The Buccaneers suffered an embarrassing loss to the Cowboys in the Wild Card playoff game, and that could have been the last time we saw Tom Brady in a Bucs jersey.
To reminisce, NFL films released footage of Brady’s homecoming in San Fransisco against the 49ers in Week 14, and it wasn’t the best look for Brady and the Bucs.
He was trying to hype his teammates up throughout the game, but they didn’t seem like they wanted to hear any of it. Maybe they weren’t trying to listen to it because they were getting blown out, or perhaps they weren’t trying to hear it from him.
Being unable to motivate his teammates isn’t a good sign.
Here is what Brady had to say about retiring.
Brady was asked about a timeline for when he thinks he’ll make a decision about coming back for a 24th season on his Let’s Go! podcast that he hosts with Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray. Upon hearing the query from Gray, the seven-time Super Bowl champion struck a terse tone.
“Jim, if I knew what I was gonna f—— do, I would’ve already f—— done it,” Brady said. “OK? I’m taking it a day at a time.”
Whether or not Brady retires, the sense among some of his Buccaneers teammates is that, based on their final interactions with him, Brady will be moving on from Tampa Bay one way or another.
Added another: “He sounded like a person saying goodbye for good.”
The Buccaneers won the NFC South this season despite finishing with an 8-9 record. Brady led the league in pass completions (490) and attempts (733) for the second consecutive year, adding 4,694 yards, 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
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