Six-time Super Bowl champion football player Tom Brady left the New England Patriots after 20 years.
“While my rugby journey will continue elsewhere, I will always remember my achievements with this great team,” Brady wrote on Twitter. “I am honored to have known and shared wonderful memories with everyone. The past two decades have been the happiest of my life. I truly love and appreciate my time in New England.”
Brady will turn 43 years old next August. He is considered the greatest player in the history of the American football league (NFL), with six Super Bowl championships and a series of other prestigious records. In 2019, Brady, at the age of 41 years and six months, became the oldest player to win the Super Bowl – a sporting event that set a record for viewership in the United States.
Tom Brady was not highly appreciated when he first turned professional. He entered the NFL in 2000 with the 199th draft (selection) and has only played for the New England Patriots since then. Brady plays as a quarterback, the most important position in rugby, equivalent to a midfielder in football. Only 5% of players maintain their career in the tournament until age 42 and Brady belongs to this group.
In all the seasons Brady started at quarterback, the Patriots won more than they lost in the regular season. In 2019, Brady’s contract was extended by the Patriots for two more years, earning a salary of $23 million per season. Brady’s final season with the Patriots ended unexpectedly, with the team shockingly losing to the Tennessee Titans in the playoffs. The two sides reached an agreement to terminate the contract and Brady became a free agent from today, March 18.
Although Brady is no longer at his peak, many NFL teams are willing to recruit him. The three-time best player in the league has not revealed his next destination, but the American press revealed that Brady could join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Las Vegas Raiders or return to his hometown of California to play for the Los Angeles Chargers.
