Tom Brady is embracing his move to Florida and the comical series of events that followed.
The six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback recently moved to Florida after signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and somehow already caused a stir despite not having taken the field yet.
While working out last week, Brady was booted from a closed Tampa park by a city employee for violating the state’s stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus. He then inadvertently walked into the wrong home days later while trying to meet with Buccaneers offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich — a move that drew some ire around the NFL.
“I’m so happy to be in Tampa Bay and I wanted to say thank you guys for welcoming me and my family into your community with open arms,” Brady said in a video posted to the Buccaneers’ Twitter account Sunday. “Outside of getting kicked out of a park the other day, I’m so excited to be a Buc.”
On Saturday, Tampa mayor Jane Castor released a welcome statement to Brady and Rob Gronkowski, who came out of retirement and was traded by the Patriots to the Buccaneers last week. Castor made sure to clear the air with Brady.
“Tom, my apologies for the miscommunication when you arrived — not the best first impression,” Castor wrote in a letter posted to Twitter. “But given my law enforcement background, I couldn’t help but have someone investigate the sighting of a G.O.A.T. running wild in one of our beautiful city parks.
“No harm – no foul, and thanks for being a good sport!”


