Report: Teams Have ‘Sustainability’ Concern With Patriots’ Tom Brady

The GOAT is the hottest target this offseason. Brady is set to enter the open market for the first time in his career, and yes, every team wants him. But, there are also concerns about Tom Brady and his sustainability.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported that front office people around the league haven’t noticed a decline in Brady’s performance. However, they are concerned about his injuries. TB12 will be 43 in August, and NFL teams are sort of worried about his “sustainability.”

“I’ve been talking to a bunch of different people from around the league and front offices,” NFL Media’s Mike Giardi said Thursday, ” … And they’ve said, ‘Look, he’s still a good quarterback, capable of great moments.’ But the one thing that they all said to me, and I think this kind of sticks out — and maybe how they feel here in Foxboro — was ‘sustainability.’

“Because he’s had a lot of issues over the last two years, physically. And no, he doesn’t miss games, but it’s impacted his performance. … Usually, when you turn 43, those things don’t get easier — they get harder to deal with.”

Does Tom Brady really have a sustainability problem?

TB12 hasn’t missed a game due to an injury. He hasn’t even been sidelined due to an injury since 2008.the Patriots added him to the injury report this season, and he was questionable for the Week 12 game against the Dallas Cowboys. Media’s Mike Giardi reported that the quarterback played through an injury in December. Brady’s injuries allowed Jarrett Stidham to see more reps in practice.

“It’s hard to practice three quarterbacks,” head coach Bill Belichick said, “but there’ve been a couple examples when Tom hasn’t been able to do a lot this year so that’s given Stid an opportunity to go with the first group and run our plays, run our offense. That’s been good for him.”

Of course, this doesn’t affect Brady’s value on the market. Teams are still interested in him.

Keyshawn Johnson has something to say about the possibility to see Brady playing with the Cowboys.

“In terms of Brady and the Cowboys, there’s no match there,” Johnson said Wednesday on ESPN’s “Get Up.” “Get the deal done with Dak Prescott. At 43 years old, trying to go learn a new system, new receivers and all that you have to consume doesn’t make any sense at all. Whether it’s in LA with the Chargers, whether it’s in Dallas, Chicago, whoever needs a quarterback. His butt’s going to stay right in New England.”