Tom Brady Has Announced He's Leaving The New England Patriots

[Lobo]

Potential destinations include: The Niners, Chargers and Bucs.

Raiders and Titans are out. Titans signed Tannehill and the Raiders singed Marriotta.

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Tom Brady says goodbye to Patriots on social media

Tom Brady said goodbye to the New England Patriots in a series of posts on Instagram on Tuesday, ending his 20-year run with the only NFL team he has ever known.

Brady did not say which team he will sign with for the 2020 season, but he did indicate he was leaving. He officially hits the league's open market Wednesday but could reach agreement with another team on Tuesday when players and clubs can negotiate deals.

"Although my football journey will take place elsewhere, I appreciate everything that we have achieved and am grateful for our incredible TEAM accomplishments," he wrote.

Brady, 42, leaves New England with six Super Bowl rings and 41 playoff starts since 2001.

In recent years, Brady repeatedly said that his goal was to play until he was 45, but he and the Patriots couldn't come to an agreement on a contract extension last offseason. That created a path for Brady to explore his options as a free agent, and after a 2019 season in which he showed visible frustration at times and the offensively-challenged Patriots uncharacteristically lost in the wild-card round of the playoffs, he told Westwood One radio that he was "open-minded about the process."

Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who deferred to coach Bill Belichick in the negotiations, told NBC Sports he hoped Brady would play in New England or retire. Kraft, Belichick and Brady, widely seen as the three pillars of the Patriots' unprecedented run of success since 2001.

Brady's 20 seasons with the Patriots -- in which he combined with Belichick to form one of the all-time great quarterback/coach combinations -- are the most ever with one team by a quarterback.

But Brady's final pass as a Patriot will go down as a pick-six by former teammate Logan Ryan of the Titans.

That in no way can overshadow Brady's long list of accomplishments in New England:

· Three NFL Most Valuable Player awards (2007, 2010, 2017), which ties him with Jim Brown, Brett Favre and Johnny Unitas for second-most all-time behind Peyton Manning.

· Fifteen Super Bowl records.

· Four Super Bowl MVP awards.

· A record 13 conference title-game appearances.

· A record nine conference championships.

· A total of 17 division championships, easily an NFL record (Peyton Manning is next with 12).

· Leading the Patriots to at least 12 regular-season wins 13 times, the most all-time.

· Becoming the first 42-year-old quarterback in football history to start every game in a regular season.

[LAglamrocker]

Patriots now have 42 fans

[dmbrocker]

Patriots now have 42 fans

Wouldn't be so sure of that. At least one guy I know on FB said he'd still be rooting for the Pats. Some of 'em just love Boston, I guess.

[ParaDime77]

According to Cowherd, Tom is signing with Tampa tomorrow morning.

[Kid-Wicked]

strong receivers. strong runners. did winston throw all those pics because he sucked or because the o-line sucked and he was rushed?

[Facedown]

Thanks for all you've done, Tom but it's time to move on.

[AliceManson]

Patriots now have 42 fans

Considering they still have Belichick, that's doubtful. They will still win, he went 11-5 with Matt Cassel.

[LAglamrocker]

Tampa Bay went from 2 million fans to 42 million over night
Patriots now have 2 million fans and only lost 40 million overnight

[Facedown]

Patriot fans aren't bandwagon fans like, say, Tebow fans.

[Blizzard of Cos]

Word is the wife didn't want her man playing for strip mall prostitution visiting owner anymore and put her foot down. Political aspirations and all....

[LAglamrocker]

Wife wanted out of Hoth conditions
Brady wanted the sun and easy conference to win
Tampa can go 10-6 pretty easy
What’s up with 2 qbs I Hate most taking over my teams first with Peyton Broncos now Brady Bucs? Weird I don’t seem to hate Brady now

Pats will be like when Lebron left the Cavs forever. So many Cavs fans still at least 300 million in USA alone

Tebow baseball jersey will outsell Patriots new savior qb for sure

[LAglamrocker]

Every single Patriot fan “isn’t “ a fan of Gronk and Brady on the Bucs now...”none” just all of them!

Patriots are like the Cavs without Lebron..nobody cares