Just when you thought the drama about whether Tom Brady’s NFL career was done, the GOAT left the window open a crack about a possible return.
The NFL legend retired last week and went on the “Let’s Go” podcast Monday and suggested one never knows, does one?
“I’m just going to take things as they come. I think that’s the best way to put it, and I don’t think anything, you know, you never say never,” Brady told Jim Gray on their “Let’s Go!” podcast Monday. “At the same time, I know that … I feel very good about my decision. I don’t know how I’ll feel six months from now.
“I try to make the best possible decision I can in the moment, which I did this last week. And, again, I think it’s not looking to reverse course. I’m definitely not looking to do that. But in the same time, I think you have to be realistic that you never know what challenges there are going to be in life. Again, I loved playing. I’m looking forward to doing things other than playing. That’s as honest as I can be with you there.”
Brady used a horse racing analogy to sum the situation. More fascinating thoughts from the GOAT.
“I’ve been to the Kentucky Derby a lot. So I look at those horses and they have the blinders on and you literally are just running full speed as fast as you can for basically the entire season, and there’s no time to look right or left,” Brady said. “And there’s a lot of things that are happening in your life that, because you don’t look right or left, you’re still looking straight ahead, that you miss some things.
“There just comes a time for all of us where we’ve got to decide what we want to look [at] going forward. I can always look at the past and look at all the teams we’ve had and all the success and stuff and the amazing relationships and all the great teammates. I’ve seen so many great players retire over the years.”
Brady remains under contract to the Buccaneers for the upcoming season.