{"id":13034,"date":"2023-02-01T19:21:52","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/titans-star-makes-aggressive-pitch-in-nfl-after-tom-brady-retires\/"},"modified":"2023-02-01T19:21:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:21:52","slug":"titans-star-makes-aggressive-pitch-in-nfl-after-tom-brady-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/titans-star-makes-aggressive-pitch-in-nfl-after-tom-brady-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"Titans star makes aggressive pitch in NFL after Tom Brady retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With Tom Brady officially retired, it&#8217;s virtually certain that the Patriots will retire his number 12 jersey. Zero players have worn the number since Brady left New England three years before him.<\/p>\n<p>But what about the entire NFL ditching Brady&#8217;s jersey numbers? Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan did just that after the 45-year-old quarterback announced his retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NFL should abolish number 12 on all teams,&#8221; Luwan tweeted Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All teams in the NFL should abolish number 12 jerseys.  ?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Taylor Lewan (@TaylorLewan77) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLewan77\/status\/1620855361099141121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">February 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It sounds aggressive.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Russell (NBA), Jackie Robinson (MLB) and Wayne Gretzky (NHL) are the only three players to have retired from one of North America&#8217;s four major professional sports leagues.  The NFL has yet to give such an honor.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Russell and Robinson saw their numbers retired for reasons beyond their in-game brilliance. 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