What did Tom Brady say in his retirement video? And was he in the Miami area?

NFL star Tom Brady, who went from a sixth-round NFL draft pick in 2000 to being a part of the current millennium’s cultural literacy, said goodbye to football Wednesday morning — from a location near Miami Beach.

And this time, the former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback insisted, he means it.

“I’ll get to the point right away: I’m retiring — for good,” Brady said in a social media video. “I know the process was a pretty big deal last time, so when I woke up this morning, I figured just press record and let you guys know first.

“I won’t be long-winded. I think you only get one super emotional retirement essay and I used mine up last year.”

Brady announced his retirement via a video shot in the homeland of the team whose fans he most contaminated with envy, the Miami Dolphins. He stood on a Surfside beach, just over a mile from Indian Creek Village, where he and then-wife Gisele Bündchen bought property in 2020.

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The two ended their marriage as the 2022 NFL season began, but a Miami Country Day School student shot a short video of Brady touring the private school last week.

Last year, news of Brady’s retirement broke, he confirmed it, then he decided to play another season with Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers were knocked out of this season’s NFL playoffs by Dallas, 31-14.

That ended Brady’s career with seven Super Bowl titles (six in New England, one in Tampa), more than any other quarterback has Super Bowl appearances.

After being getting into only one game as a rookie backup after being drafted by New England in 2000, Brady got thrown into the starting job in 2001 when Drew Bledsoe got injured on a massive hit by the New York Jets’ Mo Lewis.

Bledsoe was a star in his ninth season. Brady became a supernova for two decades. He climaxed that season by winning the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award for quarterbacking a last minute drive to a game-winning field goal that gave New England a 20-17 upset of the heavily-favored St. Louis Rams.

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After a step back in 2002, the Patriots owned the AFC East from 2003 until Brady went to the Buccaneers after the 2019 season. The Dolphins won the AFC East in 2008 — after Brady suffered a season-ending injury in the first game.

In his first season with Tampa Bay, 2020, the Buccaneers became the first team to win a Super Bowl played in their home stadium. That just threw another first or record onto a pile of firsts and records unmatched in NFL history and matched in other team sports perhaps only by hockey great Wayne Gretzky or NBA stars Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain.

Brady closed his video by thanking family, friends, teammates and competitors.

“Thank you guys for allowing me to live my absolute dream. I wouldn’t change a thing. Love you all.”