Tom Brady Responds to Max Kellerman’s 2016 ‘Fall Off A Cliff’ Prediction

The Buccaneers quarterback went on to win three more Super Bowls, and he’s still playing six years later.

Tom Brady’s just about done,” ESPN’s Max Kellerman said six years ago today on First Take.

The clip of Kellerman’s infamously bad take recirculated Thursday due to the anniversary of his quote.

Kellerman’s claim ended up being completely wrong. Since 2016, Brady has won three additional Super Bowls, bringing his total to seven. He even won the Super Bowl title the next season after Kellerman said this. Needless to say, the quarterback wasn’t close to being “done.”

“It could be his next game he plays,” Kellerman continued in the ‘16 clip. “It could be a year from now. But, he is going to fall off a cliff. Tom Brady is going to be a bum in short water.”

The Buccaneers quarterback quote tweeted the video on Thursday, noting that not only has he won multiple more Super Bowl rings, but he also now has a swimwear line.

The 44-year-old quarterback will enter his 23rd NFL season this fall. In February, he briefly retired from the NFL. But, in March, he announced that he would be returning for at least the 2022 season with the Buccaneers. It’s unclear when he actually plans to retire.

On top of this, Brady will join Fox Sports as an NFL analyst once his football playing career is over. It doesn’t sound like Brady will be falling off any sort of cliff any time soon, even if he isn’t playing on the field in the future.

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Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.