Tom Brady Explains The 'Unfinished Business' That Drove Him To Un-Retire

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Tom Brady wouldn't have come out of his very short-lived retirement unless he thought he had something left in the tank. We won't know just how much is left in the tank until the NFL season kicks off, but Brady did recently touch on the "unfinished business" that pushed him to un-retire. Brady joined Larry Fitzgerald and broadcaster Jim Gray for the second season of their Sirius XM show 'Let's Go!' and Gray asked him a very simple, yet interesting question. “You came back after retiring for a short period of time because you said there’s unfinished business,” Gray said. “What exactly would that be after winning seven Super Bowls?” It's a more than fair question for the greatest quarterback to ever do it that turned 45 years old this offseason. Brady feels like he still owes something to Tampa Bay and his teammates. “Well, I just felt like I had a little left. And I want to give it a shot. And I owed it to my teammates and our great coaches and our whole organization,” Brady explained.

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It's clear that Brady didn't enjoy leaving the game of football after losing 30-27 to the Los Angeles Rams in the Divisional Round of the playoffs last season. He wants to give it one more shot at possibly leaving the game on top.

Tom Brady Is Going Thru Some Things

Brady has recently been in the tabloids with rumors that his marriage with Gisele Bundchen has hit a rough patchsh-t going on." Given his remarks here, that seems to be very true.

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