It appears that Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is at long last done with the National Football League. In a Twitter video that ran the gamut from the emotional to the stoic, Brady announced Wednesday that he is retiring from the greatest career in the history of North American team sports. After 23 seasons, 10 Super Bowl appearances (nine of them with the New England Patriots) and an unparalleled seven rings at the game’s most important position, the 45-year-old Brady has decided to hang it up.
While there will undoubtedly be those who predict that this retirement, like last year’s, will be short-lived, the tone of the video Brady posted suggests otherwise.
While there will undoubtedly be those who predict that this retirement, like last year’s, will be short-lived, the tone of the video Brady posted suggests otherwise. He said, “I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning, I figured I’d just press record and let you guys know first. I won’t be long winded. You only get one super emotional retirement essay, and I used mine up last year, so really thank you guys so much to every single one of you for supporting me.”
Another reason to assume that Brady is retired for good is that this was the season when Father Time finally caught up to the ageless one. The great athlete who is unable to quit before his body and his reputation suffer is practically a cliché. This football season Brady proved for the first time in his charmed life that he would be no exception to the rule. He led a team to a losing record for the first time in his 22 seasons as a starter, and he only made the playoffs because every division sends a team, and the other teams in the NFL South were even more atrocious.
Then on Jan. 16, Brady’s Bucs lost, 34-14, at home to the Dallas Cowboys (and the game really wasn’t even that close). Brady completed 35 of 56 passes with two touchdowns and an interception, finishing with a subpar…
Read the full article here
