One night of Tom Brady appreciation ‘not enough’: Bill Belichick

Tom Brady deserves extra than simply someday of appreciation, in line with the opposite half of the Patriots’ notorious coach-quarterback duo who turned the staff right into a dynasty within the 2000s.

When discussing how the Patriots plan to honor their former quarterback in the course of the staff’s dwelling opener in opposition to the Eagles on Sept. 10, head coach Invoice Belichick — who received six Tremendous Bowls with Brady over 20 seasons — expressed gratitude for “the whole lot he [Brady] gave” New England.

“I’ve spoken to Tom a few instances. At all times stay up for seeing Tom and what an amazing expertise and alternative it was for me to teach Tom,” Belichick stated Monday during an appearance on “The Greg Hill Show.” “Large appreciation for the whole lot he did for me, did for our staff, the whole lot he gave us. Stay up for seeing him.”

Drafted 199th total by the Patriots in 2000, Brady — who retired from the NFL in February after 23 seasons — spent the primary 20 years of his profession in New England earlier than taking his skills to Tampa Bay in 2020, the place he received what could be his seventh and last Tremendous Bowl ring in 2021.

Nonetheless, across the time the Brady period got here to an finish in New England, allegations emerged of an apparent rift inside the Patriots’ mind belief of Brady, Belichick and staff proprietor Robert Kraft.

Regardless of rumors of discord, Brady told ESPN in June that his relationship with Belichick, 71, has been “constructive and at all times will.”

“Had been there instances the place it wasn’t at all times eye to eye? Only a few and much between, really,” Brady stated on the time.

Belichick believes Brady, 46, will discover success in his subsequent chapter, which will include a 10-year, $375 million broadcasting gig with Fox Sports within the fall of 2024.

“He’s a reasonably gifted man. I’m certain he’ll do properly in no matter he chooses to do, no matter space that’s,” Belichick stated. “Stay up for seeing him and I’m certain there will probably be a number of pleasure on the recreation within the stands, as there must be.”

With the whole lot Brady has finished for the Patriots, not to mention the NFL, Belichick stated “one night time” of appreciation is just not sufficient.

“He’s finished an terrible lot for this group, this franchise, this metropolis, the Nationwide Soccer League, one night time’s in all probability actually not sufficient, anyplace near being sufficient for the appreciation for what Tom deserves,” Belichick stated.

In a June interview with The Post’s Jenna Lemoncelli, Kraft revealed that Brady accepted the invite again to Foxborough “straight away.”

“We at all times knew he was a Patriot at coronary heart and we wished him again right here — and we would like our followers to have the ability to acknowledge the whole lot he did for us and the way particular he’s,” Kraft stated.

“After I made him the provide he accepted straight away … The demand for tickets for that recreation is unbelievable, so we stay up for honoring him.”