— Did he or didn’t he? Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, who won seven Super Bowl titles during a stellar career in New England and Tampa Bay, is retiring from football after 22 seasons, according to a report.
ESPN, citing unnamed sources, said Brady, 44, who won six Super Bowl titles with the Patriots and one with the Buccaneers, is planning to retire.
However, Brady’s website, TB12sports, tweeted “Thank you for it all, @tombrady,” on Saturday afternoon.
Original report: In a statement, Brady’s agent, Don Yee, said that he understood the “advance speculation” about Brady’s future.
“Tom loves football, he loves everything about it and he pours all he has into being the best quarterback and leader for his coaches and teammates,” quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen told the Times.
Brady threw for an NFL-record 84,250 yards and 624 touchdowns during his career.
But New England’s quest to join the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only teams that went wire to wire without a loss was thwarted when Eli Manning and the New York Giants stunned the Patriots 17-14 in Super Bowl XLII.
Tampa Bay tied the game with 42 seconds remaining, but Los Angeles rallied to win 30-27 on a final-second field goal.
By topping the 5,000 mark this season, Brady became the oldest quarterback to top that plateau, NBC News reported.
“And she deserves what she needs from me as a husband and my kids deserve what they need from me as a dad.
The only quarterback under contract with Tampa Bay right now is former University of Florida star Kyle Trask, who was inactive during his rookie season, the newspaper reported.
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