“The report of my death was an exaggeration,” Mark Twain told The Boston Globe in June, 1897, debunking a brief but worrying rumor regarding the humorist’s health.
Over a century later, New Englanders are getting increasingly familiar with reports of Tom Brady’s football demise.
It’s become an almost annual tradition since 2013. Each time, Brady’s answered the bell, echoing Twain’s words in his own inimitable style on the football field.
The latest crop of accusations began growing after a 34-10 loss in Tennessee to the Titans on Nov. 11. Since then, prognostications of the 41-year-old Brady’s decline have again been made.