Tom Brady, proud to be a lifelong ‘Patriot’

Tom Brady considered the best player in the history of the league NFLhe said this sunday that he would be faithful forever New England Patriots, with whom he spent two decades and who paid tribute to him this Sunday.

“What will never change in my life, no matter what happens, is that I will be proud ‘Patriot’ forever. “They have spent 20 extraordinary years in this city, there is no better place than at the inauguration of this campaign,” he said. Brady, who won six Super Bowls with the team.

The former running back was honored in the first game week of the 2023 NFL season in between New England Patriots and champions in National Conference (NFC), Philadelphia Eagles.

Appearance of Brady46 years, it happened after a countdown that was projected on a recently released screen Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts, the longest in the league with a wingspan of 113 meters and a height of 18 meters.

When the clock goes off brady sIt was displayed on top of the symbolic 66-meter lighthouse that crowns the north stand of the stadium, where the bell announced the start of the match.

The former passer, who retired last February, thanked the standing ovation given to him by the almost 66,000 fans gathered at the stadium who did not stop screaming despite the steady rain.

At halftime of the match brady sHe took to the field wearing the jersey number 12, which he wore for two decades in the team. It was received by the owner The Patriots, Robert Kraft.

“Tom, there are not enough words to express how much we want to thank you. We hope to do so today and at your future Hall of Fame ceremony to confirm that you are the greatest of all time. Thank you for everything,” Kraft emphasized. .

Tom Brady played his final season with New England 2019. He came to ‘Pats’ for the 2000 season, drafted in the 199th pick of the sixth round of the draft that year.

Led the team to victory Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, LIII and LV. In five of those six championships, he was named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player.

With the one born in San Mateo, Calif. Patriots They also collected nine crowns American Conference (AFC), 17 division titles, 30 playoff wins out of 41 and 219 regular season wins.

After leaving New England, Brady played three more seasons with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the team with which he won his seventh Super Bowl ring; He is the player with the most titles in league history.