Tom Brady revealed on his “Let’s Go!” podcast this week that he is “tremendous content material and blissful” along with his determination to retire following the 2021 NFL season. However the former Buccaneers and Patriots quarterback added that he plans to take his subsequent steps “day-to-day” and stated “nothing’s promised for us,” echoing the contemplative nature of earlier feedback on the present, by which he refused to rule out a future comeback. Behind the scenes, a few of Brady’s former Patriots friends consider the QB nonetheless needs to play, according to NFL Media’s Mike Giardi, and is not really retiring earlier than the 2022 marketing campaign.
“I’ve talked to a few individuals who had been with Brady in Foxboro, know him very properly, and so they stated, ‘I do not consider for a second that he is accomplished,'” Giardi stated.
“Lots of people really feel like (Brady) was virtually compelled in that course (to retire),” Giardi added concerning the QB’s postseason announcement, which got here after preliminary denials from his personal camp, “and does not wanna go in that course simply but.”
Brady himself has countered that notion by publicly expressing a need to spend time with household and pursue different ventures exterior of soccer, however he has additionally left the door open for a return. A number of former teammates, together with Patriots operating again Brandon Bolden and Buccaneers tight finish Rob Gronkowski, have already predicted the QB will come again.
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Brady is formally underneath contract with the Buccaneers for yet another season, until Tampa Bay releases him after June 1 to avoid wasting 2022 wage cap house (it may additionally place him on the reserve/retired listing to unencumber house). However Giardi added that “some individuals who know him very properly” consider that Brady, who has already praised the Rams’ aggressive strategy en path to successful Tremendous Bowl LVI, would take into account one other relocation if/when he comes again.
“The state of affairs in Tampa — they ran it again final 12 months, they did not win a title,” Giardi reported. “Now, there’s some cap issues. Can they bring about all people again? It does not appear that is gonna be the case. Perhaps, simply perhaps, Tom Brady is wanting elsewhere and saying, ‘I am unable to win a title right here, however perhaps I can win one elsewhere.’ … He didn’t shut the door on enjoying soccer.”
