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Tom Brady is spending his first Super Bowl since retiring for good not knowing what to do with himself.
Brady, who made his retirement announcement official earlier this week after a legendary career that saw him win the Lombardi Trophy seven times, used a meme from the movie Talladega Nights to show his frustration.
The former New England and Tampa Bay QB posted a clip from the film in which Will Ferrell’s Ricky Bobby is giving an interview and isn’t sure how to stand, saying, “I don’t know what to do with my hands.”
He later tweeted well wishes to both teams, writing: ‘Two of the best tonight in Pat and Jalen. Good luck to KC and Philly, can’t wait to see it.’
Brady has competed in 10 career Super Bowls, winning seven, the most by any player in NFL history.
Future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady is spending his first Super Bowl since retiring, this time for good, not knowing what to do with himself, using a Talladega Nights movie meme to show his frustration.
He filed a letter Friday with the NFL and NFLPA confirming his retirement on February 1, according to Adam Schefter.
The 45-year-old Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback announced his retirement last Wednesday with prerecorded video apparently filmed on a public beach in South Florida.
By submitting his letter Friday, he has silenced any doubts about whether he can take another U-turn in retirement and has made himself eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2028.
Last week’s announcement came a year to the day Brady first announced his retirement, a decision he reversed just weeks later.
It had been an emotional and tumultuous 2022-23 season for Brady would be an understatement. 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.
The seven-time Super Bowl winner has a broadcaster job with Fox lined up and waiting for him, but he recently revealed that he will wait to transition to the booth until the fall of 2024. In other words: NFL fans will go an entire season without Brady in 2023 for the first time in this millennium.
Tom Brady has officially confirmed his retirement from professional football to the NFL
Brady announced his retirement – for the second time – on February 1 in an emotional video
Earlier in May, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch revealed that Brady would eventually be Fox Sports’ top NFL analyst, though a contract start date was unclear.
“We are delighted that Tom has made the commitment to join the Fox team and we wish him all the best in the coming season,” said Murdoch, the 50-year-old son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Fox Sports said Brady’s on-air partner will be broadcaster Kevin Burkhardt. The five-time Super Bowl MVP will also work as a ‘brand ambassador’ for Fox, focusing on ‘customer and promotional initiatives’.
the new york post office reported that the deal is for 10 years and will pay Brady a record $375 million, the largest contract in sports broadcast history.
In May, receiving sports reported that Brady will earn up to $25 million a year in a deal that could be worth up to $200 million.
Either way, his contract tops those of other quarterbacks-turned-announcers such as Troy Aikman (reportedly $90 million over five years with ESPN) and Tony Romo ($180 million over 10 years with CBS).
Just a few of Brady’s records include most touchdown passes, completions, passing yards, and wins by a quarterback.
He has been named league MVP three times and Super Bowl MVP five times, the most of any player.
He submitted a letter to the NFL (pictured Commissioner Roger Goodell) confirming his retirement.
Earlier in the season, Brady finalized a highly publicized divorce from Gisele Bundchen.
Brady won six titles with New England, the last against the Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
Brady won back-to-back Super Bowl titles with New England, the most recent team to do so.
Brady is also the best playoff quarterback in the sport, holding the records for most games started, games won, touchdown passes, passing yards (both in the playoffs and in a single game).
Of course, the most notable among his accolades would be seven Super Bowl titles, six of which came in New England. Those seven titles are the most by any player in league history.
When eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2028, Brady, considered by many to be the GOAT, is virtually guaranteed a spot.
JJ Watt, a former defensive end for the Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals, also announced his retirement at the end of this season and will join Brady in leading the Class of 2028.
Brady stripped down to his underwear and shared a very revealing photo on Instagram on Monday, just a week after his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen also flaunted her body as she posed up a storm in a skimpy bathing suit for a photo session by the beach.
The 45-year-old soccer star took a page out of his ex-wife’s book, sharing a nearly nude image on his Instagram stories and Twitter account while promoting his underwear line.
The athlete, who recently announced that he was retiring from the NFL, wore nothing more than a pair of tight brown boxer shorts as he showed off his incredibly toned abs.
She sat on the edge of an unmade bed with her legs spread out towards the camera, her hand covering her private parts.
The striking snap is unlike anything Tom has shared before, and it quickly caused a stir on social media.
Newly single Tom Brady stripped down to his underwear and shared a very revealing photo on Instagram on Monday.
The post comes just a week after his ex-wife, Gisele Bündchen, also flaunted her body while posing up a storm in a skimpy swimsuit for a beachside photo shoot.
Tom shared the snapshot in response to a ‘deal’ he had made with his clothing company, Brady Brand, promising to ‘recreate’ one of their ads if his tweet got 40,000 likes.
He left many people on the web in shock, some calling him a ‘thirst trap’ and others joking that he had gone ‘rogue’ since leaving football.
‘Tom has been retired a week and is already starting a [OnlyFans]’ wrote one Twitter user.
‘A Tom + thirst trap,’ someone else said, while another person asked, ‘Are you going to launch OnlyFans next?’
“Dude, people’s wives and girlfriends are on this app,” read a fourth tweet.
“If this is what retirement will put us through from you then I look forward to seeing you in training camp,” another person tweeted.
Another wrote: ‘Bro dropped out and now he’s going rogue.’
Tom shared the snapshot in response to a “deal” he had made with his clothing company, Brady Brand, which sells shirts, pants and underwear.
In June 2022, he tweeted that if his post got at least 40,000 likes, he would “recreate” an ad the brand had shared promoting a set of boxer briefs.
And when the clothing line reminded her of her promise on February 6, she responded with a sultry snap.
‘I did it well?’ she captioned it herself, while tagging soccer players Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski, who also posed in their underwear recently.
“A deal is a deal,” he added.