Tom Brady's short-lived retirement has football Twitter spiraling
Apparently Tom Brady was the only one who actually took Kim Kardashian's advice in that Variety interview seriously. ("Get your f---ing ass up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days.")
It had only been 41 days since Brady announced his official retirement from the NFL after 22 seasons, and then he goes and tweets the ultimate "jk" to fans on Sunday. The internet reacted appropriately.
"These past two months I've realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands," Brady tweeted. "That time will come. But it's not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I'm coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFG."
These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFG pic.twitter.com/U0yhRKVKVm
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) March 13, 2022
The memes and quips have since been flooding in across social media. It seems the one suffering the most, though, may be the person who dropped a trunk load of dough in an auction to own the football from Brady's "final" touchdown pass. According to Lelands auction house, the ball sold for $518,628.
"I'd have given anything to see his reaction to the unretirement tweet," reads a post from the official Twitter account for Super 70s Sports store, accompanied by a Curb Your Enthusiasm image.
Some guy paid $518,000 yesterday for Tom Brady’s “last” touchdown ball. I’d have given anything to see his reaction to the unretirement tweet. pic.twitter.com/eW0MjIQZ4D
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 14, 2022
"Damn, even Tom Brady saw 7.9% inflation and record-high gas prices and decided he needed to go back to work," Huddle Up founder Joe Pompliano joked.
Colin in Black and White producer Josiah Johnson tweeted a "f--- them kids" meme, while others online channeled moments from The Office and The Sopranos.
See more reactions below.
“You said you wanted to retire to spend more time with your family”
Tom Brady: pic.twitter.com/TxumgGJ8Jg— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) March 13, 2022
Damn, even Tom Brady saw 7.9% inflation and record-high gas prices and decided he needed to go back to work.
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) March 13, 2022
Tom Brady waking up and seeing nothing but another Parent-Teacher conference on the daily schedule pic.twitter.com/Nr31xMCQ51
— 🅿️at McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 13, 2022
Tom Brady after 2 months of retirement pic.twitter.com/8OCEffrhGx
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) March 14, 2022
In honor if Tom Brady retiring to spend more time with family and then unretiring six weeks later. pic.twitter.com/UpBl2KPTmb
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) March 14, 2022
Tom Brady sat in the pickup line at school for six weeks and said nah I’d rather let Aaron Donand piledrive me into the earth than go out like this
— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) March 14, 2022
Aaron Rodgers: the NFC is mine
Tom Brady: pic.twitter.com/Mo6VIV49EY— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) March 13, 2022
Tom Brady’s retirement pic.twitter.com/mr7uPFivkO
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) March 13, 2022
That unfinished business Brady mentioned in his tweet refers to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' loss to the Los Angeles Rams this past season. The Rams went on to win Super Bowl LVI.
Brady had earlier posted a video in which he chats it up with soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo is heard asking Brady, "You're done, right?" Brady's response isn't heard, though his facial expressed suggested he wasn't quite done yet.
Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Tom Brady announces he's now un-retired, 41 days after announcing his retirement from the NFL.
The Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said in a statement, "[Head coach Bruce Arians] and I have had plenty of conversations with Tom recently that led us to believe there was a realistic chance he would want to come back. Tom is the greatest quarterback of all time who is still playing at an elite level. With this decision now made, we will continue to move forward with our offseason plans to reload this roster for another championship run."
"We are ecstatic that he decided to continue playing and working toward a winning another championship," Arians said.
It's all about the next one. #GoBucs pic.twitter.com/ufAq4w2a4O
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) March 14, 2022
Brady won six Super Bowls as quarterback for the New England Patriots before moving over to the Bucs. He then earned his seventh career Super Bowl win with that team.
At the end of February, it was reported that Brady would be pivoting to Hollywood as he's set to star opposite Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field in a road trip comedy called 80 for Brady.
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