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Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the NFL on Saturday after 22 seasons, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Brady finished his final season passing for a league-high 43 touchdowns and 5,316 yards. He led the Buccaneers to the NFC Divisional Round and threw for 329 yards, one touchdown and one interception in a 30-27 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
The future Hall of Famer finishes his career with a 243-73 record, while throwing for 84,520 yards and 624 touchdowns. Both are NFL records. He also concludes his career with an unmatched seven Super Bowl rings.
Tom Brady retires, fantasy impact
That deafening sound you just heard was the bombshell of Tom Brady’s retirement hitting the airwaves.
Brady won’t hoist the Lombardi trophy this season, but he walks away from the game still playing at an elite level as one of the best to ever put on a pair of cleats. He directed an offense that ranked first in yards per play, second in total points and total yards. Among quarterbacks with 200 or more dropbacks (per FTN Data), he was 11th in adjusted completion rate (76.0%), 12th in yards per attempt (7.39) and ninth in passer rating (102.1).
Tampa Bay is now left at a precarious crossroads on both sides of the ball. With Chris Godwin, Jason Pierre-Paul, Ryan Jensen, Ndamukong Suh, Rob Gronkowski, Leonard Fournette, William Gholston, O.J. Howard and Ronald Jones all set to hit the free-agent market, this team could look quite different in 2022. With Blaine Gabbert also an unrestricted free agent, last year’s second-round pick, Kyle Trask, ascends to the top of the quarterback depth chart.
Trask is likely to get some buzz in dynasty circles because of this development, but it’s likely Tampa Bay will bring in another quarterback at the bare minimum to push him for the job. Mike Evans’ dynasty value has been sent spiraling down, as he’ll enter his age 29 season with questions at quarterback and a depth chart of castoffs and unproven players around him.
