Tom Brady Returns To The Buccaneers After Two Months Of Retirement And People Have Thoughts

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March 14, 2022, 10:17 am

Football superstar Tom Brady suddenly announced on Sunday, during what is solidly basketball season, that he is un-retiring from the game in a surprise tweet, to be rejoining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for their next season, citing “unfinished business.”

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“These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands,” he wrote in his tweet announcement. “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.”

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These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. 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 pic.twitter.com/U0yhRKVKVm

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) March 13, 2022

After struggling for two years with a torn MCL and general knee issues, Brady announced his retirement from the game on February 1, following a 22-season career. Spending 20 of those with the New England Patriots, Brady led the team as quarterback to 17 division titles, 13 AFC Championship Games, and six Super Bowl wins out of nine appearances in the championship.

Brady now holds nearly every American football record in the NFL, and like so many before him, the sports legend is having trouble accepting retirement at age 44. Now playing for the Buccaneers, and after leading them to yet another Super Bowl victory to add to his belt in 2020, he wants back in on the action. He did well last season, too, in spite of his age, finishing second in NFL MVP voting for the 2021 season.

Some are overjoyed at the news, some less so, but if you’re hoping for funny reactions, we’ve got ’em.

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Tom brady met his kids and wife for the first time and said fuck that

— * (@bigguccicraigy) March 13, 2022

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tom brady faking his retirement to hear all the nice things people have to say about him is big leo energy

— ziwe (@ziwe) March 13, 2022

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Gisele probably made Tom go to Target and Whole Foods on Sunday and that was all it took

— Chief (@BarstoolChief) March 13, 2022

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Tom Brady sat in the pickup line at school for six weeks and said nah I’d rather let Aaron Donand piledrive me into the earth than go out like this

— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) March 14, 2022

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Kim Kardashian: “It seems nobody wants to work these days.”

Tom Brady: *unretires*

— Allen Strickland Williams (@TotallyAllen) March 13, 2022

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Tom Brady woke up from a month-long strawberry and pasta bender and decided he needed football to keep his life on track.

— Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman) March 14, 2022

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Damn, even Tom Brady saw 7.9% inflation and record-high gas prices and decided he needed to go back to work.

— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) March 13, 2022

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Some guy paid $518,000 yesterday for Tom Brady’s “last” touchdown ball. I’d have given anything to see his reaction to the unretirement tweet. pic.twitter.com/eW0MjIQZ4D

— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 14, 2022

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They said Tom Brady saw those gas prices and unretired

— My Name is Jeff (@JeffAllen71) March 14, 2022

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If Cristiano Ronaldo spent his game against Tottenham creating chances and dribbling players, Tom Brady would still be retired.

— Geo (@GeorginaXeven) March 14, 2022

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*First Published: March 14, 2022, 10:17 am