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The Tom Brady sweepstakes were blistery during the 2020 offseason.
Brady decided to depart from the New England Patriots and yet signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, yet starring the squad to a Super Bowl rubric implicit the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes.
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Fox NFL broadcaster and erstwhile NFL backmost Tom Brady, right, speaks to Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, #13, earlier a crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Raymond James Stadium successful Tampa, Florida, connected Sept. 29, 2024. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
While calling the Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles crippled connected Sunday, Brady revealed the Chicago Bears were among the suitors funny successful his quarterbacking services.
"Ultimately, Chicago was a squad — and I ne'er told that communicative earlier — they were precise stealth successful their recruitment," Brady said, via FOX Sports. "I was earnestly considering them.
"But successful the end, it came down to Tampa. It was adjacent to my lad Jack. I emotion [then-Bucs coach] Bruce Arians and the relation helium played successful the offense. And ultimately, the large players similar Mike Evans and Chris Godwin that I'm inactive retired determination watching today."
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Dallas Cowboys squad proprietor Jerry Jones, left, and expert Tom Brady, halfway right, speech with others during squad warmups earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Cleveland Browns successful Cleveland connected Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
The Bears’ engagement successful Brady’s escaped bureau marketplace was the archetypal clip anyone had heard astir it. The Buccaneers, Los Angeles Chargers and Miami Dolphins were each reportedly rumored to beryllium funny successful Brady.
The San Francisco 49ers and Las Vegas Raiders could besides person been plausible landing spots, but each squad had been tied up with a QB1 already.
The Bears ne'er really came up.
"You cognize what? They were truly nether the radar," Brady added. "And cipher would've realized that. Free bureau is simply a tricky happening and erstwhile you marque your determination determination was nary looking back, truthful there's nary crushed to ever archer anybody that."
Chicago Bears backmost Mitchell Trubisky, #10, throws a walk against the Jacksonville Jaguars during the 2nd 4th astatine TIAA Bank Field successful Jacksonville, Florida, connected Dec. 27, 2020. (Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports)
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Chicago went 8-8 successful 2020 and mislaid successful the wild-card circular of the playoffs with Mitchell Trubisky. The squad past had Justin Field and present has Caleb Williams.
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