On the heels of a successful reception for their 2024 Schedule Release video "Good Jules Hunting," the Patriots content received more positive feedback for their work on last year's video, "Patriots Retirement House," winning a Bronze Telly Award in the Sports - Social Video category.
The 2023 video followed Patriots great Devin McCourty as he joined a retirement house packed with former Patriots greats like James White, Dan Koppen and Ernie Adams among other former coaches and players. The video's final frames featured a surprise appearance by Tom Brady, who asked if there was "room for one more?" inside the house as the seven-time Super Bowl champ also announced his retirement in the 2023 offseason.
The Atlanta Falcons, Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins were other NFL teams to earn Telly nods, but the Patriots were the only team to log an award for their schedule release production.
Former Kraft Sports and Entertainment Senior Video Editor/Producer Chris Gogolos and current Social Media Manager Neil Perry played key roles in the video's production under Vice President of Publishing and Content Fred Kirsch, while videographer Bradley Amus, editors Michael Runde and Nicollette Gosselin, and social media supervisor Veronica Behonick also made significant contributions to the video's success.
The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Founded in 1979 to honor local, regional and cable television commercials, with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after, the award has evolved with the rise of digital video to include branded content, documentary, social media, immersive and more. The Telly Awards today celebrates the best work in the video medium in an exciting new era of the moving image on and offline.
