Brady Sr. reflects on son’s ‘incomprehensible’ Pats HoF induction originally appeared in NBC Sports Boston
It was an emotional Wednesday night in Foxboro as legendary quarterback Tom Brady was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame.
Thousands of fans, as well as countless friends and former teammates, came to Gillette Stadium to celebrate the GOAT’s illustrious 20 years with the team. Brady also had his family by his side throughout the event, including his father, Tom Brady Sr.
Before his son’s inauguration, Brady Sr. spoke with NBC Sports Boston’s Tom E. Curran to reflect on what the night meant to him and the Brady family.
“This is so surreal. It’s incomprehensible,” Brady Sr. told Curran. “In our wildest imaginations, we couldn’t imagine something as spectacular as this.”
The 199th overall pick in the 2000 draft, Brady brought six Super Bowl titles to New England and won MVP honors in four of them. He won three NFL MVP awards and set numerous franchise and league records during his two unforgettable decades with the organization.
Although he left the Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020, Wednesday’s celebration marked the official final chapter of the Brady era in Foxboro. For Brady Sr., it was a bittersweet ending.
“Arriving at this place tonight, I felt a kind of solemn walk here. I’ve driven these roads so many times over the last 20 years, and only to see it truly coming to an end,” he added. “But the joy we’ve had, the ups and downs, the friendships we’ve made, it just doesn’t get any better.
“So tonight it’s – it’s almost incomprehensible to me because we remember it as 199, and 199s don’t usually get that kind of reception.”
Brady is the 35th inductee into the Patriots Hall of Fame. Other Pats Hall of Famers in attendance at Wednesday’s ceremony included Willie McGinest, Vince WIlfork, Ty Law, Drew Bledsoe, Troy Brown, Kevin Faulk and Matt Light.
