Tom Brady's Teammate Retires to Spend Time With His Family

Brian Jones

10/07/2022 09:51 am EDT

A teammate of Tom Brady is retiring from the NFL to spend time with his family. Veteran wide receiver Cole Beasley is ending his NFL career, two weeks after signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his agent Joel Turner told ESPN. The reasoning for the retirement is interesting considering Brady retired in February to spend time with his family only to unretire in March and he's now dealing with marital issues.

"He is ready to be with his family after playing 11 seasons and it's time to be a full-time dad and husband," Beasley's agent Joel Turner told ESPN of Beasley. "His wife and kids are still back home in Texas. They came out for the first game, went through the evacuation last week which the Tampa Bay organization hasn't received near the credit they deserve for the way they handled [Hurricane Ian] — nothing but first class by the Glazer family, [general manager] Jason [Licht] and [coach] Todd [Bowles]. He doesn't want to be separated from them anymore. He loves his wife and kids and wants to be with them."

Beasley, 33, first joined the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2012. He spent seven seasons with the Cowboys before signing a four-year contract with the Buffalo Bills. Beasley was released by the Bills in March and finished his career with 550 catches for 5,709 yards and 34 touchdowns. His retirement announcement has led to social media taking aim at Brady.

'Hilarious timing'

One person wrote: "Cole Beasley retiring to be with his family after Tom Brady is in the middle of a divorce for leaving his family, is hilarious timing."

'Didn't expect this'

Another person wrote: "Cole Beasley making Tom Brady seem like a piece of s— is a twist I did not expect to see this season."

'Spent one week with Tom Brady'

One fan said: "Cole Beasley spent one week with Tom Brady and decided dropping his kids off at school every day and baking bread with his wife was the better option."

'Never doing that to my marriage'

Another Twitter user wrote: "Cole Beasley really spent 2 games with Tom Brady and went 'yeah, never doing that to my marriage' and straight up retired to be with his family."

'Retiring to be a family man'

One person tweeted: "Idk man Cole Beasley retiring to be a family man less than 24 hrs after we heard Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady hired divorce lawyers because he didn't want to be a family man has me CRINE."

'Only Brady remains'

One person wrote: "The Bucs all retire so their spouses don't leave them. Only Brady remains. Entombing himself within the pirate boat stadium, he is alone except for one football. He finds this ideal."

'Gisele sees'

And this fan wrote: "So basically Gisele seeing Cole Beasley retire for his family while Tom Brady returned to play another season."

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