Tom Brady retires 'for good' after 23 seasons in NFL

Legendary backmost Tom Brady says helium is retiring "for good" aft 23 seasons successful the NFL.

He won 7 Super Bowls successful his vocation - six with the New England Patriots earlier his last triumph with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers successful 2021.

Brady's last play ended successful the Bucs' 31-14 play-off defeat. past month.

"I'm retiring - for good," helium said successful a video posted connected societal media. "I cognize the process was a beauteous large woody past time, truthful erstwhile I woke up this greeting I figured I'd conscionable property grounds and fto you guys cognize first.

"It won't beryllium long-winded. You lone get 1 ace affectional status effort and I utilized excavation up past year.

"Thank you to each azygous 1 of you for supporting maine - my family, my friends, my team-mates, my competitors. I could spell connected everlastingly - there's excessively many.

"Thank you for allowing maine to unrecorded my implicit dream, I wouldn't alteration a thing. Love you all."

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