Tom Brady’s ‘cryptic’ photo turned out to be Hulu commercial

By Ty Anderson, 985TheSportsHub.com

All our hyperventilating over a black-and-white, caption-less Tom Brady post turned out to be nothing but wasted energy, as Brady's post turned out to be a simple sneak preview of an ad for Hulu aired during the first half of Super Bowl LIV.

The ad begins with the 42-year-old Brady teasing about knowing when to walk away and how he wants to tell the fans something first (began to get a little nervous, I'll admit), and quickly transitions to Brady's talking about all of Hulu's benefits compared to live TV.

(Brady, by the way, is far from the first professional athlete to appear in a Hulu commercial, as both the Rams' Todd Gurley and Cleveland's Baker Mayfield have appeared in Hulu commercials within in the past year alone.)

While the video was full of that aforementioned tongue-in-cheek commentary about his own future, the commercial would not be complete without Brady, who will be a free agent in March, telling the viewers his plans for the future.

"It's time to say goodbye to TV as you know it," Brady said. “But me? I’m not going anywhere.”

Brady was indeed in attendance for the big game between the Chiefs and 49ers, and captured a photo with some of the league's other all time great quarterbacks, including his childhood idol, Joe Montana.

The Patriots, meanwhile, are reportedly prepared to throw a whole lot of money at Brady to keep him in New England.