{"id":1734686,"date":"2022-11-11T06:30:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T11:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734686"},"modified":"2022-11-11T07:47:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:47:52","slug":"tom-brady-says-he-nearly-retired-from-football-at-age-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-brady-says-he-nearly-retired-from-football-at-age-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady Says He Nearly Retired From Football at Age 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-brady-says-he-nearly-retired-from-football-at-age-27%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/tom-brady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Brady<\/a> made an interesting revelation on Wednesday when he released an advertisement for TB12 Sports on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In the commercial touting that his TB12 method was for everyone and not just superstar athletes, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> star said he almost retired much earlier in his career than just back in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Tom-Brady4.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Brady, #12 of the New England Patriots, drops back to pass against the Carolina Panthers during Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium on Feb. 1, 2004 in Houston.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Brady, #12 of the New England Patriots, drops back to pass against the Carolina Panthers during Super Bowl XXXVIII at Reliant Stadium on Feb. 1, 2004 in Houston.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Focus on Sport\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;When I was 27, I almost retired from the game of football because of elbow pain,&#8221; Brady said. &#8220;\u2026 Now, I\u2019m 45 years old and I\u2019m still here. No matter the age. \u2026 No matter the obstacle. \u2026 It\u2019s about how you feel. \u2026 And about what you do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brady had won two Super Bowl titles before he played his age-27 season. He had completely taken hold of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New England Patriots\u2019<\/a> starting job and wrapped up his age-26 season by finishing third in NFL MVP voting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/bucs-legend-mike-alstott-confident-tom-bradys-game-winning-drive-spark-needed-playoff-push\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BUCS LEGEND MIKE ALSTOTT CONFIDENT TOM BRADY&#8217;S GAME-WINNING DRIVE WAS SPARK NEEDED FOR PLAYOFF PUSH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Tom-Brady6.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Brady, #12, talks to offensive coordinator Charlie Weis of the New England Patriots during the game against the Miami Dolphins at Pro Player Stadium on Dec. 20, 2004 in Miami.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Brady, #12, talks to offensive coordinator Charlie Weis of the New England Patriots during the game against the Miami Dolphins at Pro Player Stadium on Dec. 20, 2004 in Miami.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Eliot J. Schechter\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>His age-27 season in 2004 was one of his best up to that point. He had 3,692 passing yards and 28 touchdowns and earned his second Pro Bowl selection. Brady retiring at that age would have sent shockwaves through the NFL and may have changed the trajectory of other NFL figures like Bill Belichick and Peyton Manning.<\/p>\n<p>He has arguably put together two separate Hall of Fame-worthy careers in one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/640\/320\/Tom-Brady5.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Tom Brady, #12 of the New England Patriots, gestures for a timeout during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 12, 2004 in Foxboro, Massachusetts.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Tom Brady, #12 of the New England Patriots, gestures for a timeout during the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at Gillette Stadium on Dec. 12, 2004 in Foxboro, Massachusetts.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Ezra Shaw\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&#038;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&#038;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brady recently became the first play in NFL history to hit 100,000 passing yards in a career. He is also the all-time leader in touchdown passes with 634.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is the sports editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Brady made an interesting revelation on Wednesday when he released an advertisement for TB12 Sports on social media.In the commercial touting that his TB12 method was for everyone and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1734689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}