On Wednesday June 12th, seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady will become the 35th player inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. Even though historically, former Patriots have had to wait at least four years from the time of their retirement before they were enshrined, this is hardly groundbreaking news. Brady is without question the greatest player in the history of the New England Patriots franchise, and perhaps the National Football League. So even if the timing is a little unexpected, this isn't by any means a surprise.
However, Patriots owner Robert Kraft did indicate that there would be a handful of surprise guests in attendance for Tom Brady's induction.
“Over his career, he showed some of the great values of America overcoming the odds through hard work and being a great human being. It will be great that we have a full stadium to honor him, which includes hundreds of his former Patriots teammates,” Kraft said last week while speaking at the Myra Kraft Community MVP Awards, per Mike Reiss of ESPN.com. “We'll also have some real outstanding, surprise guests that are coming out of respect to Tommy and his legacy. We're honored to have his whole family and all the fans that respect what he did for us.”
In a press release put out by the New England Patriots on Monday, several of the hundreds of Brady's former teammates were listed as attendees, including: Julian Edelman, Randy Moss, Rob Gronkowski, Willie McGinest, Devin McCourty, Vince Wilfork, Ty Law, James White, Wes Welker, Kevin Faulk, Matthew Slater, Dan Koppen, Logan Mankins, Matt Cassel, Brian Hoyer, Drew Bledsoe, Rob Ninkovich, and Patrick Chung. Yet there was no mention of who these ‘surprise guests' could be. Fortunately, I have some ideas.
Potential ‘surprise guests' for Tom Brady's Patriots Hall of Fame ceremony
Peyton Manning – It's hard to imagine any kind of public ceremony for Tom Brady not including Peyton Manning, and vice versa. In their time in the league, Brady and Manning were the NFL's Bird and Magic. They'll forever be linked. And no, I don't expect that Eli Manning will be in attendance.
Kim Kardashian – Kim was at the Roast of Tom Brady for no good reason, so maybe she'll fly up to Foxborough to honor him again?
Josh McDaniels – McDaniels made millions and earned two head coaching opportunities because of his partnership with Tom Brady, so the least he could do is swing by and pay respect to the man who made him very, very rich.
Bill Belichick – Belichick and Kraft buried the hatchet (at least for the night) and did a shot together at the Brady Roast, so it's reasonable to believe that opens the door for Belichick to come back to Gillette Stadium.
Michael Jordan – To honor one GOAT, why wouldn't you have another GOAT make an appearance in order to put over the greatest quarterback who ever lived?
Alex Guerrero – These two are still joined at the hip, right?
Greg Olsen – Would it be too cruel for Robert Kraft to fly Greg Olsen in to remind him why he's losing his #1 color commentator job at FOX? Yeah, I think that's too cruel.
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