Tom Brady details 'warm embrace' from Bills fans in Buffalo return, including 'one-finger salute'

Tom Brady made his instrumentality to Orchard Park, New York, connected Sunday evening to telephone the Buffalo Bills’ crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles. It was his archetypal clip backmost to Highmark Stadium since helium was playing successful the NFL.

There appeared to beryllium nary emotion mislaid betwixt Bills fans and Brady. FOX broadcaster Kevin Burkhardt asked Brady during the crippled whether the legendary backmost received a lukewarm invited from fans upon his accomplishment – this time, arsenic a colour commentator.

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Tom Brady looks connected anterior to the crippled betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected Oct. 26, 2025 successful Philadelphia. (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

"Oh, lukewarm embrace," Brady said. "A batch of radical had the one-finger salute they were giving maine arsenic I looked down from the property box. Kinda reminded maine however overmuch they enjoyed maine coming to down I guess."

Burkhardt added, "They said you are No. 1."

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Buffalo Bills manager Sean McDermott talks with Tom Brady during the crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine SoFi Stadium connected Dec. 8, 2024. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Brady played 20 years for the New England Patriots and different 3 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during his career, lone retiring aft the 2022 season. During his clip with the Patriots (2000-2019), the Patriots won six Super Bowl titles and 17 AFC East titles. The Bills lone won the AFC East aft Brady near the division.

Brady owned the Bills passim his career. He was 33-3 against the Bills, throwing for 9,032 passing yards and 72 touchdowns. It was the astir wins helium had against a squad and the astir touchdown passes helium threw against 1 team. It was the 2nd astir yards helium threw against a azygous team. The lone different squad helium dominated arsenic overmuch was the New York Jets.

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The Bills clawed backmost from a 13-point shortage against the Eagles successful the 4th fourth but fell conscionable short. Philadelphia won the game, 13-12.

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