As Tom Brady returns to Gillette Stadium, his closest football friends — including Rob Gronkowski, Wes Welker and Julian Edelman — reflect on what it was like to play with the GOAT.
But just when you think you know a guy…
It paid off. In 141 games together between the Patriots and Buccaneers, Gronkowski caught 620 passes from Brady for 9,275 yards and 93 touchdowns, according to StatMuse.Brady was hard on Welker, too, after he arrived in a 2007 trade from the. Welker, however, was already an established veteran. So they had more of a back-and-forth.
The young pass-catcher spent his first offseason in L.A. — a decision he made essentially for the sole reason of staying close to Brady. Anytime Brady wanted Edelman present for a workout, he'd be there. It started slow, with Edelman getting only intermittent calls from Brady. But as the offseason progressed, they were on the field all the time together.
Brady built up his best friends and challenged them relentlessly — all in the name of winning a Super Bowl. He was the big brother, pulling his siblings' strings. "Dude, I'm about to fight you right now. This was not the conversation we had out there on the field," Welker would say."AndBrady was an emotionally intelligent leader and friend. Though he was ruthless on the field, he made peace in the locker room. He kept an eye on his best friends to make sure that he was pushing them as hard as they could possibly go — but no harder.
At that point, these players were made, in a"Godfather" sense of the word. Brady took care of them on and off the field like they were family. "It was a little tough. I told him, 'I'm retiring from football.' I was definitely teary-eyed giving him a call because I know just how deep down that we have a connection on the field and off the field," Gronk said."It was hard to say goodbye to someone — to the greatest player to ever play the game. And I'm leaving the game of football before he is. And he's been in the game before me and he's been in the game after me.
Gronk, like a handful of Brady's best friends, had the experience of saying goodbye a few times. Gronk officially retired from the league after the 2021 season. Hoyer, who has experienced a journeyman career, spent three stints in New England . Each time he left, he had to say goodbye to Brady.
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