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(NEW YORK) — Just 40 days after Tom Brady announced his retirement, the quarterback called an audible on his previous plan and said his place is still on the football field.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion posted on social media Sunday, one day before NFL free agency negotiations start, that he was coming out of retirement for a 23rd season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“These past two months I have realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands,” Brady wrote. “I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. We have unfinished