I have posted before, and I'll stick with my opinion: Brady knows his place in history. He, and Belichick, are key to avoid any distractions. Brady knows that any talk about how long he wants to play has to err on the other side of 39 in order to keep the wolves at bay, as he knows the "Tom Brady Farewell Tour" would be a distraction of biblical proportions. He's never going to tell us what he really thinks, because he knows the media will be all over him if he says anything other than "40 or better". The problem comes, as he gets closer to that 4-0 number, he can't hide from it. I have felt all along that he'll be all done when this contract expires. He'll show up sometime in the middle of March or July, when there is absolutely nothing going on, and announce his retirement. Then, he and Gisele will go buy some south Pacific country and be gone. He'll show up to run for office or act in the movies once the cries for him to return have died off.
The only question in my mind is whether or not he and Belichick go out together or not.
