EDIT: Timeline below.
1. Darlington & Schefter report Brady is retiring.
2. TB12, Tom’s brand/company, tweet (then later delete) about his retirement.
3. Toms teammates tweet about his retirement.
4. Tom’s agent, dad, Arians, and Licht all say Tom hasn’t decided yet.
5. Ian Rappaport says many sources confirm Tom plans to retire but the pushback is due to timing.
6. Tom announces retirement again in 2023. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coochie liquor:
So now all the speculation will take center stage during our game. If dude is out of the country, maybe he should either tweet or post it’s true or not. But he won’t because he loves the attention.
He already stated this last season that he wants to go out winning a super bowl and that he was unsure if that would be this year.
He’s not gonna say it’s not true even if he’s 99% sure he’s playing next season because that would be stupid as hell.
If he did that, you’d be calling him an ultimate attention whore if he changed his mind on whatever decision he tweets out, so I don’t find it weird at all that he isn’t gonna tweet something if he has even an ounce of doubt whichever way that doubt is leaning [Reply]
Tom Brady deserves serious respect and his play made him the GOAT. However I have always wondered how many little, but improper, issues aided his greatness. For example-under inflated footballs and Patriots spying on opponents. [Reply]
Confirming Tom Brady has called #Bucs GM Jason Licht to inform him he has NOT made up his mind about retiring or playing in 2022. @MikeSilver reported it first.
JUST IN: Tom Brady Sr. tells @kron4news that his son is not retiring. Brady Sr. says an online publication started circulating an unsubstantiated rumor. However a number of NFL insiders are now reporting it. @kron4news#TomBrady#NFL
This opens the door for Rodgers to TB, if he decides to leave GB.
If you’re Rodgers, would you rather go to the TB offense, which when healthy, has established star skill players and a good O-Line. Not to mention a QB weak NFC and an easily winnable NFC South.
I mean that’s a much more attractive situation than going to Denver and playing behind a porous O-Line, inexperienced skill players, a division with Mahomes and Herbert in it and a MUCH stronger QB conference than the NFC.
I don’t know if Rodgers could put up with Arians, though. That’d be the only question. Outside of that, TB would be a perfect fit for him. [Reply]
Originally Posted by staylor26:
Look, does anybody think Adam Schefter reported that Brady was retiring without hearing it from multiple reliable sources?
Brady let this leak, and now he’s pretending like it’s a premature announcement to make the next few weeks ALL about HIM.
He pulled this same type of drama in leaving New England. He’s an off-season drama queen just like LeBron and Brett Favre. We can throw Michael Jordan into that group as well. I won’t believe Brady is retired until he goes 5 years without playing. [Reply]
