Tom Bradyconsidered the best player in the history of NFLassured that At 48, he is fit enough to play again.but added that as an executive with the Las Vegas Raiders, it’s impossible.
“I think the answer would be: “Yes, I’m ready and I could come back, but they won’t let me anymore because I’m a minority owner of the Raiders”so I can’t come out of retirement,” the seven-time Super Bowl champion said.
The network’s current star analyst FOX Sports He said he was not surprised by Philip Rivers comes out of retirementwho after five years of inactivity was signed as the new quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, despite his 44 years.
“If Philip practiced and did what he needs to do, then we’ll all see him at full strength and with a great performance against the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday,” said the future Hall of Famer about Rivers’ debut in Week 15 of the NFL season.
“For the quarterback, this game is head to toe. At Michigan, we had a saying: ‘Mind is to physicality as four to one at the quarterback position.’ The question is: “Do you still have the physical ability to take hits, pass, gain time in the pocket?”. If the answer is yes, you’re in,” he explained.
Tom Brady admitted that as soon as he found out Philip Rivers had come out of retirement to join the Colts, he joked about something that seemed crazy.
“Who makes the decision to retire and then ‘cancels retirement’ if he ultimately has to retire again? Who does that? It’s ridiculous of Philip to do that,” he said with a smile. hinting at doing something similar in 2022.
In February of the same year, Brady announced his retirement from the NFL, which caused a big media movement that had another shock 40 days later, when Tom changed his mind saying that he would play that season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, at the end of which, yes, he retired permanently.
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