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Gisele Bundchen apparently told Jay Feely, a former
teammate and long-time friend of Tom Brady's, to persuade Brady
to retire.
Though Gisele was "dead serious," Feely instead told
Brady to play as long as he can.
Brady has said he'd like to play into his
mid-40s.
Tom Brady is set to play in his eighth Super
Bowl, but from the sound of it, there's pressure on him to
make it one of his last.
According to Sports Illustrated's Greg Bishop, over the
summer Brady and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, vacationed with
former NFL kicker Jay Feely, who was one of Brady's teammates at
Michigan.
According to Feely, Gisele spent the vacation trying to get Feely
to persuade Brady, 40, to retire.
"She was dead serious," Feely told Bishop.
This may not be such a big surprise. In an interview with
CBS in 2017,
Gisele said Brady has had concussions, but that they do not
talk about it. Though Brady, the New England Patriots, and the
NFL denied Brady suffering any concussions in 2016, it still was
clear that Gisele was mindful of the dangers of her husband's
sport.
In a
recent interview with the "Kirk and Callahan" radio show,
Brady said his family asks him all the time how long he plans to
keep playing. Asked if he tells them to stay patient and let him
play and then he will be around more, Brady said: "It's like you
have a microphone in my house. That's a daily
conversation."
Gisele's methods may not have worked, though. According to
Bishop, Feely told Brady, "play as long as you can," to which
Brady smiled and winked.
Brady has said he would like to play into his mid-40s, and
has not ruled out playing even longer. With the way
he carved up the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC
Championship, it's tough to imagine his retirement coming any
time soon.
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