Tom Brady gets 100% real on unretiring for 2nd time after Philip Rivers signs with Colts at age 44

Tom Brady gets 100% real on unretiring for 2nd time after Philip Rivers signs with Colts at age 44
Tom Brady gets 100% real on unretiring for 2nd time after Philip Rivers signs with Colts at age 44

Tom Brady was 45 years old when he played his final NFL campaign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers back in 2022. He helped them to an 8-9 record and a playoff spot, where they lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the Wild Card round.

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Now, the retired seven-time Super Bowl champion will witness a 44-year-old Philip Rivers unretire and make his comeback in the league to play for the Indianapolis Colts.

On Thursday's episode of "NFL on FOX," Tom Brady shared his unfiltered thoughts on possibly coming back to play in the league after watching Rivers sign with the Colts.

"First of all, who retires and then unretires, and then is ultimately going to retire again," Tom Brady said. "Who does that? Is that even, that's ridiculous. For Philip to do that. It's, good for him. I'm happy he's doing it.
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"I think the answer for me would be yes. I'm not allowed to anymore, because I'm an owner, a minority owner of the Raiders. So I can't unretire. But I'm very excited to watch Philip play because if he's out there, I think it's just very cool, you know. It speaks to, you know, how much he loves the game and really what he's able to do still and this game is about, for the quarterback, from the neck up.
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Philip Rivers signed with the Colts after their injury struggles in the quarterback department. Starter Daniel Jones is out for the season with a torn Achilles, Anthony Richardson Sr. has been on the injured reserve since October, and rookie Riley Leonard suffered a knee injury he sustained during last week's loss to the Jaguars.

Rivers initially retired after 17 seasons in the league back in 2021. This July, he signed a one-day contract with the Chargers so that he could retire as a member of the franchise.

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Nick Wright throws shade at Tom Brady's legacy to defend Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes

The Chiefs were ruled out of the AFC championship game for the first time in nine years after their 20-10 loss to the Houston Texans last week.

This led to fans claiming that the Chiefs' dominance in the AFC was over. However, FS1's Nick Wright still has faith in Mahomes and the Chiefs. He compared their situation to that of Tom Brady with the Patriots.

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"Brady, who Mahomes is always compared to... in year seven played in a Super Bowl to win his fourth," Wright said (Timestamp-5:20). "They lost and then over the next three years, the Patriots won zero playoff games and got blown out, including a loss to Mark Sanchez at home.
"Mahomes played a Super Bowl to win his fourth. They lost. And right now they look like they're going to miss the playoffs. It ebbs and flows. For the first time in the Mahomes era, they are not a great team."
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The Chiefs take on the Chargers on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET.

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