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Closer to the End: NFL Icon Tom Brady Drops a Hint for His Retirement

Published 12/03/2021, 5:08 AM EST

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Tom Brady has enlightened the world of football with his enthralling performances time and time again, making a brand for himself. Brady has created an unbeatable legacy out of his numerous successful campaigns, so much so that it will go untouched for generations to come. 

Tom Brady has certainly freed himself from the shadows of the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick. And he has proved to the world that his presence could bring enormous results to a franchise after he won his seventh Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

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Brady drops retirement hints during a Tampa Bay Buccaneers conference

It seems that the NFL icon longs for a life outside the gridiron as he talks about not having “a lotta football left” in him, according to Tampa Bay Times sports reporter Joey Knight. If it were true, it could break many hearts since the quarterback has an enormous fan following. 

Brady during his weekly conference said, “I’m kinda at the end of my football journey, there’s not a football I have left. Don’t know how long it goes but it’s certainly closer to the end. But these guys are at the beginning or just the middle part. So they got a lot to achieve in their career and I want to see everyone maximize their potential.”

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Is Tom Brady going to retire?

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The 44-year-old quarterback has certainly reached a stage in his career where he has started to question his abilities to achieve any higher since he believes he has done his part. And now he wants the younger generation of athletes to succeed.

During a Thanksgiving interview with Oprah Winfrey, Tom Brady also had dropped hints for possible retirement. Where he said, “I’m looking forward to the time when I’m done playing football so that I can have some of those more normal holidays that I had growing up that was important where the family’s all together.”

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With Tom Brady sneaking his possible retirement plans into every interview, could this mean that his career as the most successful and the most influential quarterback of all time is coming to an abrupt end? If so, then who will take over him as the most dominating quarterback?

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Sauvik Banerjee is currently an NFL writer at EssentiallySports. After completing his Bachelor’s degree in English and Economics from Lucknow University, Sauvik combined his love for NFL and passion for writing to work for team ES. Sauvik has functioned as a content marketing intern at Kyari Innovations and had a brief stint with Knocksense Lucknow.
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