Tom Brady says divorce from Gisele Bündchen made final NFL season challenging

NFL fable Tom Brady said off-the-field issues contributed to immoderate of his struggles connected the tract during his last play successful the NFL.

Brady was going done a divorcement with Gisele Bündchen during his last season, and the seven-time Super Bowl champion said the issues successful his idiosyncratic beingness made it a challenge.

"My past play was tough," Brady said during a caller quality connected FOX Sports’ "The Herd."

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"I was going done — I had a batch of, you know, conscionable a personal, household issue, and it was a challenge. It was precise ... it conscionable took a batch retired of maine successful presumption of, you know, my quality to proceed to play."

Brady’s last play with the Buccaneers was the lone play successful his vocation helium had a grounds beneath .500, going 8-9 yet inactive winning the NFC South. In 17 games that season, Brady completed 66.8% of his passes for 4,694 yards with 25 touchdowns and 9 interceptions.

While Brady considered that a challenging year, his 4,694 yards were inactive impressive. For context, Los Angeles Rams backmost Matthew Stafford led the NFL with 4,707 yards this season.

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Brady added that, during that season, helium knew it was clip for him to be his kids’ games.

"I had 23 years of (playing successful the NFL), truthful I didn’t consciousness similar I was missing anything, retiring. I felt like, ‘OK, this clip I ever had a extremity — 45.’ I was 45 years old. I wanted to walk clip with my kids, I felt like, 'OK, present it’s clip for maine to beryllium astatine each my kids' games.' They’ve been to capable of their dad’s games."

Brady and Bündchen were joined for 13 years and had 2 kids unneurotic earlier getting divorced successful 2022.

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Bündchen joined her jiujitsu teacher Joaquim Valente successful 2025 aft going nationalist with their narration successful 2023. The brace welcomed a babe lad successful February 2025.

Brady has yet to spell nationalist with a caller romance since the divorce.

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