Tom Brady breaking more records and posting hype video without Patriots was sad

Patriots fans probably had a tough time watching Tom Brady’s playoff debut with the Buccaneers.

The New England Patriots being forced to watch wild card weekend from their couch isn’t a rarity given how many times they had a first-round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs as a result of nabbing the AFC’s No. 1 seed.

What they’ll have to grow accustomed to (at least this year), however, is having to do so for the duration of the postseason after failing to qualify. Unfortunately for the fan base, the night capper of the first trio of games really rubbed salt in that wound as they watched Tom Brady absolutely pad the stat sheet in his playoff debut with the Buccaneers.

Before their 31-23 victory over Washington, the 43-year-old quarterback took to social media to post a hype video that’s bound to unsettle fans in New England — not necessarily because they wanted to watch him fail, but because he’s enjoying tremendous success in his first season away from his former franchise.

We’ll tell you what: watching that definitely didn’t feel great. For the game, Brady finished 22-of-40 for 381 yards and two touchdowns without a turnover, equating to a sensational 104.3 passer rating. To put a gauge on just how dominant he’s been of late, that was (believe it or not) his lowest tally in that department across his last five games.

The win also confirmed that Brady has beaten an impossible 17 teams in his lauded postseason career, surpassing the number of wins any quarterback has managed in playoff history.

As if that record wasn’t a tough enough pill to swallow for Patriots fans, Brady also became the oldest player (43 years, 159 days) to throw a touchdown pass in postseason history. The bizarre graphic NBC portrayed during the broadcast on Saturday night also underlined just how young the six-time champion looks for his age.

The polarizing TB12 diet seems to be working wonders.

In all seriousness, if Brady’s dominant performance against Washington’s elite front seven — which many analysts predicted would give him fits — was any indication, this might be a long playoffs for fans in New England depending on how far the Buccaneers advance.

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