Tom Brady News

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday morning. Brady said he is retiring "for good" in a video posted on his personal social media account. The 45-year-old, seven-time Super Bowl winner leaves as the league's all-time leader in passing yards (89,214) and touchdown passes (649). As for the Buccaneers, they are expected to go into rebuild mode with 2021 second-round pick Kyle Trask at quarterback. Brady averaged 16.9 FanDuel points per game last season, and among the 47 quarterbacks with at least 100 drop backs, he ranked 13th in Passing Net Expected Points per attempt.

The 45-year-old signal-caller thus ends his stellar 23-year pro career as the league's all-time leader in passing yards (89,214) as well as touchdown passes (649). This past season, Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl winner (six with New England and one with Tampa Bay) and three-time NFL MVP, threw for 4,694 yards and 25 TDs in his third and final campaign with the Buccaneers.

The legendary signal-caller's likely final game of his three-year stay in Tampa Bay was fairly underwhelming for the most part, with Brady forced to the air constantly due to game script after a regular season where he also recorded a career-high 733 pass attempts. The massive volume helped prop up his final numbers, and both of Brady's touchdown passes, a 30-yarder to Julio Jones as time expired in the third quarter and an eight-yard strike to Cameron Brate with 2:04 remaining came after the game was out of reach for all practical purposes. The Cowboys did a particularly effective job of taking away any deep opportunities, limiting Brady to 5.3 yards per attempt. Assuming he doesn't opt for retirement for a second straight offseason, Brady will head into the open market having thrown for 4,694 yards with 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions and also having posted one rushing score across 17 regular-season games.

Brady and the rest of his starting offensive mates got some good work in as expected, and the future Hall of Fame quarterback tuned up for the postseason with an efficient performance mostly centered on short passes. Brady capped off a game-opening 10-play, 70-yard march with an eight-yard touchdown toss to Kyle Rudolph, and he ultimately threw his last pass of the afternoon with 5:38 remaining in the first half. The Buccaneers now turn their attention to a wild-card home matchup against a to-be-determined opponent next weekend.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have replaced starting quarterback Tom Brady with Blaine Gabbert for "non-injury reasons" in their Week 18 game against the Atlanta Falcons. The Bucs have already guaranteed themselves a spot in the playoffs, so it is not overly surprising that the team would decide to cut Brady's day short. Blaine Gabbert will take over for Brady and will likely finish out today's game. Brady will finish his day with 13 completions on 17 attempts, 84 yards, and 1 touchdown.

Brady won't necessarily play the entire game, with Bowles mentioning Wednesday that third-stringer Kyle Trask is likely to be active for the game, though Blaine Gabbert will be next to play if Brady comes out early. With Tampa Bay locked into the fourth seed for the NFC playoffs, Brady is unlikely to take all the snaps Sunday in Atlanta.