Brady exits NFL playoffs with loss, uncertain future

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said after ending his season with a 20-13 loss to Tennessee Titans that he has plans to retire.

“I would say it's pretty unlikely, hopefully unlikely,” Brady told reporters. “I love playing football. I don't kw what it looks like moving forward.”

Brady completed 20 of 37 passes for 209 yards on Saturday, finishing game with a lower quarterback rating than Ryan Tannehill, who threw for a total of 72 yards in his first career playoff appearance. It was earliest postseason exit for Brady and Patriots in a decade.

“I think we're all running out of time and chances, every year that goes by," Brady said. "I don't think I'm only one in that category.”

A six-time Super Bowl champion, four-time Most Valuable Player of NFL title game and three-time winner of league's MVP, Brady is t under contract for next season, when he will be 43 years-old. Although he has said he wants to play until he is 45, he is coming off perhaps worst (n-injury) season of his career.

But love from New England fans has never waned.

A fan in front row hung a banner reading, “Please Stay Tommy.” rest of crowd for what could be last home game of Tom Brady's Patriots career showed its love by chanting his name a half-dozen times throughout night.

But Brady's last pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Logan Ryan, a teammate during two championship seasons, sealing defeat. Brady walked off field, his helmet off and his head hanging low, surrounded by photographers and security, before jogging last few steps to stairway that leads to Patriots locker room.

Wher he will ever be back could be most interesting drama of offseason.

Although Patriots have at times attempted to groom Brady's successor — including Jacoby Brissett, w with Indianapolis, and Jimmy Garoppolo, who's with San Francisco — rookie Jarrett Stidham is only or quarterback on New England roster. He threw four passes this season.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick refused to say wher he thought Brady would be back.

“Right w we just finished a game,” he said. “So we're focused on this game, OK.”

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