After beating Patrick Mahomes y Josh Allen in The Matchthe golf exhibition in which he participated with Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Tampa Bay QB Buccaneerstalked about what brought him back from retirement during a roundtable he and the other quarterbacks participated in .
“At this stage, it’s 55 percent yes, 45 percent no. I wasn’t totally sure, that’s the reality. Not that he wasn’t 100 percent committed, it’s just that getting engaged was like ‘Okay, here we go’. It’s like running a marathon, you can’t decide two weeks before running a marathon. We hit free agency and I felt a little pressure to talk to the team. and the organization and everything worked”, declared Brady after The Match.
Brady announced his retirement and 40 days later he told the NFC South team that he would return for one more season. The quarterback is under contract for the 2022 NFL season and will become a free agent at the end of it.
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I was ready for retirement
Posteriorly, TB12 was questioned if he was ready to retire at the time he did and the Bucs quarterback declared that he was, mainly due to the responsibilities acquired with age.
“Partially, yes. When I was the age of Mahomes and Allen and they asked me if I would play next year, I would say there was a 100 percent chance of doing so. I think as I’ve gotten older that has changed because I have other responsibilities.”, clarified TB12.
Both the Chiefs and Bills quarterbacks have 26 years old. However, Mahomes has five seasons of experience and Allen four. At that age, during the 2003 NFL season, Brady recorded 3,620 yards, 23 touchdowns, 12 interceptions after completing 317 of the 527 pitches he attempted and won the Super Bowl after beating the Carolina Panthers.
