Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats

[Copper]

Robert Kraft goads Tom Brady into un-retiring again with shrewd contract proposal

In a shocking development following Tom Brady’s retirement news, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said he wanted Brady to sign a one-day contract and retire as a Patriot.

Tom Brady announced his retirement from football on Wednesday, hanging up his cleats after a 23-year NFL career in which he won most of his career accolades on the New England Patriots.

The Pats were, after all, the team to take a chance on the scrawny kid out of Michigan in the sixth round. In return, Brady brought fame and acclaim to the franchise with six total Super Bowl wins and more than two decades of dominance, and he will without a doubt go down as the best player to ever put on a Patriots jersey.

Could he put it on one more time? Just for PR purposes, anyhow.

Robert Kraft, the longtime owner of the Patriots, told CNN on Thursday that he wants Brady to sign a one-day contract with New England so that he can officially retire in the nautical blue and red.

https://fansided.com/2023/02/02/robert-kraft-tom-brady-un-retiring-contract-proposal/?a_aid=40734

[Catseye3]

I'd be surprised if Brady goes along with that, for various reasons.

[mark]

I guess it's been well over 23 years since I stopped watching or even caring about "mainstream" professional sports.

I have never watched a game when this Tom Brady character was playing. I don't even know what he looks like. lol

[Mik]

@Catseye3 said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

I'd be surprised if Brady goes along with that, for various reasons.

Well, yeah, since it would be vacuous bullshit.

[LuFins Dad]

@Catseye3 said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

I'd be surprised if Brady goes along with that, for various reasons.

I’ve got no doubt in my mind that he retires as a Patriot. He is extremely close to Robert Kraft, even forgoing part of trading camp to attend his wedding.

Any and all problems with Belichick were and are blown out of proportion to drive clicks. It was a simple case where you had an aging QB that while still performing at a high level, was on the decline while consuming a significant amount of money. At some point you did need to move on, and from a strict football perspective, it was better for the Patriots to move on before the QB fell off the cliff performance wise rather than after. The Patriots also had a few drafts not work out quite as well as they had hoped, and the cupboard was bare. They weren’t ready to compete with or without Brady and maintaining Brady’s salary would postpone the reload of talent that was necessary. Instead of 2 years of mediocrity, it would have been 5. From Brady’s perspective he was able to shift to a team that was loaded and just needed an above average QB. He was that, and it worked…

[George K]

@mark said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

I guess it's been well over 23 years since I stopped watching or even caring about "mainstream" professional sports.

I beat you. I stopped caring in 1984 with the Chicago Bears in the Super Bowl.

I have never watched a game when this Tom Brady character was playing. I don't even know what he looks like. lol

That makes two of us.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

@Catseye3 said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

I'd be surprised if Brady goes along with that, for various reasons.

Well, yeah, since it would be vacuous bullshit.

Happens ALL the time with HOF and Ring of Honor players.

Antonio Brown asked for a one day contract to retire as a Steeler. Pittsburgh said “Uhm, thanks, but no….”

[LuFins Dad]

@LuFins-Dad said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

@Mik said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

@Catseye3 said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

I'd be surprised if Brady goes along with that, for various reasons.

Well, yeah, since it would be vacuous bullshit.

Happens ALL the time with HOF and Ring of Honor players.

Antonio Brown asked for a one day contract to retire as a Steeler. Pittsburgh said “Uhm, thanks, but no….”

Interestingly, the Steelers have never done that. Even Franco Harris retired as a Seahawk…

[Mik]

It would still be bullshit. They weren't on the team in any legitimate sense.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

It would still be bullshit. They weren't on the team in any legitimate sense.

It’s more for the teams and their individual fanbases.

[Mik]

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/201661

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in Tom Brady to unretire again - back to the Pats:

It would still be bullshit. They weren't on the team in any legitimate sense.

Well, to be fair, your team hasn’t had a great track record with your retirees, Boomer and Collinsworth…

[Jolly]

Saints have done it multiple times. It is a courtesy and a sign of respect for a player's career.