Bad day at the old folks home

 Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers both lost yesterday, but the good news is, no tablets were harmed in the making of their latest humiliation. Brady didn't even scream at his offensive linemen like the Youth Sports Parent From Hell. 

Perhaps he's given up.

This is highly unlikely, of course, given that Brady is such an uber-competitor. But it was hard to deny it was a bad day at the old folks home. He and Rodgers came away from it looking longer in the tooth than usual, and heartily sick of the poop sandwich this season has so far been for both. 

Brady, after all, is 45 years old and his wife is leaving him and he's playing for a sub-.500 team that couldn't muster a touchdown against the dog-ass Carolina Panthers, who just traded their best player, Christian McCaffrey. Plus, Brady doesn't even have Gronk around anymore to make him laugh. Life must be a drag.

And Rodgers, who's two months away from his 39th birthday?

He threw a couple of touchdown passes that didn't mean a damn thing, because the Packers lost 23-21 to the dog-ass Washington Commanders. Rodgers had no running game whatsoever; the Packers rushed the ball just 12 times for 38 yards even though Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon were both healthy. Also, all of his young receivers continue to not be named Davante Adams.

The game ended with Rodgers face down on the turf, having been the last man with the ball in a desperate attempt to rugby the thing into the end zone as the clock ran out. 

Remember that iconic photo of a bleeding and bowed Y.A. Tittle on his knees, helmetless, looking old and beaten?

Rodgers face down on the ground in Landover yesterday sort of  reminded you of that.

Later he said he wasn't worried, even though the Packers are, like Brady's Buccaneers, 3-4. You have to wonder if he actually believed it. You also have to wonder if, like Brady, he's lost the locker room, given how he publicly carped earlier about his receiving corps.

In any event, it sure doesn't look like either of them is having any fun right now. And just think, there are only 10 more games to go.

Oh, goody.