On the first day of February, the man who is arguably the greatest quarterback in NFL history — is it really even arguable? — announced his retirement. That decision by Tom Brady, in almost any other year, would’ve been the biggest, most earth-shaking story of the offseason.
But this has hardly been just any other year.
Consider what happened next: Exactly one month later, on the first day of March, Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was speaking at the NFL Scouting Combine when he said the “door is never closed” on Brady unretiring. At the time, no one really believed that would ever happen.
Twelve days later, Brady unretired.
Seventeen days after that, Arians retired.
If that seems like a head-spinning turn of events … well, it was…
