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Rich reacts to Tom Brady’s retirement laying out how TB12 has redefined what greatness means in the NFL and breaks down the curious way in which he made the announcement where he omitted the words “retire” and “Patriots.”
ESPN’s Seth Wickersham tells Rich why Brady called it a career despite still performing at an MVP level at the age of 44, why he chose to announce his retirement the way he did, what Brady’s next steps will be in his life after football, and why he snubbed Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots in his Twitter retirement announcement and relegated the Pats to his Instagram story.
Rich and the guys debate which iconic Brady image should be used if/when the Patriots erect a statue for the NFL’s GOAT QB.
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