Free Agent Deals Aren’t yet Official as NFL Year Begins

Free Agent Deals Aren’t yet Official as NFL Year Begins
Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots looks on from the sideline during the the AFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Jan. 4, 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
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Tom Brady preparing to trade the red, white and blue threads of this century’s most successful franchise for one of the NFL’s bottom feeders served as the highlight of a topsy-turvy start to the league’s new year on March 18.

Brady, 42, will take his six rings from his unparalleled 20-year reign in New England to Tampa, where the Buccaneers have sat out the playoffs every season since 2007.