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NFL Icon Tom Brady Leaves Top Gamers Upset With His Retirement Announcement

Published 02/01/2022, 2:43 PM EST

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NFL legend and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady officially retired from football on Tuesday, February 01, 2022, as reported by ESPN. The greatest quarterback, and arguably the greatest athlete of all time, with a prestigious career, is walking off into the setting sun after 22 remarkable seasons.

As Tom Brady finally hangs up his boots, football fans and sports fans all across the world are honoring his incredible legacy and flooding Twitter with comments, commemorating his journey through the years.

Here’s how the gaming/streaming industry reacted to the massive announcement.

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Tom Brady announces retirement from NFL

Hours ahead of the time of writing, the NFL quarterback announced his decision on social media platforms, opening the floodgates of emotions of fans all around the world; people took to Twitter to express their thoughts.

YouTuber and Twitch streamer, Dream, who is wildly famous for his Minecraft content, shared his opinion on how Brady’s retirement would affect the sport. In addition to this, he even called the quarterback “GOAT,” which is justifiable. Given his long list of accolades.

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Tom Brady played 20 of 22 seasons with the New England Patriots, winning six Super Bowl titles. He then joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the final two seasons of his career, winning his seventh championship with them. To put it into numbers, Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl Champion, five-time Super Bowl MVP, three-time NFL MVP, fifteen-time Pro Bowl, and six-time All-Pro.

Gamers and Streamers react to Brady’s retirement

CEO of Epic Games, Donald Mustard, also interacted with Brady’s tweet and shared his thoughts and love for the quarterback on Twitter.

Complexity Gaming part-owner and Call of Duty streamer, TimTheTatman remarked Tom Brady was the greatest of all time using an emoticon. Tim is a vivid Dallas Cowboys fan. But one cannot deny Tom Brady the respect he deserves.

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YouTuber turned boxer Jake Paul also took to Twitter to show his support for the now-former NFL player.

With the news coming right before the Super Bowl on February 14, 2022, Tom Brady, who holds the record for 10 Super Bowl appearances, will surely be missed.

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Tanay Grover

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Tanay Grover, an eSports writer for EssentiallySports, is currently pursuing a degree in technology. Before finding his way into the world of eSports, he worked on Social Media management. An enthusiastic soccer player who never played any other game except FIFA, he found his calling when he started playing Valorant and Pokemon GO.
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