Check Out Sports Illustrated’s Two Covers For Tom Brady Retirement

'The GOAT says goodbye'

For the 26th and, perhaps, final time, Tom Brady is a Sports Illustrated cover athlete.

The 44-year-old quarterback officially hung up his cleats this week, sparking a truly bizarre two days’ worth of reaction. On Wednesday morning, Sports Illustrated revealed the two covers it will run to commemorate Brady’s retirement: one of him wearing a New New England Patriots uniform, another of him playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Take a look:

Both of those are fine, but they’re not among Brady’s best SI covers.

You can click here to view the first 25, some of which surely will have you feeling nostalgic.

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Dakota Randall

Plymouth State/Boston University product from Wolfeboro, NH, who now is based in Rhode Island. Have worked at NESN since 2016, covering the Patriots since 2021. Might chat your ear off about Disney World, Halo 2, and Lord of the Rings.