Tom Brady Ends Retirement After 6 Weeks: ‘I’m Coming Back for My 23rd Season’

14.03.2022 - 03:35 / usmagazine.com

Changing his mind. Tom Brady is already coming out of retirement for his 23rd season in the NFL.

The 44-year-old confirmed his decision on Sunday, March 13. “These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands,” he wrote via Twitter. “That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFG.”

The quarterback will return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2022 to 2023 football season.

The announcement came shortly after a video from Brady’s Instagram Story sent fans into a tizzy on Sunday. The athlete, who is married to Gisele Bündchen, took his sons — Jack, 14, and Benjamin, 12 — to see Cristiano Ronaldo at a Manchester United soccer game.

The sound on the social media clip wasn’t totally clear, but it seemed like Ronaldo, 37, said, “You’re finished, right?” Brady seemed to tell him, “One more.”

The return to football comes six weeks after the seven-time Super Bowl champion announced his retirement in a lengthy statement on February 1.

“I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed, and success is what I love so much about our game. There is physical, mental and emotional challenge EVERY single day that has allowed me to maximize my highest potential. And I have tried my very best these past 22 years. There are no shortcuts to success on the field or in life. This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes, I am not going to make that competitive commitment anymore,” he shared at the time via Instagram. “I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time to focus my