Tom Brady flashes legendary arm for fans at grand opening of new store; discusses Joe Montana, Super Bowl win

Tom Brady rarely heard cheers when he was in New Jersey playing in the NFL but the circumstances at the American Dream on Friday night was altogether different than what it was at MetLife Stadium during his career The seven-time Super Bowl champion opened a CardVault by Tom Brady premium trading card store at the American Dream It s the first flagship store located outside of the Boston Area CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMBrady fans wearing New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers gear flocked to the enormous shopping center and filled all three levels just to get a glimpse of the legendary quarterback He spoke to co-founder Chris Costa for a brief Q A session before he had a treat for the fans He manifested off his legendary arm firing footballs into the crowd not showing any signs of rust Fans were extremely excited about the possibility of catching a football from one of the greatest players of all time Brady spoke about a few of the favorite trading cards in his collections One a dual autograph with San Francisco ers legend Joe Montana and the other he has of teammates Randy Moss Julian Edelman Rob Gronkowski and Wes Welker He talked about his admiration for Montana first TOM BRADY OPENS CARDVAULT SPORTS CARD STORE AT AMERICAN DREAM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HOBBY The San Francisco ers were the unit to beat in the NFL and they had a tremendous run from the early s through the late s they were a dynasty When you grow up in the Bay Area and you have that it gives you a lot of reasons to love sports and love football he announced And that s when I fell in love with football because of Joe Montana And he s still my idol in the present day He was an incredible quarterback and he set the tone every single day for what greatness really looks like And every pro football athlete every quarterback that s ever played in the NFL understands how talented and how poised this guy was This guy was a champion four Super Bowl wins in for Super Bowl appearances Nobody performed in Super Bowls as great as this guy and the fact that I m on a card with him signed it had to be in my collection Brady then talked about how he needed to rely on his teammates when the Patriots came back to defeat the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI The Patriots famously trailed - when they stormed back to stun the Falcons and win the Super Bowl title in overtime It s the end of the season came down to one challenge against the Falcons and it was pretty rough being down - he recalled But I had a group of teammates that never quit and we did fight to the end We played our butts off for the last minutes of that challenge and went from what would have been the toughest loss of my career to the greatest achievement that maybe the sport has even seen And we get to make jokes with Falcons fans for the rest of our lives CardVault by Tom Brady offers rare and premium trading cards for hobbyists who want to elevate their collections The store also provides an surroundings for collectors of all kinds Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter