Tom Brady’s misery doubled down on Sunday Night Football, with their second loss in a row. The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-23 at Raymond James Stadium. And Brady’s playoff chances, albeit safe at the moment, could be in danger in the final two divisional rivalry games this season. And this is having a major impact on 45-year-old Tom Brady.

The pressure is mounting on-field and off it. For the first time in his illustrated career, Tom Brady found himself in a team that has lost 8 regular season games. And California Cool suddenly finds himself under tremendous pressure with the Panthers, Saints and Falcons catching up.

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Tom Brady is nerdy about getting the right amount of sleep. The 7x Super Bowl champion is famous for leaving podcasts and interviews early if it cuts into his bedtime. Aaron Rodgers recently said that TB12 is normally in bed by 8 PM. And that has been Brady’s secret to winning and sustaining a 23-season NFL career. However, Joe Burrow‘s Bengals have extended the worries and Brady is having sleepless nights after the loss.

“Woke up at 3 AM this morning just trying to figure it out. You know. I just had some really s—-y plays yesterday, at the end of the day,” Brady said on the Let’s Go Podcast with Jim Gray and Larry Fitzgerald.

Tom Brady absorbed the blame for the loss, but it wasn’t just him

Brady knows the importance of the quarterback for the signal and play-calling during the game, especially in crucial games like the one on Sunday. The former New England Patriots QB threw 3 touchdowns to WRs Chris Godwin and Russell Gage. However, TB12 acknowledged how crucial his 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles were in determining the decisive outcome.

“You can’t win when the quarterback turns it over four times. So that’s on me. That’s how I feel,” the NFL’s most-winning quarterback contemplated. However, it’s wrong to point the fingers at Brady alone. The NFL’s worst Tampa Bay rush offense maintained their horrible run this season running the ball for less than 100 yards combined. The Bucs’ defense caught just one interception and sacked Bengals QB Burrow twice in the game. Joe Cool threw 4 touchdowns in 200 passing yards in the winning effort.

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Brady has to roll up his sleeves with only three games remaining to decide the playoff fortunes. The 6-8 Buccaneers travel to Phoenix for Christmas to face the Arizona Cardinals next week.