So… Tom Brady isn’t retiring. Yet?
There was widespread confusion after multiple NFL insiders — including Adam Schefter, Ian Rapoport and Jeff Darlington — reported the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback intended to retire this offseason. Not long after the reports, Brady’s agent Don Yee issued a confusing statement in which Yee neither denied nor confirmed Brady’s decision on retirement.
But Brady went so far as to call Buccaneers GM Jason Licht to say he had not yet made a decision on retirement, according to the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Stroud and independent reporter Mike Silver. That put a pause in the news cycle covering Brady’s potential retirement. Tom Brady Sr., the quarterback’s father, told media that his son was not retiring.
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.
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) January 29, 2022
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
— Kylen Mills (@KylenMills) January 29, 2022
So it seems we’ll have to keep waiting. Will Brady retire? Or won’t he?
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