In the summer of 2025, roughly a month before the New England Patriots began their road to Super Bowl LX, a six-ton, 17-foot statue of Tom Brady was unveiled outside of Gillette Stadium.
The massive homage is six-sided, a tip of the helmet to the six Super Bowls he won with the Patriots.
Surely, the five-time Super Bowl MVP is rooting for his former team to win against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in Super Bowl LX.
Right?
Well, apparently not.
"I don't have a dog in the fight in this one. May the best team win," Brady said this week on the Let’s Go! Sirius XM podcast with Jim Gray. "And in terms of the Patriots, this is a new chapter in New England, and I'm glad everyone's embraced the Mike Vrabel regime, all the amazing players that have worked so hard to get their club to this position. We did it for 20 years. There was a little bit of a hiatus in there, but the Patriots are back and it's a very exciting time for everyone in New England."
Brady, who's currently a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, a play-by-play analyst for FOX and has a dog that is the clone of a previous pet, might not have a dog in the fight in his mind, but he's got plenty of notable connections remaining in New England -- and another big one in Seattle.
As a Pats linebacker, Vrabel, New England's current head coach, won three Super Bowls as a teammate of Brady's.
"I think he just has done everything the right way," Brady said.
Now in his third stop as New England offensive coordinator, Josh McDaniels spent 11 seasons as Brady's OC.
"Josh McDaniels, who's been a great friend of mine as well," Brady said. "And again, you root for people and you want them to have great performances. … I just wanna see good football. I wanna see good plays, good throws, good strategy, good decisions."
And, of course, Patriots owner Robert Kraft -- who waived the franchise's four-year waiting period to enshrine Brady into the team hall of fame -- was with TB12 for all six of the club's Super Bowl triumphs.
There's also a massive tie to the Seahawks, as Brady's Raiders are expected to hire Seattle offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak as their next head coach.
One might expect the greatest Patriots player of them all to be pulling for New England no matter the time, place or situation. Nonetheless, Brady has entered a new phase of his football journey.
"I think there's always different chapters in your life and you have different chapters and moments that you go through where you're affiliated with a certain team," Brady said. "At Michigan, and then I was with the Patriots for 20 years. I was with Tampa for three amazing years. I've been in broadcasting. Now I'm an owner of the Raiders. So those memories that I have are forever ingrained in me, and I'm indebted to all the people who worked so hard to help make our team successful.
"And now in a different phase in my life, I really root for people and the people I care about, the people who I know the work that goes into what they're trying to accomplish. So I really wanna sit back as a fan and enjoy the game, enjoy the moment."
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