GOAT Goals! Tom Brady to Retire From NFL After More Than 20 Years

UPDATE: In a press release, Brady’s agent, Don Yee, didn’t affirm or deny the retirement information and easily famous that the athlete’s official assertion on his future could be coming quickly.

“I perceive the advance hypothesis about Tom’s future,” the Saturday, January 29, assertion through The Hollywood Reporter stated. “With out entering into the accuracy or inaccuracy of what’s being reported, Tom would be the solely particular person to precise his plans with full accuracy. He is aware of the realities of the soccer enterprise and planning calendar in addition to anyone, in order that ought to be quickly.”

TB12 additionally deleted their tweet that appeared to substantiate the retirement information.

Unique story: Hanging up his cleats! Tom Brady is retiring from the NFL after greater than 20 years within the sport.

The primary official assertion seemingly got here from his firm, TB12. “7 Tremendous Bowl Rings. 5 Tremendous Bowl MVPs. 3 League MVP Awards. 22 Unimaginable Seasons. Thanks for all of it, @TomBrady,” the health and wellness brand tweeted on Saturday, January 29.

A supply confirmed to Us Weekly that the 44-year-old athlete is formally retiring. ESPN first reported the information.

The California native was drafted in 2000 by the New England Patriots. He made his NFL debut in September 2001 in opposition to the New York Jets after quarterback Drew Bledsoe was knocked out throughout the sport.

Brady went on to guide the Massachusetts-based group at quarterback for 19 years earlier than saying his departure in March 2020.

“I needed to say thanks to the entire unbelievable followers and Patriots supporters. MA has been my house for twenty years,” he wrote in a press release on the time. “It has really been the happiest twenty years I may have envisioned in my life and I’ve nothing however love and gratitude for my time in New England.”

The previous Tremendous Bowl MVP concluded: “You opened your coronary heart to me, and I opened my coronary heart to you. And Pats Nation will at all times be part of me. I don’t know what my soccer future holds however it’s time for me to open a brand new stage for my life and profession. I thanks from the underside of my coronary heart and I’ll at all times love you and what we now have shared – a lifetime stuffed with enjoyable recollections.”

Brady, who is called the G.O.A.T. (Biggest of All Time), appeared in 9 Tremendous Bowls and received six titles because the chief of the Patriots. He proved his soccer abilities as soon as once more in February 2021 when he took the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Tremendous Bowl LV throughout his first season because the group’s quarterback.

The Bucs beat the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs 31 to 9. Following his seventh Tremendous Bowl win, Brady revealed that he had no plans of stepping again from the game, regardless of his wife, Gisele Bündchen’s remarks on the sector amid the Lombardi trophy presentation.

“Impulsively, I noticed my wife and I gave her an enormous hug,” the daddy of three stated throughout a March 2021 episode of The Late Late Present With James Corden. “And simply as I did it, she stated, ‘What extra do you must show?’”

Brady, who shares son Benjamin and daughter Vivienne with the supermodel, merely gave her a good larger embrace, whereas “making an attempt to determine a approach to change the topic actually fast,” he joked. (The NFL champion additionally shares son Jack with ex Bridget Moynahan.)

“I do know I’m having numerous enjoyable enjoying,” the skilled soccer participant instructed former Patriots participant and Bucs Tight Finish Rob Gronkowski throughout a September 2021 episode of their “Tommy and Gronk” YouTube collection when requested if he needed to play till he was 50. “And once more, at my age, I’ve agreed to play subsequent yr, as nicely, however past that, I’ll simply take it yr by yr.”

After his second season with Tampa Bay, the previous Michigan College athlete spoke out in regards to the sport he cherished, noting his future is at all times one thing followers are taken with speaking about.

“I perceive that at this stage in my profession, there’s going to be curiosity in my future at any time when a season ends, however this week, all that’s on my thoughts is the gratitude I’ve for this group and the followers which have supported us all yr lengthy,” Brady wrote through Instagram on January 2022. “This yr has been extremely rewarding personally and professionally and I’m appreciative of everybody who labored their ass off to assist our group obtain a lot. I at all times wish to win, I believe that’s fairly obvious by now, however that doesn’t imply I equate shedding to failure, particularly once you exit combating the way in which we did.”

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