Tom Brady

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Tom Brady's return gives Buccaneers huge edge as division struggled to improve (unknown)

The Buccaneers already had a successful offseason once Tom Brady ended his 40-day retirement, keeping the Super Bowl window intact. Jason Licht deserves a ton ...

The Falcons are $3.2 million over the salary cap and are carrying a dead cap hit of $40.525 million this year with Ryan's contract. There's a lot of work that needs to be done in Atlanta, just to even be competitive this year. Signing Hayward was vital to the defense, but he's 32 years old and isn't in the long-term plans. Receiver will be the focus in the draft after losing Gage to the division-rival Buccaneers. With the deep edge rusher class, there was little need for the Panthers to pay top dollar for a free agent (unless it was Reddick). Mariota will be reunited with head coach Arthur Smith from his days in Tennessee, so the offense will be familiar for him. The Panthers did have the second-ranked defense last year in terms of yards allowed. New Orleans is worse than it was at the end of last season, but still have an opportunity to compete for a playoff berth. Brady's return shifted the balance of power back to Tampa Bay in a division that could have been the ultimate wild card this year. Carolina struck out on Watson, so now the Panthers will look at the quarterbacks in the draft with the No. 6 overall pick. The Panthers enter another offseason without a franchise quarterback after Sam Darnold was a disaster in 2021. Let's give out the early report cards for each team in the NFC South after the first wave of free agency.

Tom Brady was in rush to announce he was unretiring, returning to Buccaneers (unknown)

Brady decided to unretire and return to quarterback the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the same day that he broke his own news on Twitter, and he gave his social-media ...

Shadow Lion was not in the loop on Brady’s original retirement, which led to an awkward appreciation tweet from the “TB12” brand account that the company also runs. He manages his own Instagram stories and the personal side of his life, away from football. Shadow Lion helped craft the 53-word message (now shared more than 200,000 times on Twitter) for Brady’s approval.

Are the Bucs really trading Tom Brady to the Dolphins? (unknown)

There's a rumor swirling around right now that could turn this blazing fire of an NFL offseason into an inferno. According to New England Sports Network's ...

Even with the losses of multiple starting offensive linemen from last season — Alex Cappa and Ali Marpet — as well as star receiver Chris Godwin and potentially Gronkowski, the Buccaneers are in a position to compete in the weak NFC. That being said, if Brady wants out of Tampa, it makes sense that Miami would be his preferred destination. For one, per a report from The Athletic, Brady is still actively recruiting free agents to join him in Tampa Bay. Why would he be doing that if he was planning on spending 2022 in Miami? At the start of March, Arians claimed that it would take five first-round picks for any team to acquire Brady in a trade. While the team does have two first-round selections in 2023, they have none this year and it’s hard to imagine Arians & Co. would be willing to part ways with Brady if they can’t acquire anything that helps the Bucs in the immediate future. They now have one of the best wide receiver corps in the league, and Hill would arguably be the most explosive receiver Brady has worked with since Randy Moss. Furthermore, prior to Brady’s announcement that he would be returning to the Buccaneers in 2022, Miami was a hot spot for rumors revolving around the seven-time Super Bowl champ. Throw in the fact that one of Tom Brady’s best friends, tight end Rob Gronkowski, has not re-signed with the Buccaneers despite Brady coming out of retirement nearly two weeks ago, and you’ve got yourself a spicy rumor with some real teeth. That has led several NFL fans to take the tweet above rather seriously.

No, Tom Brady is not going to the Dolphins (unknown)

We've officially hit the point in the off-season where crazy rumors take over.

With Brady, nothing is ever out of the question, but to believe that he is going to go to great lengths to set himself up to try and win another championship in 2022 just to turn around and force his way out of town is asinine. Of course it includes the ever popular “doesn't mean it'll get done” to cover himself, but if this is indeed true, wouldn't that be tampering? He was one of the earliest to say that Brady would be signing with the Bucs back in 2020. You could lend slight credence to this if Arnold actually intended his tweet to mean the 2023 season, following Brady’s final year under contract with the Bucs but even that seems improbable. There’s nothing happening between Tom Brady and the Dolphins, according to a source. Second, the weapons being built in Miami still pale in comparison to those in Tampa. Jaylen Waddle and Hill - despite how dynamic Hill can be - are nowhere close to the tandem that Mike Evans and Chris Godwin are.

Peyton Manning Jokes He Wants Wine, Letter Back from Tom Brady After NFL Return (unknown)

Tom Brady's return to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a 40-day retirement has caused all sorts of problems for the people who sent the iconic quarterback ...

Brady and Manning played a total of 17 games against each other from 2001-15. Peyton Manning said that, when Tom Brady retired, he sent him a handwritten note and a bottle of wine. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. "I want the letter back," Manning said. I want the bottle of wine back, too." These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands.

Tom Brady Joins Hugh Jackman To Surprise A Fan With A Heartwarming Present (unknown)

Tom Brady surprised his young fan with a unique surprise gift. The young boy overwhelmed by the gift thanks Brady for his gesture.

Near the front of the stands at Raymond James Stadium, a ten-year-old Noah Reeb was keen to get an autograph from his hero. Hugh Jackman and Pasek are working together in the same production house. ADVERTISEMENT Well, Brady is also amongst those humble superstars, who care about their fans & followers. ADVERTISEMENT Tom Brady is not just an NFL legend; he is a real-life hero too.

Broadway birthday bonus from Tom Brady (unknown)

Actor Hugh Jackman surprised an 11-year-old Bucs fan and rising Broadway star on his birthday with a signed, personalized Tom Brady jersey.

His performance has drawn rave reviews, as the Hollywood Reporter called him “ delightful” and Variety called him “ a little marvel.” The spot aired during the second quarter, and he remembers how cool it was to air in the break immediately after a Bucs touchdown as they started to take control of the game. The first jersey Pajak owned was a red Brady Bucs jersey, and he’s since added a Mike Evans in red and Chris Godwin in pewter. He has a place in New York City, where his oldest son, Jack, lives with his mother. can’t wait to meet you!” Could Brady actually go to one of Pajak’s shows? Then when Brady came, that was the biggest celebration in the whole world for me.” Pajak, a fifth-grader from New Jersey, had gotten a boxed set of Tom Brady Super Bowl replica rings for his birthday, and he’d given one he already had (now a duplicate) to Jackman since he knew he was also a huge Brady fan. But at the 10-minute call before the start of the show, his co-star Hugh Jackman called him to his dressing room and surprised him with a white FedEx box. But Brady and Jackman, the Michigan grad and “X-Men” movie star, came together as two former Wolverines to give him the ultimate present. Now he loves football and the Bucs enough that Brady himself has unknowingly made a cameo on Broadway. “The Music Man” has a scene with a chalkboard in the background, and while it might be too small to be read by the audience, cast members will write personal messages on it to lend authenticity to the prop. Then Pajak went out on stage and performed, as he has eight times a week at New York’s Winter Garden Theatre since the show opened last month. His family made frequent visits to see his grandparents in Fort Myers, just down the coast from Tampa.

Peyton Manning Hilariously Asks Tom Brady To Give His Retirement Gifts Back (unknown)

When Buccaneers QB Tom Brady announced his official retirement early in February, NFL icon Peyton Manning apparently sent him some gifts.

But hey, who can blame Peyton Manning? He is probably just as surprised as a lot of people when Tom Brady opted to come back 40 days into retirement. For what it’s worth, the letter that Manning sent to Brady isn’t just a short note but a long one–probably as a way to welcome him retirement and reminisce their days playing against each other. In his recent appearance at The Mint Collective, Manning shared how he sent a letter and a wine to Brady right after he retired.

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport Says Tom Brady, Dolphins Rumor ‘Doesn’t Make Sense’ (unknown)

The NFL insider says rumors happen, but Brady leaving the Bucs doesn't seem likely.

Even more, last month, Dolphins first-year head coach Mike McDaniel said he was all in and fully confident in Tua Tagovailoa being Miami's quarterback going into the 2022 season. “Brady is under contract with the Bucs. … [The Buccaneers] said definitely that he isn’t going anywhere,” Rapoport said. None of this makes sense.”

Why It's Come Up, Why It's Highly Unlikely (unknown)

A Boston media member has suggested that work is being done to bring Tom Brady to the Miami Dolphins this season, even though there is reason to doubt that ...

Of course, Brady will be a free agent next offseason and the idea of him joining the Dolphins certainly will come up again if he wants to continue playing and if Tua Tagovailoa doesn't step up his game considerably in 2022 and stamps himself as the team's quarterback of the future. Arnold then doubled down on it through Boston radio show Merloni & Fauria, stating that the parties were "working on it." The idea of Brady joining the Dolphins makes sense in some ways, given that he's building a house on the exclusive island of Indian Creek near Miami Beach and given his reported friendship with Dolphins owner-in-waiting Bruce Beal Jr.

Buccaneers’ Tom Brady orchestrating trade back to AFC East? (unknown)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady ended his short-lived retirement last month and will return for his 23rd season in the NFL.

Instead, he was considering an offer to be a high-level football executive, similar to how his buddy, Derek Jeter, ran the Miami Marlins for five years. There was another rumor making the rounds earlier this month that Ross wanted to bring in Brady and former Saints head coach Sean Payton as a package deal. A league source close to Payton confirmed that the Brady-Payton package deal was supposed to be the Dolphins’ big plan before Flores filed his lawsuit. (He’s also been recruiting free agents to the Bucs, which feels relevant here.) Carry on.” Miami traded for six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Tyreek Hill and signed him to a massive contract extension. On top of that, the Dolphins gave former New Orleans Saints offensive tackle Terron Armstead a five-year, $75 million contract.

Tom Brady let out the secret of his NFL return to this small group just before he announced it to the world (unknown)

That group includes his social media team at a company called Shadow Lion, along with two key Buccaneers teammates. Brady sent shockwaves through the NFL less ...

Brady is on a text thread with both Godwin and Mike Evans and he had sent the message to both players. At least one sports book in Las Vegas believes that the news of Brady's return leaked out in the week leading up to his announcement. "So, I FaceTimed the guys to let them know I was coming back, and we discussed how best to put it out there." The text was so out of the blue that Evans and Godwin were both shocked to see it. Brady contacted the guys at Shadow Lions at roughly 6:45 p.m. ET and told them he wanted something ready ASAP. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family.

Absurd rumor stating Tom Brady attempting to go to the Miami Dolphins (unknown)

The most bizarre aspect of this is that Brady himself has done everything in his power to build another championship-winning team in Tampa Bay since announcing ...

I do not believe Brady would be going through all of this trouble to reach out and sign free agents that would benefit his current team if he was looking to play elsewhere in the 2022 season. The most bizarre aspect of this is that Brady himself has done everything in his power to build another championship-winning team in Tampa Bay since announcing his un-retirement. He actually is a host for the Boston Bruins hockey team for NESN. Having someone from an entirely separate sport reporting things does not necessarily come across as substantial information.

Tom Brady ‘Working On’ Bucs Trade to Dolphins? (unknown)

So what is happening that is requiring “shoot-downs” of the latest Brady rumor?

I want to apologize to Mr. Haskins’ family.” That’s a fireable offense. Gossip had it that the mystery QB is Brady.

Conflicting reports emerge Tom Brady plotting AFC East return (unknown)

According to a report from a New England sportscaster, Tom Brady is plotting a trade to the Dolphins. What message would this send to the Patriots?

Why would Brady be actively recruiting free agents to the Bucs if he was planning on leaving before the start of next season? It feels like the Patriots have dodged worst-case scenarios all offseason, but Brady rejoining the AFC East would promptly end their run of luck. There’s something to be said that the New England Patriots are keeping their core from last season’s 10-7 team in place.

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