{"id":735798,"date":"2026-02-07T14:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735798\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T14:33:29","slug":"tom-brady-wrote-an-apology-to-eagles-trio-on-super-bowl-39-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/735798\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady wrote an apology to Eagles trio on Super Bowl 39 ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before Nick Foles and Doug Pederson led the Philadelphia Eagles to victory in Super Bowl 52 over Tom Brady and the New England Patriots, Brady dashed the hopes of a previous generation of Eagles in Super Bowl 39.<\/p>\n<p>And he apparently still feels sorry for it.<\/p>\n<p>A Super Bowl 39 ticket from Brady\u2019s personal collection is currently a part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/str\/psa\/Spotlight-Auction\/_i.html?store_cat=44702031011&amp;_pgn=1&amp;_tab=shop&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;siteid=0&amp;campid=5339067567&amp;customid=psaspotlight&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mkevt=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PSA\u2019s Spotlight Auction on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Brady\u2019s signature, the ticket also includes a special inscription: \u201cSorry Andy, Donovan, TO\u201d \u2014 a reference to then Eagles head coach Andy Reid, quarterback Donovan McNabb and wide receiver Terrell Owens. Brady threw for 236 yards and two touchdowns as the Patriots beat the Eagles 24-21 to win the third of an eventual seven Super Bowl titles in his career.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7027195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/s-l1600-2026-02-06T103943.027.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"564\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/306732495140?itmmeta=01KGQJBMQDXMSZSX1BS7KTKD87&amp;hash=item476aae7124:g:I0MAAeSwZfBpd7yx&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;siteid=0&amp;campid=5339067567&amp;customid=bradyticket39&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mkevt=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bidding on the ticket<\/a> is over $2,500, and the auction ends Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The auction includes items not only from Brady\u2019s collection but also from the collections of Peyton and Eli Manning \u2014 mainly trading cards of themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout their careers, these athletes amassed sizable collections of cards of themselves from a variety of products,\u201d PSA said. \u201cAs they individually became more active and engaged in the hobby space, one way PSA has helped them along is in curating key cards and sets they appeared in, then taking it a step further by collaborating to create unique collectibles with features like detailed, timely inscriptions based on the item.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Super Bowl item with a notable inscription in the same auction comes from Eli Manning\u2019s collection. He signed a 2008 Topps Chrome card highlighting his Super Bowl 42 win and drew the X\u2019s and O\u2019s of the famous \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OlyBEJ60Duc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">helmet catch<\/a>\u201d play right on the card (he didn\u2019t add an apology to Brady, whose Patriots lost that game to Manning\u2019s New York Giants 17-14, though). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/306732513393?epid=2326586009&amp;itmmeta=01KGQH88K6CD66R8SB4BAMBWDE&amp;hash=item476aaeb871:g:g60AAeSw0dlpd8Bj&amp;mkcid=1&amp;mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&amp;siteid=0&amp;campid=5339067567&amp;customid=elihelmetcatch&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mkevt=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bidding on the card<\/a> is over $5,000.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7027215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/s-l1600-2026-02-06T104723.132.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"646\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>One set of football cards now in Peyton Manning\u2019s collection that isn\u2019t included in the auction is a framed set of cards representing each player who helped him set the 1998 rookie record of 28 interceptions, which his loving younger brother gave him to commemorate the final ManningCast of the season.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s undoubtedly an item Peyton will cherish forever.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The gift that keeps on giving: a frame with the card of every guy who intercepted Peyton his rookie year.<\/p>\n<p>What a thoughtful gift, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EliManning?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@EliManning<\/a> \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hBf7cHvBqi\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/hBf7cHvBqi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Omaha Productions (@OmahaProd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmahaProd\/status\/2010919120712159497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Athletic maintains complete editorial independence in all our coverage. When you click or make purchases through our links, we may earn a commission.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before Nick Foles and Doug Pederson led the Philadelphia Eagles to victory in Super Bowl 52 over Tom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,1785,249,6,109],"class_list":{"0":"post-735798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-memorabilia-collectibles","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116029844295355325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}