Bill Belichick on Tom Brady playing when he’s 50: if anyone can do it, it’s him

Getty Images

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will coach Tom Brady for the first time in Week 4, but it won’t be the last time if Brady’s remarkable career continues into his 50s.

Brady said last week that he “doesn’t find it that hard” to think he can be the first quarterback to play at this age and that he thinks “that’s a yes” to the question. if he can keep playing until he gets to that point.

During a Monday morning appearance on WEEI, Belichick was asked his answer to this question. He defers to Brady’s opinion on the matter.

“I’m sure Tom would know that better than anyone, so if anyone can do it it’s him,” Belichick said.

Brady became the oldest player in league history to throw five touchdowns in a game on Sunday – he broke his own record last year – and he scored nine touchdowns in the first two weeks of the game. season. He believes that things can still get better and that Belichick or anyone else has no reason to doubt that Brady can achieve any of his football goals.