New England Patriots Have One Last Request for Tom Brady: ‘We Will Do Everything in Our Power to Bring Him Back’
Love him or hate him, it’s hard to argue against the fact that Tom Brady has been one of the most wildly successful quarterbacks in NFL history. It’s also hard to not uncouple Brady from the New England Patriots…
Love him or hate him, it’s hard to argue against the fact that Tom Brady has been one of the most wildly successful quarterbacks in NFL history.
It’s also hard to not uncouple Brady from the New England Patriots, despite the just-retired quarterback having won his most recent Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 45-year-old Brady, after all, helped win six Super Bowls while a Patriot, going through incredible highs (six Super Bowl wins) and incredible lows (Deflategate, the Tuck Rule, 18-1). It’s almost familial the amount of drama that Brady and the Patriots had to go through together.
When Brady announced his retirement from football on Wednesday via social media posts, many fans had already penciled Brady in as a first-ballot Hall of Famer, with a bust in Canton, Ohio, all but assured.
Unlike his 40-day retirement last year, Brady swore in the video that this retirement was “for good.”
While the Hall of Fame voting will be a minute (the earliest Brady can enter the Hall of Fame is 2028), it does appear to be a foregone conclusion that Brady’s Canton bust will be of him wearing a Patriots jersey, given how long he played for New England (20 seasons) versus Tampa Bay (three seasons).