After initially leaving out the New England Patriots in his retirement announcement Tuesday, Tom Brady thanked his former team in an Instagram story:
The message came in a response to a post from Patriots owner Robert Kraft.
Brady's initial announcement featured a nine-slide post on Instagram that referenced the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, their coaches, general manager Jason Licht, the Glazer family, the fans and the city of Tampa, among others.
However, there was no mention of the Patriots, with whom he spent the first 20 of his 22 years in the NFL.
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