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Tom Brady's legend grows upon report he played 2020 season on a torn MCL

Updated Jul. 29, 2021 9:39 p.m. ET

Is there anything Tom Brady can't do?

It appears not. The 43-year-old quarterback has already defied the odds by winning seven Super Bowls, the most recent coming in Super Bowl LV in his first year as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Bucs' journey was unlikely, too, as they played their way into the Super Bowl via a wild-card berth.

And if that weren't improbable enough, Brady apparently played the entire season with a torn MCL in his left knee, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.

"The injury gradually worsened during his first year with the Bucs, and he finally had surgery to repair it in late February after winning his seventh Super Bowl," Stroud wrote.

It wasn't noticeable that Brady was playing with a knee injury of this severity, seeing as how he was third in passing yards (4,633) and second in passing touchdowns (40) in 2020. After undergoing surgery in February, Brady believes he will be able to be more mobile this coming season, which he stated at the Bucs' mandatory minicamp in June.

"I feel like there’s some things I’ll be able to do this year that I wasn’t able to do last year," he said.

Considering all that Brady was able to accomplish with a torn MCL in his first year with a new franchise, Skip Bayless claims that Brady's Super Bowl LV victory was the most impressive feat in NFL history.

"He beat Aaron Rodgers, he beat Drew Brees, he beat Patrick Mahomes on a torn MCL? Are you kidding me?" he said on "Undisputed."

Shannon Sharpe had a slightly different take, saying that it was a feat, but "I'm not that impressed by it."

"He plays a position that is not reliant on physical ability, his ability to move around," Sharpe said. "Lamar Jackson playing with this, Kyler Murray playing with this would be more impressive."

Even after 21 seasons in the NFL, the legend of Tom Brady continues to grow.

Check out their entire conversation about Brady's injury below:

Skip Bayless reacts to Tom Brady playing the entire 2020 season with a torn MCL I SPEAK FOR YOURSELF

According to multiple reports, Brady apparently played through a torn MCL for the entire season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hear what Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe have to say about Brady's injury.

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