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'I want to play better': is 2018 the start of Tom Brady's NFL decline?

The New England Patriots star is still one of the best quarterbacks in the league but, at 41, there are signs he may be slipping from his pedestal

Tom Brady has been weak against the blitz this season, which is often a sign quarterbacks are past their peak. Photograph: Mark Zaleski/AP

It’s time for that biennial tradition of looking at a couple of bad Tom Brady performances and wondering if this is the beginning of the end for the man, the Patriots dynasty and possibly civilization itself.

Hyperbole typically surrounds bad Brady outings: after all, they’re so infrequent, we have to get our kicks in.