At 41-years young, Tom Brady could retire right now and be at the top of the leaderboard on the greatest quarterbacks to ever play football, but don't count on that happening anytime soon.
Chasing his sixth Super Bowl ring, the Patriots QB was asked by ESPN's Jeff Darlington about his future and the odds that he'll consider retiring after Super Bowl LIII.
“I feel like I’m asked that a lot and I feel like I repeat the same answer, but no one wants to believe me," expanded Brady in the interview, in which he answered with a gesture by throwing up his hand to form a zero.
“There’s zero, yeah. There’s zero.”
About to complete his 18th full season (19th total) in the NFL, Brady hinted prior to the start of the campaign that he plans on playing till he's 45, which would keep him active in 2022, slating him to become the oldest QB to ever play in the NFL -- Steve DeBerg currently holds that record when he played for the Atlanta Falcons in 1998 at 44.
Already the oldest QB to play and win in the Super Bowl, father time hasn't reared its head yet with Brady. He doubled-down on his wish to play into his mid 40's, and will shut it down when he feels like he's "had enough."
“I don’t quite feel like that yet,” he told Darlington. “I’ve still made a lot of improvements, and I still feel like I can continue to do it at a championship level. I think that’s where I was at before, and that’s still where I’m at now.”
Nobody knows when Brady will start to decline, but if he adds another ring to his incredible resume, he will continue to make his case as an ageless wonder who continues to prove his doubters wrong.
Just how long remains to be the question, but it won't be any time in the near future.
(h/t ESPN’s Jeff Darlington)
