Six-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady gets hero’s welcome in Patriots first game – Metro Puerto Rico

Tom Brady once again ran out of the tunnel in front of screaming New England fans on Sunday, returning to his place as one of the NFL’s greatest players, thanking Patriots fans for “another day in this stadium that I will never There will be a day.” Able to forget. “

Brady, who won six Super Bowls with New England, took the stage at halftime of the season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles and declared himself a “lifelong patriot.”

“Twenty-three years ago, no one would have imagined that this journey would lead us to where we are today,” said Brady, an unknown sixth-round pick in the 2000 draft who won six NFL MVP awards and five with New England. Super Bowl MVP award. victory. 17 division titles in 19 seasons.

“We go on different journeys throughout our lives. They take us to different places, they bring different people into our lives,” Brady said. “But one thing I’m sure will never change is that I am a lifelong patriot.”

Brady made his debut atop the stadium’s new beacon on Sunday, ringing the bell to cheers from rain-soaked fans to mark the start of the festivities. Patriots owner Robert Kraft announced that the team will waive the four-year waiting period and induct Brady into the team’s Hall of Fame next summer.