NFL legend Michael Irvin explains why Tom Brady's quick return wasn't so surprising

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin wasn’t so sure when he first heard Tom Brady was going to retire from the NFL after 22 seasons and seven Super Bowl rings. 

Irvin said ahead of the Super Bowl that when Brady alluded to the possibility of coming back after about a week he had a feeling the legendary quarterback may not be totally done with the sport.

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Former Dallas Cowboys receiver and Hall of Famer Michael Irvin is seen during the UFC 272 event on March 5, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

The Dallas Cowboys legend explained to Fox News Digital in a recent interview what Brady may have been thinking as he took a little more than a month in between retirement and comeback announcements.

"I tell people all the time, you’re at the top of the mountain when you’re Tom Brady in the NFL. You’re at the top of the mountain. You’ve won seven (Super Bowls). You got more rings … you’re the boss where you go then you decide I think I’m gonna retire. I think I’m gonna retire. And you go home and you have this idea in your head. It’s just a figmentation (sic), your imagination of what retirement is," Irvin said.

"And when you get home and you learn that you’re no longer the boss, but you’re being bossed around at home, telling you what to do, you’re like ‘Wait a minute. I just want to sit here and relax.’ ‘No, I need you to do this. Can you get this done?’ And then you say, ‘Woah. Wait a minute. Maybe this is not what I want to do right now.’"

Irvin, who recently became an investor in the education platform TradeZing, said most athletes retire when their skill has diminished to a