Robert Kraft had a one of the best vantage points of anyone in the NFL to watch Tom Brady’s decades-long run of dominance.
The Patriots’ owner saw his team draft Brady as an unheralded sixth-round pick in 2000 and then emerge as the most successful quarterback in football history.
Because of that, it’s unsurprising that Kraft’s reaction to Brady’s Wednesday morning retirement reveal was to characterize his accomplishments as one-of-a-kind.
“I don’t believe in the 100-year-old history of the NFL, there’s been a quarterback of Tom’s ilk,” Kraft told ESPN reporter Mike Reiss following Brady’s announcement.