I watched the entire thing. It just ended, and well worth the hour or so I spent. They did a nice job with Houston Antwine, I'm old enough to remember him, and he really was a force of nature on the field. I forgot he'd played 11 years for the Pats.
John Morris did the presentation and was great. He recounted how he thought his NFL wouldn't last his first year, because each day in practice he had to block Houston and couldn't. It wasn't until they got to the regular season that he learned that the guys he played in games weren't as good and he could block them. (BTW- Morris still has the 3rd most pro bowls (8) of any former Pats, so he knew how to block....but he couldn't block "Twine". He also derided the NFL HOF because he felt Houston was the best DT of his time and one of 4 or 5 best ever.
Kraft was very eloquent - so was Jonathan. Robert surprised willing by signing him to a one day contract so he could end his career as a Patriot. Willie went on for a LOOOOOOONG time. But I appreciated how he took the time to thank a LOT of the "little people" who helped him along the way, from youth football coaches to trainers and front office people. He talked a lot about this not being about him, but about team, and by the end of his speech you could tell he believed it.
At the end they had a panel with Zolack moderating Seymour, Slade, and Phifer - If you get to see a clip of it, you'll enjoy it. BB showed up before he had to go to practice with what seemed to be an unplanned appearance. You'll enjoy that one too if you get to see the clip on Pats. com. A lot of his old teammates showed up for him. I was surprised Seymour was there. His end here was so traumatic, yet he seemed to enjoy himself being back. Bruschi wasn't there and that surprised me a bit, though Willie mentioned him as being one of those he point out.
Thanks to shemssey for posting the link. I probably would have missed it
