Tom Brady retirement reaction: NFL community celebrates legendary QB's career

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Tom Brady retirement reaction: NFL community celebrates legendary QB's career

Published: Jan 29, 2022 at 03:20 PM

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Tom Brady's lengthy and legendary career is near its end, and players around the NFL are paying tribute to the sport's most prolific player.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback is planning to retire after 22 seasons in the league, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday.

Brady spent 20 years with the New England Patriots and two with the Buccaneers, winning seven Super Bowls and three league MVPs over the course of his historic career. He also played with and against countless players from multiple generations of the game.

Below is a selection of the reaction to Brady's expected retirement from the future Hall of Famer's teammates, opponents and admirers from across the sport:

Thanks for the memories, babe.
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11)

22yrs and you can’t announce your future plans yourself lol (Dmac)
— Devin&Jason McCourty (@McCourtyTwins)

The best ever. Congratulations bro grateful to have gotten to share the field with you! Much love fam 🐐
— Chris Godwin (@CGtwelve_)

Thanks for everything big bro it was an honor 🐐
— Mike Evans (@MikeEvans13_)

Hell of a run! 🐐. Honor to share the field with you.
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25)

Congrats to the greatest QB to ever lace em up on a helluva career 🤠🙏🏾
— DEVIN WHITE (@DevinWhite__40)

& BY Far the most prepared and toughest player you ever have to play against. I saw it from both sides. Thank you 🐐
— Logan Ryan (@RealLoganRyan)

Congratulations on a great career ! Enjoy retirement goat
— Donovan Smith (@DSmith_76)

All the moments. All the memories. Thank you for everything, Tom. ❤️🐐
— NFL (@NFL)

GOAT.
— NFL (@NFL)

Nobody did it better.
— NFL (@NFL)

Man, , what a run! Greatest ever to play and you did it with class and humility. God bless you and your family as you begin a new chapter in your life. 🐐 #12
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre)

An absolute honor to share this field with you through so many battles! Enjoy retirement 🐐
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson)

🐐
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes)

Greatest of All Time.

Without a shadow of a doubt.

Enjoy the next chapter

🐐
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt)

Congrats on an amazing career Tom Brady!!
— Tyler Lockett (@TDLockett12)

ICONIC that’s all I have to say. Thanks for everything.
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike)

TB12 🐐
— Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones)

Thank You TB12 🤘🏾🤘🏾🐐🐐🐐
— Jarvis Juice Landry (@God_Son80)

TB12 🐐
— Ty Hill (@cheetah)

TB12 best QB to ever play the game !!!
— Phillip Lindsay (@I_CU_boy)

🐐
— Latavius Murray (@LataviusM)

🐐🐐🐐
— Myles Garrett (@Flash_Garrett)

🐐
— James Harden (@JHarden13)

Congrats to on an amazing HOF career! Enjoy retirement! 🐐
— Martin Brodeur (@MartinBrodeur)

It will be odd next to season when I have to pick a team to make the Super Bowl that doesn’t have Tom Brady on it.
Very few of us get to retire when we want and I’ve always admired guys like Brady who retire when they’ve had enough of the game.
— Geoff Schwartz (@geoffschwartz)

The
Greatest
Of
All
Time

Congrats on the most amazing career in the history of the game! Enjoy the next chapter.
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25)

A lot of battles with if It is true thanks for all the words of inspiration. Even when we was in Canton for 18 HOF true competitor those games was so much fun obviously you got the last laugh SB53 glad you always respect me and my game man 💯
— Cj Anderson (@cjandersonb22)

Tom Brady should be eligible to go into the Hall of Fame THIS YEAR. That’s how great he was. No doubt the greatest of all time.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII)

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