Brady vs. McCown clash could be one for the aged
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.— Todd Bowles figures he’ll have to continue drawing up game plans to defend against Tom Brady for years to come.
Forget the fact that the New England Patriots quarterback is already 40. Brady is still performing as if he’s a spry youngster.
“Brady will probably be playing after I’m long retired at the rate he’s going right now,” the Jets coach said with a smile.
Brady is off to a terrific start statistically, leading the NFL with 1,702 yards passing and second with a 112.0 passer rating.
He also has the league’s two best yardage games of the season, throwing for 447 against New Orleans on Sept. 17 and 378 against Houston a week later.
Brady and the top-ranked offence of the Patriots head to MetLife Stadi- um to take on the Jets on Sunday for early-season supremacy in the AFC East, both teams at 3-2.
On the other sideline, Brady will see a quarterback just two years younger in New York’s Josh McCown.
Playing against a signal caller who’s actually older than him will be something rare these days for McCown, who has faced Buffalo’s Tyrod Taylor (28), Oakland’s Derek Carr (26), Jacksonville’s Blake Bortles (25) and Cleveland’s DeShone Kizer (21) and Kevin Hogan (24).
“It’ll be nice for once and hopefully it will happen again later this year,” McCown said of facing an older QB.