Who will be the next Tom Brady?
It's a patently ridiculous question, right? The GOAT is irreplaceable, and his avalanche of NFL records – and certainly his track record as the league's ultimate winner – will never be matched. Right? (My colleague Mike Freeman says there won't be another, and it's difficult to counter his case.)
But weren't similar queries floated when Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky retired? Didn't this happen when Joe Montana, long ago eclipsed by Brady in the minds of most, walked away?
The moneyline (-12,121,212) that TB12's football résumé will ever be duplicated is overwhelmingly improbable.