The best quarterback in history ends an unparalleled career that saw him win seven championship rings and break countless records
Now it’s serious. Just a year after announcing his retirement and retiring days later to contest another campaign – a decision that cost him his marriage to Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen, by the way – Tom Brady confirmed this Wednesday that he will leave the football fields for good. to leave. . “Good morning guys. I’m retiring. Really. I know it was a big deal last year so I got up and just wanted to record myself so you guys know. I want to thank you all for your support: my family, my friends, my teammates, my rivals… Thank you for letting me live my dream, I wouldn’t want to change a thing. I love you all,” the best quarterback of all time said in a video posted on his social networks .
January 17, 2023 will forever be marked in the annals of the sport. That day, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were defeated by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Wild Card Round. Muted by the Texas franchise after a formidable performance from Dak Prescott and his gang, Brady played the final game of an unparalleled career in one of the four team sports that set Americans on fire. Immediately after game time was over, all cameras focused on the Bucs’ ’12’ as speculation arose whether this would be their last goodbye.
Brady, who long ago signed a succulent contract to become a television analyst who will report earnings of $375 million, completed the three-course deal he signed during his time with the Buccaneers and had to defoliate the daisy, with three options on the table: continue in Florida, sign for another franchise, or leave forever. He ultimately chose the latter option and will no longer build the arm that has terrorized opposing defenses for over two decades.
The California, seven-time Super Bowl winner, retires from the NFL after 23 seasons with the elite that changed the league’s history. It gives him seven rings to his name, one more than those of the two most successful franchises: the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots. The latter team was part of the public when it chose, with the number 199 draft of the year 2000, a lanky young man, educated at the University of Michigan, who, according to the experts, had a poor athletic complexion, little mobility to react to pressure from the rival defense and a weak arm. The rest is known.
Brady, who grew up dreaming of emulating the feats of his idolized Joe Montana, the legendary quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, spent his first season on the bench, but the following season an injury to Drew Bledsoe gave him the keys to start and leave. he became the undisputed leader of the Patriots, leading them to victory in six Super Bowls: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
His on-field leadership paired perfectly with the band’s guidance of Bill Belichick, the head coach to whom Patriots owner Robert Kraft entrusted in the year 2000 with the mission of placing the Massachusetts franchise under the aristocracy. But that fruitful relationship foundered at the end of the 2019-2020 season, as the Patriots tackled a failed rebuild.
The Buccaneers, who had won only one Super Bowl in 2002, believed the Californian had plenty of rope left and took the opportunity to forge a team to match. Brady placed himself in the hands of Bruce Arians, head coach of the Floridas, and brought Rob Gronkowski, his partner in crime with the Patriots, out of retirement. With the two as primary partners, he rocketed into the sports stratosphere by winning his seventh Super Bowl in 2021. But the last two seasons have not been going so well for the Bucs.
Gone are a handful of records that confirm he’s the best: He’s the quarterback with the most passing yards in history (102,614), the only one to win the Super Bowl in three different decades, the oldest to do so – his title with the Buccaneers, he finished it off with 43 years, 6 months, and 5 days, as well as the one who delivered the most touchdown passes (737). He leaves with 383 games (of which 48 in the play-offs) to his name, 286 of which end in a win. He made ten appearances in the Super Bowl, was named NFL MVP three times and Super Bowl five (record), was named 15 times to the Pro Bowl and three times All Pro… Simply put, “The GOAT” (Greatest Of all time).
Source: La Verdad
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