Autumn comes and goes, and spring arrives, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.
It's certain that the cycle of life and nature, as well as competitive sports and life itself, involves a continuous process of old and new replacing each other, felt year after year.
However, when the Pro Bowl list was announced, for the first time in a decade, Brady's name was absent. More importantly, it took a while before people even noticed this fact, as they were caught up debating whether Jackson or Mahomes should start, who could challenge Li Wei's position, and so on, until the media picked up on it and reported it, bringing the realization:
Brady has been forgotten so thoroughly.
Moreover, with the New England Patriots having qualified for the playoffs this season, everything happening now is even more impactful.
Has the tide of the Yangtze River finally pushed the predecessor waves to die on the beach?