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USAT: Cards Wire

Feb 1, 2022

Perhaps the greatest to ever play the game of football, quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL. He has accomplished basically everything a player can do, from individual accolades to team achievements. He played in 10 Super Bowls and won seven of them as the starting quarterback. - But there is one thing he hasn’t done in nearly forever, and that is beat the Arizona Cardinals. - Brady only faced the Cardinals twice in his career and is 1-1 against them. His only win against them came in 2004. - Josh McCown started for the Cardinals and managed only 167 total yards of offense in a 23-12 loss to the Patriots. Brady had 219 passing yards, two touchdowns, two interceptions and was sacked twice. - No other team has a longer streak of not having lost to Brady. - In his one other start against Arizona, in 2012, the Cardinals came away with a 20-18 win when New England’s kicker missed a potential game-winning field goal. - The Cardinals faced Brady’s teams two other times, but Brady did not play. - In 2008, he was on injured reserve after tearing his ACL when the Pats obliterated the Cardinals 47-7. The other time was the 2016 season opener. Brady was suspended to start the season and Jimmy Garoppolo led the Patriots to a 23-21 win when Chandler Catanzaro missed a potential game-winning field goal as time expired. - The Cardinals are scheduled to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2022. had Brady returned for another season, he would have faced them. - The Cardinals hold the title of having gone 18 years without being beaten by Brady. - They won’t ever lose to him again. - - List - - 7 salary-saving moves the Cardinals can make to free up cap space - - - - - - - Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podcast, Rise Up, See Red. Subscribe on Apple podcasts or Spotify. - Latest show: - - - Previous shows: - - - and - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Email - - - - - Sign up - - - - - - - - Like this article? - Sign up for the Cards Wire email newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning - - - - An error has occured - - - Please re-enter your email address. - - - - - - Thanks for signing up! - - - You'll now receive the top Cards Wire stories each day directly in your inbox.

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