As for Brady, who’s now a lead NFL analyst for Fox, he hasn’t said as much publicly about his divorce, but he did acknowledge that what turned out to be his final season as a player was “tough.”

“I had a lot of, you know, just a personal, family issue, and it was a challenge,” the 49-year-old, who played his final three seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after spending 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, said on The Herd in January. “It just took a lot out of me in terms of, you know, my ability to continue to play.”

And according to Lars Anderson’s new book, Brady: An American Story and the Price of Greatness, out Sept. 29, Brady threw a Hail Mary when he sensed time was running out.