If Tom Brady does officially retire this offseason, it won't be a complete surprise for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler explained the decision from the Buccaneers' perspective on Sunday's SportsCenter:
"After asking around yesterday and this morning, the sense I get is that the Bucs knew this was at least a strong possibility for about two months because early in the year Tom Brady was speaking publicly about how he wanted to play multiple years and keep this thing rolling. And then sort of behind the scenes there was a little bit of a shift in tone.