Boston Globe: Tom Brady faked retirement, attempted to become executive of Miami Dolphins and unretire

[Kill3r7]

I don't understand why they backtracked. The alleged conversations will still be part of the discovery request regardless.

 

[Trey]

Important note that pretty much every other reporter is saying this is ridiculous

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I'm 50/50 on whether I believe it, it's why I felt clarifying this is what the boston globe is claiming was sufficient.

It's an entertaining bts rumor either way

 

[Cousin From Boston]

It's bullshit

But I believe it

 

[Spinluck]

WTF

Belichick's tell all biogrpahy after he retires is gonna be wild.

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"I deflated all of Tom's balls and watched him take the fall."

 

[Jmdajr]

Wild shit

 

[Smokeymicpot]

Would have been awesome if that really happened.

 

[Everybody Lies]

Stephen Ross is an amoral odious creature and that is what makes this very possibly true.

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

lol at people that actually believe this

 

[Deleted member 43]

Am I expecting too much from sport reporting when I find the fact that this article uses both phrases "But it's fairly easy to connect the dots" and "But it doesn't take a genius to put 2 + 2 together" rather dubious?

 

[mikeamizzle]

On Brand

 

[Helix]

eh.....what?

 

[Boldy J. Washington]

Wait so the plan was to fake retire, acquire the Miami Dolphins, hire a coach and then unretire and play for them? Can you own a team and play for them?

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Mario Lemieux did something like that, but his retirement was genuine. This story about Brady I don't really buy.

 

[Kemal86]

This is like a pro wrestling angle

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worked into a shoot for sure

 

[Duxxy3]

On a scale from 1 to Pepe Silvia

Where are we at on this story?

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Oh this is definitely a Pepe Silvia moment. What the fuck was the globe thinking with this crap?

 

[Random Painted Highway]

So Brady would trade for himself? The bucs could hold out for a sweet deal.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

…I'm just going to revisit this story tomorrow. Way too tired to have any idea what's going on here at the moment.

 

[Squarehard]

12D Chess

 

[CrankyJay]

Flores is a hero.

 

[Netherscourge]

 

[Antrax]

I don't see how this makes any sense. Ultimately all this plan would amount to is Brady QBing for Sean Payton. If he wanted that, then Sean could've just gone to Tampa or Brady could've taken the Saints QB job. It's like masterminding a plot to go to your local Target; you can actually just drive there!

 

[CountAntonio]

Tom Brady being escorted out of the Miami Dolphins Arena.

 

[Sanjuro]

Tom Brady being escorted out of the Miami Dolphins Arena.

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Tom after the rumors he was the new ATL starting QB

 

[whytemyke]

lol I don't believe any of it but I want to. Badly. Would have been awesome

 

[DarthWoo]

Wonder if the crazy person who bought his supposedly final touchdown ball at auction would have a cause of action if any of this turns out to be true.

 

[kess]

Wait so the plan was to fake retire, acquire the Miami Dolphins, hire a coach and then unretire and play for them? Can you own a team and play for them?

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Mario Lemieux did it!

 

[Revolver_Ocelot]

Wouldn't the Dolphins have to give up a ton of assets to get Payton for this to work. Which doesn't make sense if you want to go all-in with Brady as your QB

 

[clmartin]

Hasn't this story been debunked by more credible reporters already?

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Yeah but they connected the dots don't you see?

 

[Mesoian]

Oh my god, is Brian Flores The Question?

IS BILL BELLICHECK THE JOKER?!?!

 

[psynergyadept]

Brian Flores saving the league more than it deserves

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For fucking real!

 

[The Albatross]

I don't believe any of this, but I still like it

 

[Kusagari]

The Brady/Dolphins thing has been rumored for a while. Lebatard has brought it up frequently.

 

[Couleurs]

i knew it

 

[spookyduzt]

 

[Brinbe]

yeah, no shit. no one bought he was retiring for real

 

[bionic77]

That article reads like a typical post from a sports message board or a fan airing his theory on a Monday morning on sports talk radio.

 

[Sanjuro]

yeah, no shit. no one bought he was retiring for real

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This forum did!

 

[grand]

Isn't Mike Florio a hack? He doesn't have any reliable information.

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What? No. Florio has a ton of sources and has been around for ages. He's just not a mouthpiece for the NFL so he doesn't get fed information like Schefter.

Doesn't mean this story is true or false but we can safely say that some source is corroborating this

 

[Brinbe]

belichick knew what he was doing

that's how you know it's real. he tipped flores off.

 

[Ra]

If this gets corroborated by discovery in the Flores lawsuit, said plaintiff is gonna win so much fucking money.

 

[Sanjuro]

belichick knew what he was doing

that's how you know it's real. he tipped flores off.

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Vintage Belichick

 

[Duxxy3]

Tell Brady. I want him to know it was me.

 

[Cantaim]

If this gets corroborated by discovery in the Flores lawsuit, said plaintiff is gonna win so much fucking money.

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It's why I want it to be true myself

 

[Gwynbleidd]

Why are we still believing florio? Talk about beating a dead horse

 

[Jmdajr]

Tell Brady. I want him to know it was me.

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This

 

[Forerunner]

 

[Malleymal]

Flores shouldn't have been fired…. That was give away. The owner obviously had a plan. Payton calls it a day, Brady calls it a day and they throw a smoke screen with Jim Harbaugh. I wish this happened lol … the afc would have been nuts

 

[Fox318]

You can't tell me Belicheat didn't text Brian Flores on purpose to throw all the drama towards the fish.

 

[Falchion]

Good breakdown of the events. What a wild saga and it's hilarious that his plan fell through.