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Tom Brady has thoughts about returning to the NFL
The seven-time Super Bowl champ offered a hypothetical scenario in a guest spot on The Big Podcast with Shaq
"Give me a month, I mean, I could go play with anybody."Brady, 48, said
Tom Bradycould un-unretire — if he wanted to.
"I'd whoop ass right now," Brady, 48, toldShaquille O'Nealand his co-host Adam Lefkoe onThe Big Podcast with Shaqon Wednesday, Dec. 17. "I could go out there and play. Give me a month, I mean, I could go play with anybody."
In the wake of 44-year-oldPhilip Rivers giving the NFL another go-round, the future Hall of Fame quarterback pondered what would happen if he were to do the same.
"Like I said, I took care of my body great," Brady said.
But the Fox Sports lead analyst would take a hard pass on playing an entire season.
"I could do it all," he said. "I, just, what I wouldn't want to do is make the commitment to play… it's like basketball season, do you really want to make the commitment to playing 82 games? That takes a lot of training and it's like I don't want to do that anymore."
After 23 seasons in the NFL, the seven-time Super Bowl champ keeps busy these days in the broadcasting booth and in the owner's suite as a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
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But in light of Rivers' return to the Indianapolis Colts last Sunday, Dec. 14 with four games left in the regular season, Brady offered a caveat to his hypothetical scenario.
When Lefkoe asked if he could "come back for just the finals," Brady responded: "Okay, yeah, just the finals."
As far as Rivers is concerned, returning to the league comes with extra perks.
When he made his debut on Sunday, nearly five years after he retired from the league, the father of 10 and grandfather of one threw for 120 yards, one touchdown and one interception — andnetted five extra years of insurance benefitsfor his real-life teammates at home.
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