FOXBOROUGH, Mass. _ Is Tom Brady playing his final season in New England?
That questions arose this offseason when the quarterback put his Massachusetts mansion on the market back in August. The fact that Brady's house went up for sale at the same time his trainer Alex Guerrero's house also went on the market only fueled the fire.
This weekend, the story came up again when ESPN's Adam Schefter said that signs were pointing to Brady leaving the Patriots this offseason, when his contract will void making him a free agent.
"Let's boil this down to the basic facts once again," Schefter said. "Let's look at some simple things: Has he put his home for sale? Yes. Has his trainer put his home for sale? Yes. Has he set up his contract to void after this season to become a free agent? Yes. So if he's selling his home and his trainer is selling his home and he's voiding his contract? What does that tell you? He's setting up to move on."
On Wednesday, during his weekly WEEI appearance, Brady was asked about his thoughts on retiring and the speculations that this could be his last season in Foxborough. The quarterback said he didn't have any answers because he doesn't know what will happen.
"That is the great part for me, I don't know," Brady said. "I think that has been a unique situation that I have been in because I think when you commit to a team for a certain amount of years you kind feel like (there is) the responsibility to always fulfill the contract. For me, it's been good because I am just taking it day-by-day and I am enjoying what I have. I don't know what the future holds and the great part is for me, football at this point is all borrowed time. I never expected to play 20 years and I am playing on a great team and it's just been an incredible 20 years of my life. To play for Mr. Kraft, and Jonathan and the Kraft family and for Coach Belichick and to have so much success is a dream come true.
"One day I will wake up and I will feel like, 'OK, that will be enough.' When that day comes, that day comes. I don't know if it will be after this year. I don't know if it will be five years from now. I don't have to determine those things right now, either. That is kind of a good part of where I am at. Just take advantage of the opportunities that I have this year and do the very best I can do and then those decisions come at probably more appropriate times."
