Tom Brady’s days on the NFL gridiron are over, but that doesn’t mean he is done as a competitor. While his competitive streak is evident in his stint as an NFL commentator with Fox, the kids at home are keeping Brady on his toes too. Game on, dad.
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Without football rivals to face off with, Brady has been taking on his sons, Jack (17) and Benjamin (15), instead. Since his retirement, Brady has been playing various sports and games with them.
Several videos of Brady squaring off with his elder son, Jack, on the basketball court have emerged in recent months.
Most recently, Brady shared a video of himself and Benjamin playing a new game called BoxBollen. It is “still the go-to game in the house,” says Brady.
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The game requires players to wear a headband that has a ball hanging from a string. They are then given a certain amount of time to punch the ball as many times as they can. As expected, Brady took his son to the cleaners.
In retirement, Brady is making up for over two decades of lost time when he was completely devoted to football. He spends every single possible second with his kids.
Brady has been living his best dad life in retirement
Brady had unprecedented success as a football player, winning a Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 43. That’s the age when most guys are wincing as they roll out of bed.
However, the long career meant he had very limited time to spend with his sons and his daughter, 11-year-old Vivian Brady. Tom recently spoke about how he “screwed up” as a parent in the past.
“Being a parent is probably the hardest job all of us have and we screw up a lot. And I’ve screwed up a lot as a parent… To be a boy, it sucks to be Tom Brady’s son in so many ways and I try to empathize that with them…And I’ll be there to support them a lot like my parents did. And I’ll be learning along the way right there with them.”
While early returns on his second act as an NFL broadcaster have been mixed, it seems that Brady is taking his role as an everyday dad to heart. But don’t expect him to let his kids win anytime soon. They’ll have to earn it.
