It’s been nearly a year and a half since Tom Brady tossed the Lombardi Trophy across the open water and into the hands of his teammates. These are the untold stories of the Buccaneers’ raucous boat parade. 📸 buccaneers
“I’m in total disbelief that he did it, and that the guys caught it on the other boat,” LaGrone said. “It was the most joyous moment. It was a perfect day. I knew instantly I was watching a moment in Tampa Bay history … you know this is going to be immortalized forever.
Brady said in one interview he thought the river was 80 feet deep where the throw was made, echoing something that Pro Football Talk’s Chris Simms, himself a former Bucs quarterback, reported to be the case. But it’s nowhere near 80 feet deep where Brady threw the trophy according to the person whose very job would have been to dive in after the trophy that day, Officer Chris Audet of the Tampa Police Department, who was driving the boat shadowing Brady’s in the parade.
Audet, a Tampa native and lifelong Bucs fan, said the water depth around the Tampa Convention Center, where Brady threw the trophy, is only about 12 to 15 feet depending on the tides. The real issue isn’t depth, but visibility.