Report: Tom Brady Tipped To Play Past His Mid-40s Despite Playoff Loss

Wesley Woodyard believes that Tom Brady will play until he is past his mid-40s. Brady and his New England Patriots lost the wild-card game to the Tennessee Titans. It was an unexpected 20-13 loss, and the defending champions were eliminated from the playoffs.

Brady is set to become a free agent for the first time in his professional career. But, he doesn’t even think of retiring.

“If there’s one thing about Tom, it’s that he’s a competitor,” Woodyard told CNN Sport ahead of his team’s game against Baltimore. “He doesn’t want his last game to be not hoisting the Lombardi trophy, not winning the Super Bowl, he wants to get that taste out of his mouth. I can see Tom competing in this league. He’s well over 40 now — he could play a good five or six more years because Tom is truly one of the greatest players that this game has ever seen.”

Tennessee players have the second playoff appearance in 11 years.

Woodyard says the Titans have survived through their underdog status.

“Going into that game last week, nobody gave us a chance,” said the 33-year-old, who signed for Tennessee in 2014. Some people say we limped in (the playoffs), we crept in, but … we beat the defending Super Bowl champions last week, it was a great win. There’s one thing about being the underdog in the playoffs — you have to travel with the underdog mentality. You’ve got to pack a running game. If you look at our teammate Derrick Henry, he’s been allowing us to run the football which allows us to control the game clock and control the tempo of the game.”

The Titans play the Ravens and Lamar Jackson at M&T Bank Stadium.

“Some say he’s going to be the MVP this year,” said Woodyard. “He’s been one of the most exciting players to watch. He does a lot of different things. He was challenged coming into the league that he couldn’t play quarterback. He has that chip on his shoulder that every week I have to prove myself. Lamar — he’s one of those fiery guys that wants to prove everybody wrong.”