around brady still do expect him to retire. i just think brady didn t like losing control of his own message. this was not how he planned it. when he left the patriots two years ago, it was all part of a slick, well-coordinated social media campaign, which is right up tom brady s alley. someone as kind of big and culturally as important as tom brady isn t going to let the news kind of leak out on a saturday afternoon where it wasn t him being the one to control the message. so i think what we saw this afternoon he showed the agents response. the bucs, the gm told multiple media outlets tom brady actually called him to today to say he hadn t made up his mind because the bucs were in the dark about this as well but ultimately i think it was a case of brady maybe trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube, not being thrilled someone in his inner circle maybe leaked it out sooner than brady wanted to. i think a decision is coming soon. there is a big deadline
yards. history not without controversy, such as brady s four-game suspension over footballs and there is the politics. brady never shied away from his ties to donald trump. they have known each other more than two decades, trump often calling brady a winner. reporters call brady with a maga hat in his locker in 2015. they asked him if trump could win. brady s response? hope so. joining me now, nfl writer with the boston ghoeb. okay, ben, we have been hearing conflicting reports about brady s retirement. his agent putting out a statement that reads in part, tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy. what are you hearing and what do you make of the statement? yeah, quite an emotional roller coaster today for all all the nfl. um, look. i don t think anyone should be surprised tom brady ultimately does hang up his shoulder pads and walk away. and actually, on the boston globe website right now, our main news story says that those