Two NFL legends in crisis mode

“Nobody feels good about where we are right now,” said a visibly contrite Brady after Sunday's almost shocking 3:21 loss to the Carolina Panthers - a team that had lost 12 of the previous 13 games starting with its third quarterback had given up their best player in Christian McCaffrey days earlier and was looked after by an interim coach. That's probably why Brady's coach Todd Bowles commented: "We'll now see how many people can deal with resistance, it can't get much bleaker than it is now."

Things haven't gone as hoped for Brady since retiring. Just 40 days after retiring, he decided to spend another year in the NFL, with the clear goal of winning the Super Bowl for the second time with the Bucs and for the eighth time in his historic career. However, no one currently sees the team from Florida as a title candidate.

“Nobody feels good about how we played or what we're doing. “We’re in this together and we have to pull ourselves out of it,” Brady said. The fact that the playoffs are not currently in acute danger is only due to the weakness of the competition in the NFC South, in which no team currently has a positive record. That's why the Bucs are in first place ahead of the Atlanta Falcos, who also have three wins and four defeats.

The Green Bay Packers, on the other hand, are only second in the NFC North after losing 21:23 against the Washington Commanders with three defeats in a row and will probably no longer be able to catch up with the Minnesota Vikings, who have had no chance in a direct comparison for years. They have five wins and one loss - the Packers, on the other hand, have to look in the rearview mirror and keep an eye on the Chicago Bears. Rodgers is confident Rodgers' future was also unclear after disagreements between him and those responsible in Green Bay in recent months. But no one had foreseen a situation like this when the continued collaboration with the quarterback, who was voted most valuable player of the season four times, was fixed. Many of his trusted pass receivers departed before the season, including not only Davante Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders, but also Equanimeous St. Brown to the Chicago Bears.

Rodgers sees the fact that the Packers are now facing the strong Buffalo Bills as an opportunity: "Maybe it's good for us and what this team needs that nobody trusts us to do anything and we're the underdogs." It's definitely unusual.

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