EDIT: Timeline below.
1. Darlington & Schefter report Brady is retiring.
2. TB12, Tom’s brand/company, tweet (then later delete) about his retirement.
3. Toms teammates tweet about his retirement.
4. Tom’s agent, dad, Arians, and Licht all say Tom hasn’t decided yet.
5. Ian Rappaport says many sources confirm Tom plans to retire but the pushback is due to timing.
6. Tom announces retirement again in 2023. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
There is always a lot of luck involved. Injuries alone are pure luck for any team that is able to stay healthy in the playoffs. KC was fortunate in 2019. They’ve been mostly fortunate this year.
That said, Brady has had some extra luck on his side. The fumble in the snow. The Dee Ford INT. Kyle Shanahan going full reerun with clock management.
And Pete Carroll inexplicably throwing over the middle from the 1 yard line and not handing it off to Lynch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
There is always a lot of luck involved. Injuries alone are pure luck for any team that is able to stay healthy in the playoffs. KC was fortunate in 2019. They’ve been mostly fortunate this year.
That said, Brady has had some extra luck on his side. The fumble in the snow. The Dee Ford INT. Kyle Shanahan going braindead with clock management.
Wish Patrick would have had one more shot at him, but if Tom announced he was retiring two weeks before we had a hypothetical rematch in the Super Bowl that would have filled me with a special kind of dread. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DRM08:
There is always a lot of luck involved. Injuries alone are pure luck for any team that is able to stay healthy in the playoffs. KC was fortunate in 2019. They’ve been mostly fortunate this year.
That said, Brady has had some extra luck on his side. The fumble in the snow. The Dee Ford INT. Kyle Shanahan going braindead with clock management.
Not to mention all the times he cheated and the refs cheated with them.. [Reply]
Originally Posted by smithandrew051:
I can’t imagine the League allowing that to come out. That would taint the last 20 years of the sport.
You’re probably right but he’s always said he wanted to play until he was 45. He had one of his better years last year. There aren’t any injury issues.
