Patriots QB Brady excited for nostalgic return to Minnesota
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady says playing Super Bowl LII in Minnesota will be "really special," with family in the area where he milked cows while spending summers there growing up.
Brady reflected Monday morning on his weekly interview on sports radio WEEI in Boston about experiences on the dairy farm from his mother's side of the family in Minnesota.
"My mom (Galynn) grew up in central Minnesota, a small town called Browerville," Brady said. "My grandparents lived there, and my grandma died of multiple sclerosis quite a few years ago. She was in a nursing home and my grandpa was a farmer; he was a dairy farmer, had a lot of cows and he farmed corn.
"So every year we would go back in the summer and spend weeks. We'd go fishing in the summer, ice fishing in the winter, and milk the cows with my grandpa and just kind of tend to the farm. It was a great experience for me, born in California."
The 40-year-old Brady shook off a hand injury and threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Danny Amendola with 2:48 remaining to rally the Patriots back to the Super Bowl with a 24-20 comeback victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday
The Patriots will face the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 4 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
This will be Brady's eighth Super Bowl appearance, which extends his own record, as he seeks his sixth championship ring.
"I've always felt a connection to Minnesota. It will be fun because my uncles live there, my cousins. We were just back there last year when my grandpa passed away," Brady told WEEI. "It's just a great place. It's really special to go back there. The last time we played in Minnesota [Week 2 of the 2014 season], I had a lot of people come; a lot of family and extended family. So it will be a lot of great support there in Minnesota too."
--Field Level Media
