On March 16, Tom Brady called up New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and said he wanted to come over to this house and talk.
Kraft thought Brady wanted to iron out a new contract — friend to friend, befitting their two decade relationship — that would keep the quarterback in Foxborough for the rest of his career.
That wasn’t Brady’s intention. He instead told Kraft he was leaving New England as a free agent. The time, Brady said, was right.
“I went over and said, ‘Look, I just want to say I love you and appreciate what we’ve done and know that we’re not going to continue together, but thank you,’” Brady said Wednesday on the Howard Stern Show.