The 2022 NFL season took an emotional and bodily toll on Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.
In a brand new report revealed Thursday by ESPN’s Jeff Darlington, the 45-year-old Brady is claimed to have misplaced 15 kilos throughout the season, which noticed his Buccaneers wrestle all through, all whereas coping along with his divorce from spouse Gisele Bündchen.
“When Brady sat quietly at his locker after an Oct. 27 loss to the Ravens, marking his first three-game losing streak in two decades, the truth of his pain would be revealed the following morning,” Darlington detailed in his report, referencing Brady’s social media assertion confirming that the QB and Bündchen, 42, had been ending their 13-year marriage.
In the months following Brady’s bombshell divorce announcement, Tampa Bay managed to achieve the wild-card spherical of the playoffs regardless of an 8-9 regular-season document. The Buccaneers had been then eradicated following an unpleasant 31-14 loss to the Cowboys this month.
Brady, who ended his 40-day retirement in March 2022 to return for his twenty third NFL season, mentioned in his postgame press convention that “it’ll just be one day at a time” in regard to creating a choice about his future.
Set to change into a free agent, Brady — a seven-time Super Bowl champion — may probably resolve to play elsewhere or transfer on to the Fox Sports crew, whom he agreed to affix as their lead NFL analyst upon his retirement.
Darlington believes Brady “needs to heal” earlier than making a closing name on what’s subsequent.
When showing on his SiriusXM “Let’s Go!” podcast earlier this week, Brady made it explicitly clear no choice has been made.
“If I knew what I was going to f–king do, I’d have already f–king done it,” he mentioned. “I’m taking it a day at a time.”
With what’s sure to be a wild offseason forward, Brady is protecting the give attention to his household, even touring a private Miami school for his kids earlier this week.
Brady shares son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10, with Bündchen. He additionally co-parents son Jack, 15, along with his ex, Bridget Moynahan.
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