As Tom Brady spoke the words that reverberated across the NFL, you practically could hear the collective groans in Green Bay, New Orleans and Los Angeles.

Heck, even Boston, New York and Kansas City can’t be happy. Better just make that every NFL city outside of Tampa Bay.

Brady, 43, admitted Monday he might play more than another two years no matter what happens Sunday, when he leads the Buccaneers against the Chiefs in Super Bowl 2021.

“I would definitely consider that,” Brady said as Super Bowl week began. “It’s a physical sport, and just the perspective I have on that is you never know when that [final] moment is. Just because it’s a contact sport. There is a lot of training that goes into it. It has to be a 100 percent commitment from myself to doing it.”

The end of Brady’s reign was supposed to be in sight because he repeated a few times over the years a desire to play until he turned 45 and because he signed a two-year free-agent contract with the Buccaneers last March to run through his age-44 season.

Scrap that hopeful day.

So, whether it’s the Packers, Saints and Rams trying to get back to the Super Bowl before Father Time catches up to their quarterbacks … or the Patriots lamenting letting go of the Greatest of All Time … or the Jets and Giants continuing rebuilds after long ago playoff wins over Brady … or the Chiefs trying to build the next dynasty … it isn’t welcome to hear retirement is not in the air.

“I think it’s going to be hard to walk away whenever I decide to walk away because it’s been a huge part of my life for a long time,” Brady said. “For an older athlete like myself, so much of the enjoyment comes from helping others reach their potential. That’s probably why I’m still doing it. It’s not about me, Tom Brady. It’s about us, the Bucs.”

Brady’s 10th Super Bowl appearance is unlike the others for many reasons. Put aside the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and becoming the first Super Bowl team to play the game on its home field.

Brady is here without Patriots coach Bill Belichick for the first time because he led a team that hadn’t won a playoff game since 2002 to three straight road wins.

“I have a great relationship with him,” Brady said. “He was everything you could ask for as a player. I had two incredible decades there … and I certainly could never have accomplished the things in my career without his support and teachings. Incredible coach and mentor to me. Had a lot of those in my career, but obviously he is at the top of the list.”

If Brady wins again, he will pass Michael Jordan (six NBA rings) on the championship scale.

“Michael is one of my sports idols, so I think he’s pretty incredible,” Brady said. “[The championships] have all been very unique in their own way. It would be cool to accomplish it this time. I don’t compare it to the other times.”

Brady threw 40 touchdown passes (most since 2007) and for 4,633 yards (most since 2015) with the Buccaneers.

“Football has really become part of my daily life because a lot of the decisions I make I’ll always think about, ‘How does this impact my football?’” Brady said. “How I work out and how I recover is critical to the success that I’ve had. Not many people have played at my age, and I’m hoping I can give some of that wisdom to some of the younger players who want to do the same types of things.”

The first thing he can do to make it easier for the next generation is retire. Sorry, not right now.

“I don’t know when that time will come,” Brady said, “but I think I’ll know [when it does], and I’ll understand that I gave everything I could to this game.”