Tom Brady pours cold water on NFL return rumors and and jokes he doesn’t have time to unretire

Tom Brady quashed rumors that he might be considering a shock return to the NFL, just one day after NFL Network host Rich Eisen suggested the seven-time Super Bowl winner “might not finish.

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Brady took to Twitter Tuesday afternoon to respond to the claims, saying a new addition to the family is filling his schedule.

“Anyone who thinks I have time to go back to the NFL has never adopted a 2-month-old kitten for their daughter,” he said.

Brady’s daughter, Vivian, hacked into the former NFL quarterback’s Instagram account last month to share some photos of her newly adopted Siamese kittens.

Brady, who has two children with his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen, including Vivian and 13-year-old Benjamin, initially revealed that he adopted several kittens in early February.

“Vivi wins again,” the three-time NFL MVP shared on Instagram, along with a video of his new cats play-fighting. ‘Thank you @loganryan and @coolmbreezy this is my morning now. @humansocietytampa you are in good and loving hands.’

Vivian Brady, 10, shared snaps of her Siamese cats on her father’s Instagram profile last month.

Brady officially retired from the NFL, for the second time, last month.

Brady announced his decision on February 1 in an emotional video posted to social media.

The quarterback won six Super Bowls with the Patriots before adding one more with the Bucs in 2021, and his next career move was thought to be decided.

It was previously reported that Brady would transition to the broadcast booth with FOX Sports in 2024, with a reported ten-year, $375 million deal awaiting him.

Eisen, however, added some doubt yesterday to the idea that Brady is no longer playing.

“This one blew my mind: Tom Brady may not be done after all,” Eisen said Monday as he shared rumors he’s heard from the NFL Combine.

The Siamese kittens are in “good, loving hands,” Brady shared on Instagram earlier this month.

Vivian is the only daughter of the former NFL quarterback and is a fan of her father’s new kittens.

“A couple of people were like, ‘Wait, just wait.’ And I was like, ‘she’s uploading photos of her cat to Instagram.’ But it doesn’t look like he’s getting big and fat, does it? Let it unfold. Let’s see who wants what.

“The only place that people say to watch is Miami,” Eisen continued.

‘If the Dolphins, in any way or manner, obtain a medical report or information from a medical evaluation of Tua [Tagovailoa] that he may not be ready to go, and suddenly there’s Tom Brady sitting in Florida, where his family is and where he can easily locate himself. Watch for that, a couple of birds at the Combine told me.

It had been an emotional and tumultuous 2022-23 season for Brady. On the field, Brady suffered the first losing season of his 23-year NFL career as his Tampa Bay Buccaneers team fell to an 8-9 record.

Off the field, he finalized a highly publicized divorce from his now ex-wife and supermodel Giselle Bundchen.

Bundchen and Brady were married for 13 years before their divorce was finalized in October 2022.

He won’t start his role with Fox until 2024, saying he needed to decompress from football, but Radar claims it’s actually because he wants Bundchen back.

In early February, Brady revealed on social media that he was going to adopt some house pets.

“The biggest hurdle between them was Gisele’s complaints about Tom putting football before family, so he decided to show her that he’s willing to focus on them before taking the job at FOX,” a source told Radar. “Their only goal from him right now is to get his family back from him.”

In the weeks that followed his retirement announcement, Brady seemed to spend his time mostly with his children.

He has two with Gisele: Benjamin, 13, and Vivian, 10, who have also been seen taking horse riding lessons.

Brady also has another son, Jack, 15, from his previous relationship with actress and model Bridget Moynahan.