Tom Brady Should’ve Stayed Retired and He Should If He Wants to Save His Family

Summary

Tom Brady is urged to retire from football to prioritize his family amidst personal issues and a declining season, despite his legendary status in the NFL.

Abstract

The article suggests that Tom Brady, at 45, should consider retiring from football to save his marriage and be more present for his family. Rumors of marital problems with his wife, Gisele, have surfaced due to his decision to continue playing. Brady's performance has noticeably declined, and the Buccaneers' season appears to be struggling, which contrasts sharply with his record-breaking achievements last year. The article emphasizes that Brady has nothing left to prove, having won seven Super Bowls and holding numerous records. It speculates that continuing to play might lead to a career-threatening injury or further family issues. The author suggests that Brady should retire after the current game, regardless of the outcome, to preserve his dignity and focus on his family life.

Opinions

Tom Brady is too old to be playing football, and his age is affecting his performance and the dynamics of the team.
Personal issues, including potential divorce, are linked to Brady's decision to unretire and continue playing.
Brady's legacy is secure, and he should not risk it by playing beyond his prime, especially when his family life is at stake.
The Buccaneers team was prepared to move on without Brady, and his return may have disrupted their transition.
Brady's choice to prioritize football over his family is seen as selfish and potentially detrimental to his marriage and well-being.
The article implies that Brady's wife, Gisele, is not being selfish for wanting him to retire, considering his long career and the current state of their family life.
Continuing to play may lead to further personal and professional misery for Brady, as well as the potential for serious injury.

It sounds harsh but it’s the truth. He’s older and the offense also looks old and slow and he’s got personal issues at home.

Rumors off-field have been flying around that Gisele and Tom will get divorced soon because of his decision to continue playing in his age-45 season. He’s so old already to be playing football. Sure, he’s one of the greatest, if not the greatest of all time.

These rumors get confirmed at every turn from hiring divorce lawyers to living separately and reports of Brady lashing out in the locker room and saying things like, “I sacrificed my marriage and my family for this?” kind of comments. He has a family to be there for and provide for in more ways than just financially at this point. The football season is rigorous and keeps him away from his family more than it should at this age.

What other motivation does Tom Brady have to keep playing? Is he trying to become the oldest NFL player of all time? George Blanda was a special talent as a kicker and a quarterback but Tom doesn’t need to go after any more records. If he’s trying to go for Blanda’s record, he’d be playing until the 2025 season.

Playing until you’re almost 50 is almost unheard of in sports. Tom doesn’t need to prove anything to anyone at this point. He’s won seven Super Bowls and been to 10 of them. He holds almost all of the records on offense and for a quarterback all time. He’s played longer than some of the current NFL has been alive at this point.

If he can save his marriage and his family life and concurrently alleviate the stress that he’s clearly under at this point, he should take the opportunity and walk away from the game. Especially since this season seems a bit lost, it seems that this Buccaneers team may not even be good enough to get Brady to the playoffs, much less one last Super Bowl. He’s become an average quarterback in literally almost one year.

Last year, he was doing unheard-of things at the age of 44 and setting all sorts of marks. This year, he and his offense have looked geriatric. We really don’t even need to dive into the raw numbers. This team doesn’t even pass the eye test of a good team. Brady’s not completely to blame. He’s still a decent quarterback but he basically nearly gave up his wife (she still might leave) to miss the playoffs.

A scarier thought would be that if she does leave, it might prompt him to play even longer and try to reach that record or seriously injure himself for life and suffer a career or life-threatening injury in his late 40s in the NFL. As I’m typing this, he’s playing in a Thursday Night Football game against the Baltimore Ravens. It doesn’t matter how that game goes. He should complete that game and walk away.

If he wins, he at least goes out on top. If he loses, he can still just carry his dignity away with him and save his marriage. I’m not trying to say that he should just quit on his team but he didn’t even need to come back this year. He chose to. The team was ready to move on post-Brady. He had already retired this offseason just to take it back 40 days later.

That probably frustrated his wife the most.

She is a successful, famous, and rich model after all, who had a career and a name of her own before she married the famous quarterback. The decision at this juncture has got to be about more than just feeling like you can’t give up on a team. The team will completely understand. Brady is sacrificing things that are so much more important than football and that’s why I think that he should really consider what’s more important to him at this point.

No, Gisele isn’t selfish for wanting him to choose between football and his family. He’s had decades of that choice. He’s physically able to play but we all know that he’s too old to play at this point, despite how well he can still perform. This decision needs to be easier for him to make.

If not, we’ll continue to see him being miserable, playing miserably to average, and possibly playing beyond this year since he is essentially choosing football over his real family. I don’t like to just generalize and tack on labels for these types of a workaholic, career men but Brady is very selfish and almost psychotic for choosing football at this point.