Tom Brady could be with the Buccaneers as long as he pleases.
“I told him if he wants to play until he’s 50, and he still feels like he can play, he can still play until he’s 50,” Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht said Monday on “The Rich Eisen Show.”
Brady, who turns 44 in August and hasn’t ruled out playing into his 50s, signed a contract extension in March that will keep him with Tampa Bay through 2022.
“I want to keep all those conversations, most of them, private,” Lict told Eisen, noting that the reigning Super Bowl MVP quarterback has given “no inkling at all” about a future extension
Brady, too, discussed his future Monday, saying he’s just trying to live in the moment.
“I think I’m just hanging on to those last moments where I still feel like I have the competitive desire to train hard and put my team in a position to succeed,” he said on Hodinkee Radio, noting football is a form of “mediation” that allows him to stay in the present.
As for what comes after he’s finally done with football, Brady said he’s “fearful” of his NFL career coming to a close.
Tom Brady’s playing days could stretch out even longer. Getty Images“I think there’s a lot of time and energy still focused on being a great quarterback, that when that’s done, although I’m a little fearful of it ending, I am open to the belief that there will be a lot of opportunities for me to do things that I haven’t had a chance to do that I really think I can help a lot of people,” he said.
As Brady continues to test Father Time, he knows he has unfinished business with the Bucs.
“I took on a big challenge going to Tampa, I don’t think the final story has been written yet,” he said.
Brady is the oldest player currently on an NFL roster. He has won seven Super Bowls in total, including six with the New England Patriots and one with the Buccaneers.
