that way. >> thanks to andy scholes for that report. let's bring in now cnn sports correspondent carolyn manno. carolyn, we have seen tom brady pull off some incredible last second come backs before. is this really the end for the greatest quarterback of all time? >> yeah, at this point it appears that way, boris. i think what you just heard in andy's report from tom brady himself really echos that. that he doesn't like to do things halfway. he has proven to be so meticulous in every single aspect of his career and there's really just the sense that this narrative somehow escaped his control on saturday. i had a chance to speak with multiple people who are and have been close with him, they tell me their sense is that he was planning on ultimately making this decision but he doesn't like other people communicating what he feels is his business or are his plans. this is a man that produces his own pregame hype videos, i would be shocked truly if there weren't a clearly defined strategy around this decision to retire. from covering him myself for many years in new england i have known him to be a historian of