Seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback Tom Brady abruptly ended a brief retirement on Sunday, saying he will return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 23rd season just six weeks after announcing he was hanging up his cleats.
Brady, who had established himself as arguably the greatest player in National Football League history, stunned the sporting world with an unexpected about face.
“These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands,” said Brady on his official Twitter account.
Good!
I like Him!
I await the onslaught…
If Tom put on pads, helmet, and skates, and picked up an NHL hockey stick I might watch him. NFL? No.
Good, I want to see him with a Super Bowl ring for every finger including thumbs.
Maybe Giselle told him his place is on the football field.
totally have all respect for Brady, hard for the average guy like me to understand his drive, but I wish him well
….aaaaaaaand, unless Tampa gets some horses, better D & a better O line … don’t see it
good luck TB12 …. still ain’t watching
Facing retirement is not easy. I’ve enjoyed watching Brady’s rise to excellence. I am facing retirement myself but I enjoy the challenge of problem solving. I like working somewhat. I’m good at what I do.
Retirement is not easy when you have a fan base. My users love me.
He must have realized that he can’t afford to fill up his tank anymore.
Reality:
His kids are already on their way & they don’t need him suddenly driving them to places.
Giselle has her own career and has staff.
He is too good to coach. Imagine trying to coach these fucking felons and not loosing his shit.
I totally understand. I’m 52 and still climb ladders & do the work myself.
Some people are not made for offices & sitting.
Tom isn’t real popular around here in WNY. Bills probably won’t face him again unless the Bucs and Bills meet in the Super Bowl. Bills only won 3 games out of 36 against the old goat.
PHenry,
Work!
My 82 year old dad still runs our offices & makes sure EVERYONE PAYS. E V E R Y ONE!
Still Sharp as a Razor and a horny bastage! Thus NO SECRETARY!
He won’t take a paycheck So I gave him a Rolex 2 weeks ago.
Says he hates it, but it has not left his wrist yet.
WORK!
Some air must have escaped from all of his balls. So, the idea of not retiring was easier to grasp.
(Can’t get over the air pressure scandal, sorry.)
Deflategate … the biggest bunch of bullshit ever!
…. until the Plandemic
I’m with you @Kcir. I love it when I solve problems that have been problems for years. Women who have struggled with manual labor efforts for years are brought to tears by pretty simple solutions.
Isn’t that what IT is supposed to do?
Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. As a lifelong Bills fan I hate that cheater Brady with a white hot passion. I hope he breaks a leg like Joe Theisman.
Whatta guy!
He’s got it all – beautiful wife with her own income, sports hero, handsome face, a winning tradition.
I guess God likes him alright.
He must be gunning for George Blanda’s record …
I can see both sides on this. CTE is a real thing;
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Not only does Gisele not want him drolling in his soap when he is 50 but no doubt every game she has visions of him getting Joe Theismann’ed.
From a fan standpoint, the league is better with him in but he is one hit away from permanent disability.
I just hope that the family is on board.
“Drolling is his soap”? WTH, how about drooling in his soup.
My kingdom for an edit button.
Rich
100% Agreed. Hope the family is behind him as well.
My son has been told that If I blow up my heart mountain biking this year, leave me there until I’m Good & Cold. I’m not doing the Hospital bed thing. Recall, I got 2 shots of Fister Vax & IDGAF
Wild Bill,
I really wanted the Bills to DESTROY KC this year. You guys are Real hard Ass Fans. Very SOLID
(However Temp is Directly proportional to temp.) Its what I do for a living in HVAC. the lower the pressure of FREON the lower the Temp Output.
PS, Leafs Suck! and thanks for giving the Blue jays a place to play during COOF! Only Toronto team I support.
Cheers all.
I’m surprised that nobody has offered ego as a reason for him coming back for a 23rd season. Ego is a powerful driver, but sometimes it works against you.
Brady seems to taking a page from the rolling Stoners and Elton John: every time they make a retirement announcement their farewell tours sell more tickets!
Yet on the same planet, C. Kapernick keeps announcing his unretirement to no avail. Oh well…
TR,
I wish Tina Turner was still Going.
But she had a stroke.
It’s very difficult for some people to accept reality. And the reality is that they age, they lose that “edge” and they can’t perform at the level they used to be capable of. We see this phenomenon most clearly in athletes who refuse to bow out at the top of their game and insist on hanging around looking foolish trying to recapture the old days of younger glory.
Bucs must have made a great offer.
Besides, he loves the game.
Too bad the sports world has gone woke or we’d still watch.
P Henry, a friend and co worker of my husband retire a couple of yrs ago. He came out of retirement. It was supposed to be part time but he works more often. Hubby asked why. His friend said he liked what he did for work and when he retire realized he wasn’t finding anything to do he liked as well.
Now he’s going to keep working til he does find something to do he likes as well.
An eye opener for my husband as he was planning on retiring in 5 yrs.
I have never seen him play a single game. But I have never seen a football game either. I’d rather watch a dripping faucet.
How would you like to be the schmuck that just paid over $500,000.00 at auction for what he thought was the ball from Brady’s last touchdown pass.