Here’s everything we know at the moment, before we dive into what has been a wild Saturday, to say the least: Per reports, including one from USA TODAY Sports, “Tom Brady will announce his retirement after 22 seasons, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports’ Mike Jones on Saturday.”
But not long after that news broke, there were reports that said Brady hadn’t made a final decision on whether to retire or to come back for a 23rd season to compete for yet another Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
We don’t know what all of that means. USA TODAY Sports added this to its report:
While other media outlets reported that Brady had not yet told the Bucs he was retiring, the person who spoke with USA TODAY Sports said Brady wanted to share the news himself but was “definitely” retiring.
So here’s what’s been reported so far after that initial news broke: