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During last night’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Football Team wild card game, NBC flashed a graphic comparing Tom Brady to legendary Oakland Raiders quarterback George Blanda.
Brady broke Blanda’s “record” for the oldest quarterback to throw a pass in an NFL playoff game.
Maybe we should look into this TB12 diet pic.twitter.com/C0kRWzmT4A
— BroBible (@BroBible) January 10, 2021
I’m the same age as both guys in the picture. I don’t look like Brady but I sure as hell don’t look like Blanda. I also don’t get tackled for a living.
Naturally, Twitter had jokes about Brady’s youthful look and Blanda looking as though he chewed on asbestos for fiber.
Either Tom Brady is the youngest looking 43-year-old ever or George Blanda is the oldest looking 43-year-old ever. #Buccaneers pic.twitter.com/KFrtAFPL5j
— John Breech (@johnbreech) January 10, 2021
George loved rippin’ heaters on the walk from the car to the locker room. They don’t make ‘em like that anymore. pic.twitter.com/JzmBsAVFOT
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) January 10, 2021
Yo 43 hits different now pic.twitter.com/dhOKTjqtGm
— Colleen Wolfe (@ColleenWolfe) January 10, 2021
Brady pregame: “Where’s my goji berry smoothie?!”
Blanda pregame: “Which one of you mother fuckers smoked my last American Spirit?” pic.twitter.com/LIygLw6yXz
— CogginToboggan (@CogginToboggan) January 10, 2021
To be fair, in Blanda’s era, concussions were treated with unfiltered Marlboro’s, a hefty pull of Cutty Sark, and a good nap pic.twitter.com/dhWRmtMjnp
— Sanders the Manders (@I_Am_Sanders) January 10, 2021
I think it is just that George was a male.
— Dennis the Menace (@Sailorman60) January 10, 2021
It’s really simple folks. George Blanda played when “kill the qb” was the actual game plan of NFL defenses. Tom Brady gets upset if his 7 seconds of surveying the field is interrupted. pic.twitter.com/68wS9YeLEL
— eslninja (@eslninja1) January 10, 2021
Blanda played without a facemask when defenders were allowed to actually hit a QB. He also smoked, consumed cheap beer and ate barely cooked red meat, unlike the pussy food Brady eats!
— Dave_Carrell (@carrell_dave) January 10, 2021
George Blanda played til he was in his forties cuz he hated working at the mill. pic.twitter.com/DuqJhDHL8T
— Ok Buddy (@georgerizzie) January 10, 2021
That picture is showing us the difference when men were men and today. Tom’s the goat but we all know that dude is pampered and eats avacado ice cream for Christmas sake.
— Rex King (@RK_RexKing) January 10, 2021
Blanda was probably smoking six packs a day and didn’t spend millions on a healthy life every year. Put them in cage together…Blanda was maul him
— Alex Davis (@AlexDav08618432) January 10, 2021
— Shane (@HomebrewPints) January 10, 2021
Difference was that Blanda used the Botox in his knee pic.twitter.com/ZgfWFfeft3
— Rob Bradford (@bradfo) January 10, 2021
Blanda lived to be 83. Brady will probably retire at that age.
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