Tom Brady decides to play another season instead of retiring

[True Dough]

He's going to outlast us all!

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[Sneederbunk]

1. That guy is weird.

[Bev54]

2. I think he is just greedy and they agreed to pay him what he wanted.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Bingo!

[Deuxcents]

4. Yep. I'm sick of hearing about him 🤬

Tom Greedy....break a leg, as they say.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Not greed.

It's just hard for them to leave the spotlight and the game.

[True Dough]

9. I tend to agree with you

Brady has shown on numerous occasions in his career that he'll take a pay cut to improve the roster around him. Beyond his football career, he's been raking in plenty of money through endorsements and his TB12 empire. It's not like the guy needed to be paid by the Bucs in 2022 in order to scrape by.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Thanks for saying it better than I did.

[AZProgressive]

12. He got tired of doing that

Or he didn’t feel the Patriots were doing enough to improve the roster but one of the reasons why he left the Patriots was he was tired of taking a pay cut. Plus I see him in more commercials than I used to so more money was definitely a factor when it came to leaving the Patriots.

[True Dough]

13. Can't agree with you, Jon

Brady's cap hit ranks 13th among NFL quarterbacks. He's making less than Jimmy Garappolo, Ryan Tannehill, Caron Wentz and JARED GOFF!!!

Brady will cost the Bucs $20.2 million this season. Aaron Rodgers will cost the Packers $46.7 million this season and there's not even enough money left over to make Rodgers' #1 guy happy, Davante Adams. That's not putting team first, as Brady has done for 20 years.

[MFM008]

5. just cant leave the attention

just like donnie- boy.

[Hoyt]

6. He might change his mind again. Or team convinced him that if he plays

half-assed, it’s still better than what they’ll have a QB.

And he can always go down with an injury if his heart isn’t into the game once he gets hit a few times.

[Clash City Rocker]

8. All time greats tend to play a couple years longer than they should

It’s really hard to leave something you’re good at, that pays you very well, and gives you a lot of attention. Overstaying your welcome tarnishes your reputation in the short term, but over time, no one remembers Kareem’s last couple seasons, or Joe Montana’s, etc., they remember their careers. It’s pretty clear that LeBron, for example, is on the same path. Most people won’t mind too much, unless they already didn’t like the guy.

[True Dough]

10. Lebron has good reason to stick around

He's getting close to taking the all-time NBA scoring lead and his son is probably a couple of seasons away from making his NBA debut. Lebron wants to spend at least one season playing alongside his son. I can't blame him on either count.