Tom Brady has message for Joe Burrow, takes shot at Ohio State in the process

Super Bowl 56-bound quarterback Joe Burrow stopped by Tom Brady’s Let’s Go podcast this week after taking down the Kansas City Chiefs in overtime. The NFL G.O.A.T. expressed his full support for Burrow as the former LSU Tiger attempts the never-done-before feat of winning the Heisman Trophy, a national championship and a Super Bowl.

Brady joked that perhaps Burrow should retire after reaching the mountain top of football.

“Definitely don’t (retire). You have a great future ahead, a lot of great football games ahead, as it should be,” Brady said. “We all get to watch you for a long time. I wish you nothing but the best, as you know.”

Naturally, Brady couldn’t let Joe Burrow off of the podcast before taking a shot at his former rival the Ohio State Buckeyes. Burrow left Ohio State for LSU where he won the 2019 National Championship.

“I know Joe, obviously a great player, I think one of the great decisions he ever made was leaving Ohio State, to get out of that god-forsaken place to go to LSU,” Brady said. “As a Michigan man, I could tell how smart he was when he did that. Thank God. That was one of the best decisions you ever made Joe.”

“I think it was too but maybe for different reasons than you might have,” Burrow responded.

Tom Brady officially announces retirement

The winningest quarterback in NFL history announced his retirement after 22 seasons in the league on Tuesday.

Brady made his announcement via Instagram, coupled with a lengthy statement on his retirement.

“I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition — if a 100% competitive commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed…This is difficult for me to write, but here it goes: I am not going to make that competitive commitment anymore. I have loved my NFL career, and now it is time for me to focus my time and energy on other things that require my attention,” his statement read, in part.

“I’ve done a lot of reflecting the past week and have asked myself difficult questions. And I am so proud of what we have achieved. My teammates, coaches, fellow competitors and fans deserve 100% of me, but right now, it’s best I leave the field of play to the next generation of dedicated and committed athletes.”

Brady, 44, went in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. The Patriots used the 199th-overall pick to select the future first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee.

What ensued was the greatest career of any quarterback in NFL history. Over the course of his 22-year NFL career, Brady threw for 84,520 passing yards, the most in NFL history, and 624 passing touchdowns, also the most in NFL history.