Fun week for Bucs QB.

The past few days have been big days for Bucs quarterback Tom Brady.

Did you hear he turned 44 yesterday? No? So you were trapped in a cave without WiFi, huh? Joe was sick of reading about Brady turning 44 before the Bucs had finished their warmups for the practice inside the Glazer Shed. And that wasn’t quite 9 a.m.

Now that Brady is six years away from AARP eligibility, he seems to be a bit of a changed man. In New England, the guy was tighter than a drum, rarely said anything remotely interesting much less revealing and seemed the perfect puppet for Bill Belicheat’s drab, Nixonian, humanity-is-our-enemy world.

But then came tequila-shooting Brady tossing the Vince Lombardi Trophy, there was Brady losing his jet skis, there was Brady forgetting what down it was, there was Brady cracking jokes at the President at the White House. Who is this guy?

Brady was asked about that after practice last week.

He didn’t deny he’s a bit looser these days with Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

“It’s nice that I’ve found my voice more,” Brady said. “I really enjoy being around my teammates, my coaches – it’s been a different environment.

“[I’m] just really enjoying the experience of playing football, playing with this group of guys.”

“I think all of the above, it’s nice that I’ve found my voice more. I really enjoy being around my teammates, my coaches – it’s been a different environment. [I’m] just really enjoying the experience of playing football, playing with this group of guys.”

Now something else important in Brady’s life happened over the weekend. Brady — and yeah, you were probably beaten over the head about this, too — he stepped onto an NFL field for the first time 21 years ago on July 31.

It was a preseason game broadcast on NBC with Al Michaels.

Joe’s good friend Todd Wright messaged Joe about this: What if Brady and the Bucs have a perfect season? You know that’s Brady’s unspoken goal right now. Let’s say that happens and Brady, after the season, says, “I’ve done all I can do as a football player. Goodbye.”

If that happens, Michaels, who is scheduled to call this winter’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles for NBC, would broadcast Brady’s first and last game.

If Brady has to retire, how cool would that be?

Personally, Joe is good with the Bucs winning another Super Bowl with a one-loss regular season and Brady sticking around another six years (so long as he can still throw) chasing that undefeated dream.

Brady quarterbacking the Bucs still seems like a wild dream to Joe. A dream Joe doesn’t want to wake up from.