If we told you at this time last year that Robert Kraft would congratulate Tom Brady for reaching another Super Bowl, you wouldn't be surprised.
But if we told you Brady was headed to his NFL-record 10th championship in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform while Kraft's New England Patriots watched from home? "Surprise" would be an understatement.
After Brady's Bucs edged the Green Bay Packers in Sunday's NFC Championship Game, the 43-year-old quarterback was "flooded with congratulatory texts and calls," NBC Sports' Peter King revealed Monday -- including one from Kraft.