Tom Brady Eyeing Up Week 4 Patriots Clash
Evergreen Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is starting to realize he can’t go on forever, according to his father.
Tom Brady signed a new contract with the reigning Super Bowl champs that extends his stay for two more years.
Tom Brady Sr. said the end is in sight, and reflected on the Brady family’s ties with the Kraft family.Â
“While he’s happy now, I think he’s starting to realize that the … career is coming to an end and he’s just savoring every moment as he walks down the final stretches — whether it’s next one year, two years or 12 years,” Brady Sr. said.
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The Bucs travel to Foxborough in Week 4 to take on Brady’s old team, the New England Patriots. It will be his first visit there since being crowned champion with his new team.
“I saw the schedule come out last night, and I started salivating when I saw that we play the Patriots in the fourth game of the season and that we’re coming up here to make our record 4-0 after the fourth game,” Brady Sr. said.
“We expect to beat the Patriots rather handily, frankly,” Brady Sr. added.
“It’s not a matter of walking out of town and being unhappy. He had a happy 20 years there and most successful 20 years there. Now he’s in another place with another opportunity to win. That’s great. And the Patriots have reloaded … ” Brady Sr. said.
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“I think that the fans at Gillette will embrace him until the opening kickoff, and then they’re gonna boo the hell out of him, which is great.
“The fans appreciate everything he’s done. I assume that the fans have appreciated everything he’s done for them for 20 years, but at the same time they’re Patriots fans, they’re not Buccaneers fans. So while you’re rooting for Tommy, you’re rooting against the Buccaneers.
“How do you do anything but appreciate everything what the Krafts have done for him, and Belichick has done for him? The coaching staff — these guys have been in the trenches for 20 years together,” Brady Sr. said.