Many people believed that Tom Brady’s brief retirement was going to be permanent, but not everyone. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow always thought Brady was going to return for the 2022 season.
“Did anybody actually think he was going to be retired?” Burrow asked while appearing on the Full Send Podcast.
Burrow explained his theory as to why Brady retired and unretired all in a span of about 40 days total.
“He’s playing way too well to give it up right now,” he said. “I think he wanted to shut down the conversation because if he didn’t announce his retirement, everybody would be talking about ‘Is he retiring?