Patriots to honor Tom Brady at Gillette Stadium

Now to the big announcement from Patriots owner Robert Kraft about Tom Brady. I invited him back to come here and be with us at the opening game and let the fans in New England thank him for the great service. This is what people are talking about today. WBZ's Christina Hager live at Gillette there with the umbrella up and Christina, how do the fans feel? A rainy Gillette stadium, Lisa, you know it's always a mixed bag when we talk about Tom Brady. He created so many memories here and you sense that as soon as you walk in. Tom Brady, Jersey's still selling at the Gillette stadium pro shop three years after he left. It's a bittersweet feeling.

This one displayed right next to his replacements number. Just when fans got over the bitter taste of having been jilted for Tampa, after so many euphoric memories in Foxborough, they're now braced to see their old flame return. I invited him back to come here and be with us at the opening game. Robert Kraft circulating his announcement on Twitter. I think it'll be interesting to see how people react. Remember the hype around the TV 12 store opening on Boylston Street? I think it's going to be a great start to the opening on Boylston Street. This week we learned it's closed up.

Is Tom Brady's star finally fading in New England? Do you think there will be cheers or will there be cheers? I think people will be pretty mellow about it. They've kind of gotten through the anger dial acceptance of Tom leaving. You'll hear a couple of booze, but we'll see how it goes. We met Dylan Qualls in the market for a Pat's hat, a lifelong fan from Arkansas who admits his New England accent is not the goat. Chowda, chowda, how's that? You don't have to be from New England, he says, to know that New England is exactly where Tom Brady should be. Like him or not. I don't think you can erase the legacy he left here and all the history he left here.

I think it's a great thing to have him here. You can't deny that you can't just dismiss that. Tom Brady, of course, accepted the invitation and it seems we can get used to seeing him here and having him be more a part of our lives here in New England again because Kraft said this is just the beginning of many celebrations in his honor live at Gillette.

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