Hour 2: Tom Brady Calls It Quits

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this special episode of First Take, former co-hosts of "Mike and The Mad Dog" Mike Francesa and Chris Russo reunite once more to join Stephen A. for a packed hour of debate and reaction to the latest news around the NFL. We have Breaking News as Tom Brady announces his retirement from football this morning and Jeff Darlington joins us with more information on the decision. Stephen A., Mike, and Mad Dog debate whether or not Brady is the greatest competitor of all time. Plus, Sean Payton is the new Head Coach for the Broncos, but can he get Russell Wilson back to his former glory? Mike and Mad Dog relive some of their favorite moments from their time on WFAN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Breaking news, Tom Brady retires for good, capping a historic 23 year career.
0:04.6	Brady, who's 45, announced his decision on social media saying he wouldn't change a thing
0:09.6	about his career.
0:10.6	A year ago today, he announced his first retirement before changing his mind 40 days later,
0:15.0	returning to play this past season with the Buccaneers.
0:17.8	A winner of six Super Bowls with the Patriots, one with the Bucks.
0:21.5	He ended his career as the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards and touchdown passes.
0:27.0	The three-time league MVP passed for nearly 4700 yards this season, third most in the NFL.
0:34.5	On that note, we welcome in our Jeff Darlington.
0:37.6	Jeff, good morning, busy morning for you.
0:39.9	Thanks for making time for us.
0:41.5	Jeff, break some things down for me here.
0:43.3	So how did Brady actually notify the Tampa Bay Bucks about his retirement?
0:48.3	Well, he called them at 6 a.m. this morning to let them know that he had made his decision
0:54.8	that he would be retiring.
0:56.3	It's something that he had been contemplating, not necessarily something that took them
0:59.9	completely off guard.
1:02.1	One thing I would say, though, despite obvious speculation and understandably so, Brady
1:07.3	had kind of maintained all along to, especially those within the organization, that he was
1:12.3	either going to return to the Bucks to hopefully try to be part of the solution or he was going
1:17.3	to retire.
1:18.3	So, ultimately, his decision coming down to those two options, and we know what he chose
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