Tom Bradythe best player in NFL history, returns. A month and a half ago he announced that, at 44 years old and after 22 seasons, he was retiring. While no franchise has won more than six Super Bowls, the Tampa quarterback He left with seven rings, the record for a competition that lost a living legend. But now he has backtracked and will wear the Buccaneers jersey again.
“The job is not done,” Brady wrote on his Twitter account. “In the last two months I realized that my place is still on the pitch and not in the stands. That time will come, but it is not now. I love my teammates and I love my family. They make it possible. I will play again for my twenty-third season in Tampa.
In the broadcast of the last Super Bowl that he won, a year ago, an image was seen with the titles of the greatest of all time in team sports: the four Champions of Leo Messithe six NBA rings of Michael Jordanthe four Stanley Cups of Wayne Gretzky in the ice hockey NHL and the six rings that Brady had held until then. The quarterback’s retirement had a similar impact on the NFL as the two retirements of ‘Air’ Jordan in the NBA. But, like the star of the Bulls, he has decided to take his boots off the hook again.
The Californian myth, who had said that he was leaving it to make way for the next generation and dedicate himself to his family, will finally fulfill the remaining season with Tampa. Brady is married to Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, whom he met in 2006, with whom he has two children: Benjamin, 11, and Vivian, 8. With them also lives John Edwards, 13, the result of a previous relationship of Brady with the actress and model Bridget Moynah.
199th in the 2000 draft
TB12’s path to glory was not easy. Was selected in position 199 of the ‘draft’ of the year 2000. “Poor athletic build, lacks great physical presence and strength, no mobility to take pressure off, no strong arm,” read an unflattering and less visionary report. But the New England Patriots gave him a chance. The first year he spent it on the benchbut in 2001 Drew Bledsoe’s injury opened the doors for him to start and the rest is history. That same season he led his franchise to the Patriots to their first title, and repeated in 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016 and 2018.
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New life at 43
In March 2020, after 20 years and six rings with New England, announced that he was leaving the club of his life and signing at the age of 43 for the Buccaneers, who had only won the title once and had not made the play-offs since 2007. His veteran hand guided his new franchise to a a title they hadn’t held for 18 years. Now, having resigned after 84,520 passing yards and 624 touchdowns, the king of the NFL returns to enlarge his legend a little more.