MIAMI — This time it took all of 53 seconds to end a 23-year fantasy ride and close the thickest chapter in NFL history. Tom Brady was close up and looking you right in the eye, outdoors and wearing a gray T-shirt. You could hear the wind in the mic. You could hear the emotion in his voice.
The headline on his Twitter feed read: ‘Truly grateful on this day. Thank you’ followed by emojis of prayer hands and a heart.
This was goodbye in the social-media age, every word of it, from the single greatest, most accomplished football player at the most important position in America’s biggest sport:
