Tom Brady says he’s ‘not opposed’ to a late-season NFL return

Tom Brady stated he was retiring from soccer “for good” on Feb. 1, 2023, however he could be having second ideas.

In an look on the “Deep Reduce” podcast, launched Thursday, Brady was requested by host Vic Blends whether or not he would decide up the telephone if a staff referred to as him within the occasion of an damage.

“I am not against it,” Brady stated. “I do not know if they’re going to let me if I turn out to be an proprietor of an NFL staff. I am all the time going to be in good condition. I am going to all the time be capable to throw the ball. So, to return in for somewhat bit, like MJ [Michael Jordan] coming again, I do not know if they might let me. However I would not be against it.”

Blends proposed a state of affairs the place the San Francisco 49ers would possibly want a quarterback headed into the playoffs, after which Brady additionally talked about the New England Patriots and Las Vegas Raiders earlier than giving his reply.

In Could 2023, Brady reached an settlement with Raiders proprietor Mark Davis to affix the group’s possession group, pending NFL approval.

That approval has but to return, with commissioner Roger Goodell saying at March’s annual assembly that the league goes “by means of a really thorough course of” and he believed “it has been making progress.”

Brady, 46, additionally has plans to start work as a sports activities broadcaster at Fox Sports activities this summer season.

Brady referenced his upcoming work with Fox Sports activities on the podcast, saying: “I like having this problem to strive one thing totally different in my life. It is going to problem me in loads of alternative ways.”

At one level within the podcast, Brady stated: “My profession and all that, that is a factor of the previous in my thoughts. I used to be a gladiator on the market, and now my time has moved on. Now it is, ‘OK, how can I ship for my subsequent group of teammates?'”

Brady’s remarks on the podcast, which got here whereas he was in a barber’s chair, generated social media buzz and particularly resonated in New England, the place the Patriots are planning a full-stadium ceremony to honor Brady on June 12.

Brady performed for the Patriots from 2000 to 2019, successful six Tremendous Bowl championships. He completed his profession with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2020 to 2022, capturing a seventh Tremendous Bowl title.