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Tampa Bay Buccaneers GM says Tom Brady's decision to retire 'didn't completely shock us'

TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said the team's ' two years with quarterback Tom Brady, which began as covert free agency pursuit under the code name "Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson" and culminated into Super Bowl an NFC South titles, "an unbelievable fairy-tale story we'll be talking about forever."

Licht described two phone calls as being on opposite ends of the spectrum: The first one two years ago, when Brady informed him he was coming to Tampa Bay, the GM said the "room was spinning a little bit.