The New England Patriots, whereas inducting Tom Brady into their Corridor of Fame, delivered a couple of surprises for the legendary quarterback.
Group proprietor Robert Kraft revealed the Patriots are retiring Brady’s No 12 and are commissioning a 12-foot-tall bronze Brady statue which might be put in in the course of the 2024 season.
“(The statue) will stand alone in the plaza outside of the Hall of Fame to symbolise his position, not as the greatest in franchise history, but as the greatest in all of NFL history,” Kraft stated.
The ceremony drew a crowd of 60,000 to the Patriots’ dwelling stadium in Foxborough. The three-hour festivities included appearances by scores of Brady’s former team-mates and ex-Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick. It was the primary time Belichick returned to Foxborough since he resigned on the finish of final season.
Brady gave due to all, saying, “I am eternally grateful. I am Tom Brady. And I am a Patriot.”
He added of Belichick, “It wasn’t me. It wasn’t you. It was us. Let me make this crystal clear: There is no coach in the world I would rather play for than Bill Belichick.”
Brady, enjoying underneath Belichick, spent 20 years with the Patriots, main the crew to 6 Tremendous Bowl championships. He later added one other title with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Belichick, greeted with big cheers from Patriots followers, stated to Brady, “Thank you for all that you’ve done for us. Thank you for all you’ve done for me. And thank you for the example and motto you’ve been for all of us on a daily basis for 20 years. Congratulations.”
Some 60,000 followers attended the Patriots’ Corridor of Fame induction ceremony for Brady
Certainly one of Brady’s high rivals, Peyton Manning, additionally attended, chatting with Brady alongside ceremony host Mike Tirico.
Manning stated, “You knew when you were playing against a Tom Brady team, you better be at your best, cause if you weren’t, Tom Brady was going to beat you every time.”
Brady added, “I think that I could never have been the type of player that I was without having someone like Peyton that I had to aspire to be like. And I looked at him as the gold standard for quarterback play, and I still do. There’s nobody like Peyton Manning out there right now.”
Brady, 46, was a three-time NFL Most Useful Participant who holds the league information for completions (7,753), cross makes an attempt (12,050), passing yards (89,214) and landing passes (649).
