Tom Brady may be running out of options in free agency
Tom Brady was supposed to dominate free agency, but now it looks as if the Hall of Fame quarterback only has two landing spots left.
NFL teams were supposed to fall all over themselves bidding for Tom Brady’s services in free agency. Instead, it looks as if the Hall of Fame quarterback may be running out of teams interested in his services.
The Titans crossed themselves off of Brady’s list by inking Ryan Tannehill to a four-year, $118 million deal. It’s very possible that Brady told Tennessee officials he wasn’t interested in moving to Nashville, but it still eliminated one team from the potential race to sign him.
The recent revelation that the 49ers have also elected to remove themselves from the race to sign Brady is a bit more surprising. The team managed to make a Super Bowl appearance with Jimmy Garoppolo at the helm, but no one in San Francisco seems to be convinced he’s got the goods to win them a Lombardi Trophy. Passing on Brady makes sense for the long-term psyche of Garoppolo under center, but it probably makes the 49ers a little worse in 2020.
At any rate, the elimination of both the Titans and 49ers leaves Brady with a fairly short list of suitors. The most obvious solution is that Brady could ultimately elect to stay put with the Patriots. There’s been a lot of noise about his desire to leave New England, but no one would really be surprised to see him reunite with Bill Belichick.
The Buccaneers are another team that are clearly still in the market for a signal caller of Brady’s quality. Bruce Arians doesn’t want to watch Jameis Winston throw another 30 interceptions next season. Brady wouldn’t be a long-term solution for Tampa Bay, but he would give the organization a much-needed shot in the arm next season.
It’s always possible another team could choose to jettison their current starter in favor of Brady, but the list of teams that might consider such a move isn’t very long. The Raiders might pull the plug on Derek Carr in favor of Brady, but most other teams with legitimate playoff aspirations look to be reasonably satisfied with their current options under center.
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As it stands, Brady needs to make a choice quickly if he doesn’t want to get left without a starting quarterback chair when the music of free agency stops. He was supposed to run this process, but instead, NFL Free Agency looks to be running him.