In his first public comments since unretiring earlier this year after just 40 days, Tom Brady said he felt pressure to end his retirement because of free agency, and that his key reasons for his indecision stemmed from commitments to his family.

"At this stage, it's like 55% yes and 45% no," Brady said in a roundtable that aired on TNT following Capital One's The Match.

"It's not 100-0. That's just the reality. It's not that I'm not 100% committed, it's just as soon as I make the commitment to do it, it's like, 'Ugh. All right, here we go.' It's like running a marathon. You can't decide two weeks before the marathon, 'Hey, I'm going to start running.' We got right to free agency and I felt some pressure to do it and talked to the team and organization, and it all worked out."

Brady was asked whether he had been ready to retire.

"Partly, you know, yes," said Brady, who will turn 45 in August. "And I think when you're their [Mahomes' and Allen's] age, if you were to ask me, 'Are you going to play football next year?' I would say there's a 100% chance I'm playing. And I think as I've gotten older, that's changed because I have other responsibilities."