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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. @TomBrady pic.twitter.com/lCqCVn13tI
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) January 29, 2022

22yrs and you can’t announce your future plans yourself lol (Dmac)
— Devin&Jason McCourty (@McCourtyTwins) January 29, 2022

The best ever. Congratulations bro @TomBrady grateful to have gotten to share the field with you! Much love fam 🐐
— Chris Godwin (@CGtwelve_) January 29, 2022

Thanks for everything big bro it was an honor @TomBrady 🐐
— Mike Evans (@MikeEvans13_) January 29, 2022

Hell of a run! 🐐. Honor to share the field with you. pic.twitter.com/2pIetaP8ss
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) January 29, 2022

Congrats to the greatest QB to ever lace em up on a helluva career @TomBrady #LFG 🤠🙏🏾
— DEVIN WHITE (@DevinWhite__40) January 29, 2022

& BY Far the most prepared and toughest player you ever have to play against. I saw it from both sides. Thank you 🐐 @tombrady pic.twitter.com/Ijle56Qg1Y
— Logan Ryan (@RealLoganRyan) January 29, 2022

Congratulations on a great career @TomBrady ! Enjoy retirement goat
— Donovan Smith (@DSmith_76) January 29, 2022

All the moments. All the memories. Thank you for everything, Tom. ❤️🐐 #ThankYouTom pic.twitter.com/RcxeznI8QJ
— NFL (@NFL) January 29, 2022

GOAT. #ThankYouTom pic.twitter.com/6NJ4ODwSoO
— NFL (@NFL) January 29, 2022

Nobody did it better. #ThankYouTom pic.twitter.com/TMjtMpjWBB
— NFL (@NFL) January 29, 2022

Man, @TomBrady, 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 pic.twitter.com/53BKLu7AbE
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) January 29, 2022

An absolute honor to share this field with you through so many battles! Enjoy retirement 🐐 @TomBrady #AllDay pic.twitter.com/izlPzUXZKp
— Adrian Peterson (@AdrianPeterson) January 29, 2022

🐐 https://t.co/iHcu71HBXR
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) January 29, 2022

Greatest of All Time.

Without a shadow of a doubt.

Enjoy the next chapter @TomBrady

🐐
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) January 29, 2022

Congrats on an amazing career Tom Brady!! https://t.co/fn4y2IDW5H
— Tyler Lockett (@TDLockett12) January 29, 2022

ICONIC @TomBrady that’s all I have to say. Thanks for everything. https://t.co/rZzOnBNVH5
— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) January 29, 2022

TB12 🐐
— Chris Jones (@StoneColdJones) January 29, 2022

Thank You TB12 🤘🏾🤘🏾🐐🐐🐐
— Jarvis Juice Landry (@God_Son80) January 29, 2022

TB12 🐐
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) January 29, 2022

TB12 best QB to ever play the game !!!
— Phillip Lindsay (@I_CU_boy) January 29, 2022

🐐
— Latavius Murray (@LataviusM) January 29, 2022

🐐🐐🐐 https://t.co/Q0xCtQjoGP
— Myles Garrett (@Flash_Garrett) January 29, 2022

🐐 https://t.co/Gw7Lc26Pmj
— James Harden (@JHarden13) January 29, 2022

Congrats to @TomBrady on an amazing HOF career! Enjoy retirement! 🐐 pic.twitter.com/7pLJPGN3Gc
— Martin Brodeur (@MartinBrodeur) January 29, 2022

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) January 29, 2022

The
Greatest
Of
All
Time

Congrats @TomBrady on the most amazing career in the history of the game! Enjoy the next chapter.
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) January 29, 2022

A lot of battles with @TomBrady 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) January 29, 2022

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) January 29, 2022