Tom Brady Announces Retirement On Instagram (no link) [edit: link added]
GOAT - Good luck to him in retirement
https://www.insider.com/tom-brady-retirement-announcement-instagram-2022-1
February 1st, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
Doing it the day before Harbaugh leaves Michigan.....I smell conspiracy
February 1st, 2022 at 9:49 AM ^
I think the Michigan fan base would spontaneously combust.
February 1st, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
So that definitely a 100% means that he will be coming to Michigan to be the head coach. Cool!!!
February 1st, 2022 at 9:54 AM ^
Grad Assistant. It's a meritocracy and he's going to have to prove that he belongs.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:05 AM ^
Totally wrong - he will be the QB Coach when Matt Weiss goes to Minnesota.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:14 AM ^
Lol can you imagine Tom Brady as a QB coach?
"How can I improve Coach Brady?"
"It's simple, kid: just work harder than anyone else has ever worked before, and even if you have success you can never feel like it's enough."
February 1st, 2022 at 11:30 AM ^
Come on... Now that he's done with football, he's done with football. He'll obviously move on to the exciting world of shuffleboard with the goal of becoming the GOAT.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:30 AM ^
So work harder today than he did yesterday?
February 1st, 2022 at 11:44 AM ^
So he’ll be hired as co-OC. Then he and his co-OC will alternate calling the first two quarters, which will determine who takes the second half.
February 1st, 2022 at 2:32 PM ^
Have to give a plus one for the wit. This made me laugh more than it should have.
February 1st, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
I hate that the media took this away from him by announcing it over the weekend. The media will just not let anyone live their lives on their own terms. I can't imagine being a person that has to take something away from someone just so I can be the FIRST to break the story. What a lowly and lame existence.
February 1st, 2022 at 9:59 AM ^
Meh. They are just doing their job. I question the integrity of the person who leaked it to the media. Must have been an inner circle person and they betrayed the trust. That is a lowly existence.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:07 AM ^
That’s who I would be more upset with.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:57 AM ^
Strongly agree here. At some point, the news media decided that being FIRST was very important. BREAKING THE NEWS is somehow key. What they failed to discern is the true breaking of a story (watergate) vs. reporting something first that we all are absolutely going to learn about anyway shortly (TB's retirement). Doing the latter is just dumb and leads to all sorts of stupid speculation.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:38 AM ^
Unless members of this blog and really much of society are part of the news media, I don't know if you can pinpoint the rush to be first to news media.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:56 AM ^
Justice Breyer agrees with your comment.
February 1st, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
Returement? sounds french
February 1st, 2022 at 9:52 AM ^
F7
:-)
February 1st, 2022 at 9:53 AM ^
It'd be hilarious if that is how Tom spelled it in his post and then next week he was like, “I'm totally coming back. I didn't announce retirement. I announced returement!”
February 1st, 2022 at 9:55 AM ^
Congratulations to Tom Fucking Brady.
What a career he had. There won't be any debate about who is the GOAT for a long time
I hope whatever he does in retirement brings him loads of happiness.
Maybe he can coach the Vikings?
February 1st, 2022 at 9:56 AM ^
There is a rumor they need a coach
February 1st, 2022 at 10:35 AM ^
He does have family up here: https://www.si.com/nfl/2018/02/01/super-bowl-52-tom-brady-browerville-minnesota-mother-galynn
February 1st, 2022 at 9:56 AM ^
here is some of what he said. very well said, sad as it is:
"This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes: I am not going to make that competitive commitment anymore. I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time to focus my time and energy on other things that require my attention. I've done a lot of reflecting the past week and have asked myself difficult questions. And I am so proud of what we have achieved. My teammates, coaches, fellow competitors, and fans deserve 100% of me, but right now, it's best I leave the field of play to the next generation of dedicated and committed athletes."
22 years playing. 10 super bowls. 7 championships. 5 super bowl MVP's. 3 NFL MVP awards. most wins. most passing TD's. most passing yards. 15 pro bowls, and on and on.
GOAT forever.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:57 AM ^
Tom Brady - 7 super bowl wins
Pittsburgh and NE - lead the league 6 super bowl wins each
That's bonkers.
February 1st, 2022 at 4:20 PM ^
Plus he won Super Bowls 19 years apart, with different organizations
February 1st, 2022 at 10:01 AM ^
So now it's officially official?
February 1st, 2022 at 10:04 AM ^
It's happening. Congratulations again to the Goat Tom Brady on his retirement, unrivaled career, and for always keeping it classy on and off the field.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:04 AM ^
So many people, me included, have a kid named Brady because of him. Enjoy your family time now.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:11 AM ^
I nicknamed my girlfriend Gisele because of him..... she wasn't real happy about that, but then again, she wasn't happy when I nicknamed her Kate either.....
No sense of humor, that girl!
February 1st, 2022 at 10:05 AM ^
Amazing career, really hard to even comprehend it. Going for 10 Super Bowls in 22 years is my favorite statistic.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:09 AM ^
And all without the super physical talents possessed by some really good quarterbacks, e.g. Elway, Rogers, etc. He had the best talent of all, though. GOAT brain.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:12 AM ^
"He is the greatest of all time."
Perfect in its directness and simplicity, this is the final sentence of the linked article I added to the OP.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:12 AM ^
odd he didn't mention the patriots at all in his long statement. raved about everything tampa bay and bucs and even a shoutout to UM, but left out new england completely. must be some serious bad blood there
February 1st, 2022 at 10:21 AM ^
Yeah surprised he wouldn’t say something about them to at least prevent someone from creating a story about it.
February 1st, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
noticed that also. my thought is maybe he already thanked them when he moved on to tampa?
February 1st, 2022 at 10:20 AM ^
Happy for Tom. Sucks another qb from “the past” isn’t playing anymore. I don’t know how older people are such avid fans of the nfl. My heart seems to be in a different generation of players from when I was a kid (grade school into high school). College football is completely different. The players come and go continuously every few years and I enjoy every year the same.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:23 AM ^
To me this feels just like when MJ retired from the NBA. I think the league is much less without him. I know other stars will come around but TB was one of the main reasons I watched the NFL. I was hoping for at least one more year but he deserves this.
It is a sad day for me, but a great and smart decision for him.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:44 AM ^
This.
Today just feels like one more link to a glorious era has been unchained. Brady, Manning, Brees, Rothlisberger, and Rodgers all defined the game for really the last twenty years. Rodgers is obviously still around, but who knows for how much longer. He's definitely on the back end of his career.
Obviously you've got great players rising to take their place in Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Jackson, etc. It's a new era of QB play, but the league just feels like a lesser place without guys like Tom Brady in it. Maybe its because they're all who I grew up with watching. I'm sure my son will look at Mahomes and Co. the same way I looked at Brady and Co., but like you said, just a sad day for those of us who grew up watching this guy defy every odd and expectation.
Very happy for Brady, of course, but the game just isn't the same without him in it. Its like the game has lost something. It will still go on, but it just won't be the same. The sport may never see another one like Brady again.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:29 AM ^
Kind of wild that many of us lived to see the prime of the greatest QB who will ever play the game. There will almost certainly never be another who even approaches his level
February 1st, 2022 at 10:30 AM ^
Tom comes home to be HC. Hires Arians as OC. Belichick as DC.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:35 AM ^
Nice little parting gift he provided on a recent podcast he did regarding his thoughts on Joe Burrow:
"Joe's obviously a great player. I think one of the greatest decisions he ever made was leaving Ohio State. You got out of that godforsaken place and went to LSU. As a Michigan man, I could tell how smart he was when he did that. One of the best you ever made, Joe."
Can't tell me that Michigan doesn't still mean something to this guy.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:40 AM ^
So Tom Brady plays for twenty years in Boston, leading his Patriot teammates to 9 Super Bowl appearances and 6 victories, becomes a hero to the entire New England area, with countless adults & children buying his #12 Patriots jersey, people naming their sons after him, and his official retirement announcement makes zero mention of Bill Belichick, the Patriot organization, his Patriot teammates, or the Boston fans who paid good money to see him play.
Very classy.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:01 AM ^
Yeah, and not likely an inadvertent omission. Whatever the situation was between him and the Patriots there should be something in there for the fans. Won't do much for his New England legacy
February 1st, 2022 at 11:32 AM ^
There are two famous UM quarterbacks who seem somewhat cavalier about their legacies with major portions of their fanbases.
February 1st, 2022 at 12:06 PM ^
Yeah I don't know if it's a Michigan thing or just the way those individuals are. Probably, hopefully, the latter.
I don't really get Brady - maybe it just doesn't matter to him
February 1st, 2022 at 12:17 PM ^
I didn't pay much attention when Brady left the Patriots; perhaps he thanked the Boston area fans and his Patriot teammates then.
Even if he did, it comes across as extremely petty to me to not at least acknowledge them again.
February 1st, 2022 at 4:00 PM ^
At a minimum it comes off as clueless and unappreciative. It also seems he's pretty intent on settling in Florida so he may not care. Unless something changes it won't go over well in Boston.
February 1st, 2022 at 10:50 AM ^
Hire him now.
February 1st, 2022 at 11:01 AM ^
Incredible player. Sad day that we cannot see him play anymore. It is going to be impossible to beat what he has done.