2022 at 1:01 pm
Tampabuscsbro Says:
November 10th, 2022 at 12:14 pm
You know Simms has been trashing this team since he got his job as well as Brady.”
Absolutely not true.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:01 pm
TB needs a little help from say… the rest of the team!
November 10th, 2022 at 1:01 pm
The QBR is the worse rating in football. Touchdowns mean way to much. I don’t know the numbers but if a QB hands the ball off to a running back for a 1 yard td run, the QB gets no points. But if Mahomes or Rodgers do one of those little 6 inch flip to a running back instead of a hand off and the running back scores from 1yd, the QB gets like 10 points. Like I said, I don’t know the number things, but think about this. In the Super Bowl against the Rams when every body said Brady had an average game with only a 80 some QBR, if Gronk would have went one more foot after that catch in the 4th quarter and scored a touchdown, Brady’s QBR would of been in the mid to high 90s. Again I’m not good with the numbers but I hope you get the picture.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:03 pm
Whos this guy, oh yeah, he sucked pretty bad when he played for us “yawn”….
November 10th, 2022 at 1:18 pm
Don’t Chris Simms look like one of those little spoiled boys who whines to mommy that the other kid gets to play more because the coaches like them more.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:20 pm
Watch and see! LFG Bucs!!
November 10th, 2022 at 1:25 pm
I think he has spleen envy
He should critique Texas where he was good. He sucked as a Buc.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Watch and see!! LFG Bucs!!
November 10th, 2022 at 1:31 pm
What’s with the comments about Simms and his dislike of the Bucs? The guy loved Tampa, has said so, and has said great things about the city, his time playing for the Bucs, and how great the fans are. –Man…
November 10th, 2022 at 1:35 pm
Looks like whackjob florio has managed to poison Chris’s brain. Brady is understandably off due to off field concerns, but to say that he’s not good anymore is silly as hell.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:36 pm
It’s ok another one that will eat his words.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:39 pm
In his best days, or day , Simms was never as good as Brady …..
November 10th, 2022 at 1:48 pm
This is the equivalent of Jim Cramer critiquing Warren Buffett.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:48 pm
Simms mom isn’t very good anymore
November 10th, 2022 at 1:51 pm
Simms is a moron….so this is not a surprising take.
November 10th, 2022 at 1:53 pm
Saying he’s not very good anymore isn’t enough, you have to tell me exactly what part of his game has regressed since his near MVP play of last season. He’s doing as much as possible with what he had to work with. Absent being a Jalen Hurts type qb, (which he could not do when he was that age) I don’t see what more Brady can do here
November 10th, 2022 at 1:59 pm
Biggest Brady troll of them all!! Every Brady comeback takes a bite out of him!! He has predicted Brady’s demise for years. An absolute fool
November 10th, 2022 at 2:06 pm
Dooley are u on drugs ? Chris Simms objective when it comes to Brady ? That’s hysterical. Go back the past decade and take a look to see if he is neutral when it comes to TB!! Get back to me after your homework
November 10th, 2022 at 2:13 pm
Simms hasn’t liked the Bucs since he left the franchise and his spleen didn’t go with him.
November 10th, 2022 at 2:17 pm
The beauty is we have 8 games to find out. Throwing for 4800 yards on a 6-11 team isnt going to buy Brady a pass. The only numbers that matter are wins and losses. No other fan base is going to look at Brady’s final season and lay the blame at the feet of Lefty, a bad Oline, or receivers that cant get separation. That being said, I think an old GOAT still has enough fight in him to thrive down the stretch. We will soon find out.
November 10th, 2022 at 2:32 pm
Tom made a throw in the ravens game into triple coverage:
it was top 30 throws of his entire career
he is extremely good at football still
November 10th, 2022 at 2:32 pm
I think the real story is that Chris Simms injury was reported as a ruptured spleen, when in fact it was a detachment from reality!
November 10th, 2022 at 2:49 pm
Ruptured spleen, more like detachment from reality!!!
November 10th, 2022 at 2:52 pm
Just fuel.
Maybe Sims is trying to help
November 10th, 2022 at 3:06 pm
Brady hasn’t thrown a INT in 8 games.
November 10th, 2022 at 3:15 pm
Dude is still spleenhurt…
November 10th, 2022 at 3:18 pm
Simms is a total Brady and Bucs hater. Nothing to see from his comments. And if he’s average why are they dangerous?
November 10th, 2022 at 3:23 pm
“Like Mussolini and Kennedy, I’m the cult of personality, the cult of personality, the cult of personality”
November 10th, 2022 at 3:34 pm
Chris Simms has always been jealous of TB and looking to be critical every chance given
November 10th, 2022 at 3:36 pm
Chris Simmes has always been jealous of TB and critical of TB to a fault
November 10th, 2022 at 3:38 pm
What a dope Simms is. Go look at his top 10 QB list the last 5 years. The guy has been predicting Brady’s demise for almost a decade. He’s also the guy that banked his reputation on the 9ers drafting Mac Jones. Chris might want to unbutton that collar. Either his brain is lacking critical oxygen, or he’s just plain dumb.
November 10th, 2022 at 3:49 pm
Uh oh! Chris Simms has crossed the Rubicon! He done messed up!
He has criticized, the 45 year old GOAT.
He can criticize other players, coaches, or Presidents. But not the anointed one.
I bet his mailbox is packed full of hate-mail already, and growing by the minute.
November 10th, 2022 at 4:09 pm
Fact is he is still very good, but not nearly as good as he used to be. Some of it looks physical. he appears frail and afraid of being hit. Some mental, the guy is going through the toughest thing a man has to deal with. His wife decided to leave their marriage and breakup his family, and he had to endure with public scrutiny. That would weigh on anyone’s attention. Then he is scattered, one minute retire, then unretire, sign a big broadcast deal, then put it on hold, force your way on the Dolphins, then back out… His less than 100% focus has adversely affected the team that looks to him to set the standard. It’s unfair to him, as he is only human. But that is the price of being the GOAT
November 10th, 2022 at 4:42 pm
Absolutely, Brady is only human. Believe it, or not.
November 10th, 2022 at 4:47 pm
Tom Brady forgot more about football than Chris Simms will ever know.
November 10th, 2022 at 5:11 pm
Brady is playing incredible given the lack of of offensive line protection he receives .
November 10th, 2022 at 5:23 pm
P.O. to those fans above who are dissing on Chris Simms.
Simms earned his Lifer Buccaneer cred when he came back into the game for this team after his spleen injury. Simms nearly brought us back to a victory in that game. He never was the same after that. Which is to bad. He did get to coach Brady with the Patriots. So he has seen up close more of Brady than almost all of us have. His “opinion” of Brady carries more water than any of those above’s corianders.
Go Bucs!!
November 10th, 2022 at 5:29 pm
Chris Simms always has a negative thing towards Brady BEFORE he joined NBC. Just watch or listen to his podcast or show in his Bleacher Report days. Maybe something happened in his NE days or he’s being protective of Aaron Rodgers whom he considers the GOAT. He overvalues athletic talent like arm strength and circus throws instead of playing the quarterback position in the Olympian ideal a la Brady. He has become a Brady hater with objective pretense.
November 10th, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Chris’s Simms critique of Tom Brady, is like pee wee Herman critiquing JOE for gawds sakes. Say it ain’t so Joe!
November 10th, 2022 at 6:01 pm
Brady is playing in a high school offense without any younger receivers that can run and get open quickly. Its a shame the Bucs coaching is so lousy that they can’t develop talent. The athleticism of the current Buc wr’s isn’t explosive.
Brady needs the speed that Devin Thompkins or Kaylon Geiger from the practice squad have. Gage and Julio Jones need to go on IR and Perriman should be cut.
These coaches suck. When Brate was healthy he looked slow and it was evident Otton was a much better target. Yet they kept putting Brate out there and he got hurt because he can’t run away from a defender and gets crushed.
Jones and Gage are damaged goods yet they kept them on the field. A decent coach would get more out of a healthy young body than have to reply on unrelaible old guys like Julio and Brate.
Brady needs someone not names Scotty Miller to stretch the field.
November 10th, 2022 at 6:17 pm
Brady is still super-elite with 40 seconds to go, down 1 score.
Exhibit 55, at age 45. When was that? Just a few days ago, you say?
I’d roll with Brady to a rumble anytime.
November 10th, 2022 at 6:17 pm
As long as it involves throwing a football, LOL.
November 10th, 2022 at 7:46 pm
It’s too bad that Simms had to go down this road. He’s been doing it for years with his backhanded remarks of Brady. It really makes him look jealous of Brady. I like listening to Simms, but every time he talks about Brady he comes off as a hater and jealous. Too bad really. Yeah Brady isn’t having a good year, but start comparing and see how many QB’s in the league now would be taken over Brady. 2-3 maybe??
November 10th, 2022 at 7:54 pm
Simms, stfu with your weak simplistic never been there never done it amature analysis!!!!!!
November 10th, 2022 at 8:40 pm
Simms is dead wrong. Brady has made some crazy right throws that simms could never make even in simms prime. Go to bed simms
November 10th, 2022 at 9:05 pm
Sims has a long, long history at denigrating Brady. I was never sure if it was some form of jealousy, or if it was part of his shtick.
November 10th, 2022 at 9:30 pm
Another pass batted down from Chrissie Simms. He can just blow me a kiss as he remembers how Jon Gruden evaluated him, on the basis of his batted passes combined with his inability to comprehend his offense.
November 10th, 2022 at 9:52 pm
There’s valid critique of Brady, and then there’s just known haters who always look at confirmation bias to make their point. Shannon Sharpe has got to be the biggest hater in sports. All rational thought escapes him when discussing Brady. The problem is there’s rarely any nuance in discussing Brady. It’s usually all good or all bad. Nothing is ever black and white. Also, I’m always skeptical of former players analysis. They always seem to have grudges from their playing days. That said, I wish the analysts continue ripping Brady. It only fuels him to prove his haters wrong.
Brady keeps receipts. Brady is old and he asked and should just retire. This team is done. The fans hate you. They never wanted you in the first. They actively root against you because they wanted Winston. You also have Trask fanboys who want you benched.
November 10th, 2022 at 11:21 pm
Losing your spleen can cause dumb takes.
November 10th, 2022 at 11:56 pm
He’s lying??????????
Don’t lie to yourself. I cringe every 3 and out and have grind my teeth away.
November 11th, 2022 at 1:56 am
MadMax Says
“Whos this guy, oh yeah, he sucked pretty bad when he played for us “yawn”
Actually, the way I remember it is that he was ‘decent’ until the spleen thing.
The team, as you may recall, had an OL that was among the worst in the league at the time. He was hit constantly and the Ol was so bad they kept letting guys get close enough to deflect passes.
After the injury, he just plain sucked.
November 11th, 2022 at 1:59 am
I think the whole divorce thing got in Brady’s head this year.
November 11th, 2022 at 9:19 am
” It’s average quarterback play” … “and if there’s one thing I know, it’s average quarterback play!”