Tom Brady announced he was coming back for a 23rd season on Sunday afternoon and his father, Tom Brady Sr. spoke to the media about his son’s decision shortly thereafter.
The younger Brady is coming off a season in which he threw for 5,316 yards, 43 touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. The passing yards were a career-high, and the touchdowns were the most he threw in a season since 2007. He finished second in the MVP voting last season.
As transcribed by CBSBoston.com on Monday morning, the elder Brady opened up about his son’s decision to return to the game.
“Upon reflection and spending time with his family and stuff, he’s happy and we in the family are happy. We’ll be more than happy, we’re all elated and it’s going to be a wonderful, one more year. He’s said all along ‘I’m going to play until 45,’ but I’m not sure that it’s so much the 45 as he just loves playing football,” Tom Brady Sr. told WBZ-TV’s Steve Burton.
“He had a heck of a good year this last year and you know once you give it up you don’t come back, there’s no semi-retirement in football so he can’t coast into retirement and I just don’t think that he was ready. He thinks he can do the job,” Brady, Sr. said.
With Brady entering his third season in Tampa Bay, he already is making his mark in the Buccaneers ‘record books. He is seventh overall in passing yards (9,949), second overall in touchdowns (83), and first overall in the average yards per game (301.5). He will get another shot to improve upon those marks.