Tom Brady retires: key moments in Patriots, Bucs star's NFL career

After a 22-year NFL career with the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, seven-time Super Bowl winner and three-time MVP Tom Brady has announced his retirement.

Uriel ParrillaUpdate: Feb 2nd, 2022 08:31 EST

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Turbulent beginnings

Tom Brady was selected by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 draft (199th overall pick). The Michigan product was seen as a player who could well struggle in the NFL. In the 22 years that followed, the quarterback would go on to show just how wrong people had been about him.

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El momento que cambió a la NFL

En el segundo juego de la campaña 2001, Mo Wilson, de los Jets, lesionó a Drew Bledsoe. Lo que parecía el final de las aspiraciones de New England, representó el inicio de la carrera de Brady,

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Inicia la leyenda

Con un Bledsoe marginado, Brady culminó su historia de cenicienta con el título del Super Bowl XXXVI. En dicha ocasión, Adam Vinatieri sepultó para siempre al "Greatest Show on Turf".

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The second ring in Brady’s collection

After missing out on the Playoffs in the 2002 season, the Patriots returned to the postseason in 2003 and secured another Super Bowl win, this time over the Carolina Panthers.

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Tras los pasos de gigantes

Con la victoria sobre los Eagles en el Super Bowl XXXIX, los Patriots se convirtieron en la primera franquicia bicampeona desde los Broncos (1997-1998) y el primer equipo con tres títulos en cuatro años desde los Cowboys (1992-1995).

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