Why 2022 could be Tom Brady's last season in the NFL: 'Appetite to compete' will 'be gone soon'

Kevin Skiver

Why 2022 could be Tom Brady's last season in the NFL: 'Appetite to compete' will 'be gone soon' image

It shouldn't come as a surprise that Tom Brady feels his time in the NFL is waning. He retired last Feb. 1 before unretiring 40 days later. Despite the shortness of the hiatus, it's the first time the NFL world had seen Brady's competitive fire flicker. He clearly feels it, too.

In an interview with Dan Patrick, Brady was uncharacteristically chatty about his mentality as a competitor and what will get him to finally hang up the cleats for good.

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