As it turns out, this wasn’t just posturing. Tom Brady stunned the football world on Tuesday morning at 8:44 a.m. ET with a social media post announcing that his football future would continue somewhere outside of Foxborough, Massachusetts. For the first time in 20 years, Brady is not a Patriot.
We’re looking at a long day of news ahead, but here is what we know so far….
• It seems Brady’s options are the Buccaneers and Chargers. NFL Media reported that both made the 42-year-old substantial, $30-plus million offers. Signings made by other teams (Titans/Ryan Tannehill, Raiders/Marcus Mariota) would prevent most other teams from hanging in the race, though there’s always a chance Brady wasn’t bluffing about the robust nature of his market and another team is lurking in the shadows (Chicago?