Following his brief retirement, and while playing in his age-45 season, Tom Brady says he's dealing with some heightened emotions during his 23rd NFL campaign.

"I'm feeling more than things in the past for some reason," the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback said on his "Let's Go!" podcast Monday.

"You know, I'm just really feeling intensely my emotions. And I feel like I always have that, but I think when you get close to the end – and I don't know exactly where I'm at with that, and there's no decision to be made, (but) it's not like I have 10 years left."