Michael Irvin insists Tom Brady is the reason why the Buccaneers have lost three of last four games

Both Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers had a Week 6 to forget. The superstar quarterbacks and their teams succumbed to surprise losses on Sunday. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were beaten 20-18 by a banged-up Pittsburgh Steelers team. Whereas the Green Bay Packers were trounced 27-10 by the New York Jets at Lambeau Field. This is the biggest loss Rodgers has suffered at home in his career in a game he started and finished.

On Monday's episode of First Take, the panel debated which defeat was more concerning. Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver and NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin insisted that Brady and the Buccaneers' loss was by far the most damning. He explained:

"[Tom Brady is] intact. This [Buccaneers] defense is intact. You don't have a rash of injuries or anything like that. Like these other teams have Tampa Bay right now as constructed is as good as they're going to get. And they're going to these problems. That's why I'm more concerned with that loss."

Irvin not only believes that the Buccaneers' defeat was more significant, but also claimed that Brady has to shoulder the blame for their form:

Green Bay has to be sitting home, saying, 'We got to go find another receiver.' They're going to get in there and [be] in the sweepstakes for Odell Beckham Jr. They're going to try to improve. Tampa, they're not thinking that. They're saying, 'No, no, we have everything.' And they are looking like this. It has to be Brady with where they are right now."

Tom Brady's swansong not what he had envisioned

It's been a rough return to football for Tom Brady. His return reportedly put so much stress on his marriage that he and Gisele Bundchen are allegedly heading towards a divorce. Additionally, the Buccaneers are 3-3 and averaging only 20.2 points per game, which ranks 20th in the NFL. The frustration in Tampa was palpable as it spurned out on the sidelines on Sunday:

Brady signed a lucrative 10-year, $375 million deal with Fox Sports to be the network's football analyst. However, he decided to delay working with them until after retirement. In hindsight, staying retired and working as an analyst may have been better than a return to football.

It's naive to write Tom Brady off after Week 6. The quarterback has had brutal stretches in the past and has emerged unscathed. Perhaps the greatest of all time has one last trick up his sleeve before he decides to retire for good.

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