Tom Brady might not be leaving bread crumbs just for the heck of it. There appears to be some credence to the theories that he’s keeping the option to unretire on the table.
Brady retired last month, but in pretty much every media appearance since has made some sort of remark that would leave one to believe he’s not 100% retired.
And during an appearance Monday on the “Rich Eisen Show,” NFL Media insider Ian Rapoport shared a noteworthy nugget about how Brady is spending his offseason.
“It sounds like – and this is so dumb – but this is the way somebody who knows Brady very well descirbed it to me. I guess Brady walks around with a jug of water all the time to make sure that he’s fully hydrated. And I made the joke to someone who knows him very well and has known him forever ‘Oh, I guess we can retire the jug’ and this person looked at me like I was crazy.
“He was like “Oh no, he’s still got the jug, he’s still in shape, he’s still eating well, he’s still doing the TB12 method and he’s still keeping himself hydrated in case.’ He’s still doing all the things he would do in case he wanted to return. I don’t know if he’s going to come back, I know it is at least possible. And I don’t know where the level of possible is, but it’s at least possible.”
Granted, Brady does not seem like the type of retired athlete who would immediately abandon all the health measures he took during his playing days. However, staying in shape to the level that he could go back into an NFL training camp is an interesting move.
If you ask Brady point blank, he’ll probably say he’s retired and it’s staying that way. But it’s hard to look at all the signs and not think that he’s at least laying the groundwork to return next season.
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