Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Star Brady missing winning Super Bowl jersey
TOM Brady collected his fourth Super Bowl MVP award yesterday morning but the New England Patriots quarterback was still seeking the jersey he wore when guiding them to their improbable victory hours earlier.
A bleary-eyed Brady was i n downtown Houston to be presented with the accolade from Super Bowl LI by commissioner Roger Goodell, the man who upheld his four-game suspension at the start of the season for his role in ‘deflategate’, making for what must have been a particularly awkward MVP-award exchange even if both men were smiling on the outside.
It was another piece of silverware for Brady, now the most decorated quarterback in Super Bowl history after he won a fifth ring when guiding New England back from a 25-point deficit in their thrilling 34-28 overtime success over the Atlanta Falcons.
Yet among all the euphoria and emotion at the NRG Stadium for Brady, who was joined on the field after the game by his ill mother, another treasured possession went missing.
“The jersey, I put it in my bag and I came out and it wasn’t there anymore,” he explained.
“It’s unfortunate because that’s a nice piece of memorabilia. If it shows up on eBay some day, can you let me know so I can track that down?
“That was a pretty special one to keep. But what can you do? I’ll take the ring and that’s good enough for me.”
New England head coach Bill Belichick said: “Tom’s given every single ounce of every blood, sweat and tear he has.”