Will Tom Brady be back with the Patriots in 2020?
It's sure to be one of the most followed storylines heading into next season after the quarterback inked a two-year extension with null years and put his Boston home up for sale. But Brady is optimistic about the uncertainty his future holds.
“That is the great part for me, I don’t know," Brady said Wednesday during his weekly appearance on sports radio WEEI's "The Greg Hill Show" in Boston. "I think that has been a unique situation that I have been in because I think when you commit to a team for a certain amount of years you kind feel like (there is) the responsibility to always fulfill the contract.
"For me, it’s been good because I am just taking it day by day and I am enjoying what I have. I don’t know what the future holds and the great part is for me, football at this point is all borrowed time. I never expected to play 20 years and I am playing on a great team and it’s just been an incredible 20 years of my life. To play for Mr. Kraft, and Jonathan and the Kraft family and for Coach Belichick and to have so much success is a dream come true."
Brady is in his 20th season with the Patriots and the 42-year-old has said he wants to keep playing into his mid-40s, but he agreed to a revamped contract through the 2021 season in August that reportedly included voidable years in 2020 and 2021.
Unless he reaches another extension with New England, Brady is set to become a free agent after this season, leaving many to question whether he will decide to just hang his helmet after his record-breaking career.
“One day I will wake up and I will feel like, ‘OK, that will be enough.’ When that day comes, that day comes," Brady said. "I don’t know if it will be after this year. I don’t know if it will be five years from now. I don’t have to determine those things right now, either. That is kind of a good part of where I am at. Just take advantage of the opportunities that I have this year and do the very best I can do and then those decisions come at probably more appropriate times."
Brady moved to third on the NFL's all-time passing yards list in Week 5 after surpassing Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre (71,838). He's thrown for 1,992 yards with 11 touchdowns this season while the Patriots have outscored their opponents 223-48 through the first seven weeks of play.