ESPN’s Adam Schefter likes tweets based on his now-verified report about Tom Brady’s retirement
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter had some fun flipping through Twitter on Tuesday.
Official tracking Tom Brady’s Retirement Confirmed Through an Instagram post on Tuesday morning, Schefter was caught liking several posts criticizing his reporting on Brady’s plans the previous weekend.
Several old posts found in Schefter’s like tweets mocked the odd situation and questioned the NFL journalist’s credibility.
Adam Schefter has jumped gun on two of the biggest NFL stories of the past 12 months — and he could end up wrong on both.
– Matthew Freedman (@MattFtheOracle) January 29, 2022
Adam Schefter revisits his Tom Brady tweet pic.twitter.com/mGOgXS3yLY
– Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) February 1, 2022
Adam Schefter: You’re Retiring!
Brave Cat: pic.twitter.com/3aZ5Xr04Vl
– Kofie (@Kofie) January 29, 2022
Adam Schefter as he and ESPN opened fire on Tom Brady’s retirement announcement. pic.twitter.com/hDGX1rav6P
– Tyler Brooke (@TylerDBrooke) January 29, 2022
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Schefter and Jeff Darlington originally broke the news in a report on Saturday that said Brady was planning on retiring from the NFL after 22 seasons. However, Brady’s agent later denied the report and said that the seven-time Super Bowl champion would soon announce his decision to retire. After several conflicting reports surfaced during the day, ESPN released a statement saying it supported Schefter and Darlington’s report.
Brady addressed the reports during an appearance on “Let’s Go!” podcast with Jim Gray on Monday night and explain that he is evaluating his retirement decision on a daily basis.
“I’m still going through the process,” Brady said in the podcast Monday night. “When the time is right, I will be ready to make a decision.”
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Brady officially confirmed his retirement less than 24 hours later on Tuesday morning via Instagram, thanking the Buccaneers organization as well as head coach Bruce Arians, the City of Tampa and his friends and family. that. He also mentioned that he would focus his time and energy on “other things that need his attention.”