luckme10 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 As a Padron lover, I thought this was an interesting article. I wonder if they were 50 family reserves or 50 year old cigars. Maybe they're hammers: ATLANTA — As most of the New England Patriots began to file out of the locker room, ready to take elsewhere their celebration of winning Super Bowl LIII, team owner Robert Kraft walked in with an entourage. One was carrying a plastic container – the kind you’d use to store old toys you’ll never use again. Kraft reached inside and pulled out a humidor wrapped in bubble wrap – three to four times around. To him, it was something special. “I got these from Mr. Padrón,” he said, revealing a rectangular box with a Patriots logo on top. “They’re 50-year-old cigars.” Mr. Padrón is, presumably, José Orlando Padrón, founder of Padrón Cigars, which began making cigars in Miami in 1964. He’d wanted to give them to Kraft as a gift prior to last year’s Super Bowl, but he died in December 2017. Padrón’s son made good on the gift, and Kraft held onto them for a year, hoping to pass them out to a Super Bowl champion. And so here he was Sunday night, plopping the box on top of a folding chair, opening it up and handing the first one to the MVP, Julian Edelman, who gladly took it. Julian Edelman was one of the few to take a cigar from Robert Kraft. (Yahoo Sports) “Fifty-year-old cigars,” he reminded everyone around. Someone wondered if there would be enough to go around. The roster is, after all, 53 deep. “We got a few hidden in the bottom,” Kraft had said. And then … well … there wasn’t much of a demand. Tom Brady? “No, don’t smoke cigars,” he told a bodyguard who’d taken over gifting duties after Kraft had moved on. “Too old.” While a few players took one, more declined or didn’t notice. This clearly wasn’t a cigar-smoking crowd. We’ve all been there, right, thinking we’d bought the perfect gift only to have it fall flat. But, hey, it’s the thought that counts. Maybe Patrón would have gone over a little better. https://www.yahoo.com/sports/robert-krafts-gift-players-winning-super-bowl-liii-not-hit-051812015.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainQuintero Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 That's rough, you'd think you would take one regardless and gift it/charity auction if you didn't want to smoke it 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LGC Posted February 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 4, 2019 You can’t teach class... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjimj Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 They were the 50 hammers that come in the humidor. Msrp 40/ stick where i live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derboesekoenig Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Brandon said: You can’t teach class... THIS RIGHT HERE. Preach it. Even if I knew nothing about cigars, I would humbly accept. You had to think that they must've meant something the way they were introduced. Damn people have no manners anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foursite12 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Just to play the devil's advocate here...traditionally, momentous occasions--birth of a child, company closes a huge deal, you name it--you might put out a box of cigars to celebrate. Friends/family/employees either take one or don't. If Mr. Kraft had walked in and said, "Dom Perignon for everyone!" and some of the guys did not partake, would there have been this question? Now, if he had gone around personally and said to Brady, "Tom, I want you to have a personal memento from me to you in honor of this great achievement", I think that would have been different from having a bodyguard go around with the box--"Cigar from Mr. Kraft?"--under those circumstances I think you're free to politely decline. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Puffer Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/patriots-celebrate-super-bowl-win-with-padron-cigars?utm_campaign=ca_superbowlcigars_020419&utm_source=ca_patriotssuperbowl_020419&utm_medium=email Not "fifty year old cigars" They were Padron 64 Anniversary's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGD Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 My favorite part of the video of him handing out the cigars is how excited Julian Edelman seems. Edelman asks "can we smoke in here?" And Kraft gives a frank reply of "Yes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtcat9k Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 47 minutes ago, MD Puffer said: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/patriots-celebrate-super-bowl-win-with-padron-cigars?utm_campaign=ca_superbowlcigars_020419&utm_source=ca_patriotssuperbowl_020419&utm_medium=email Not "fifty year old cigars" They were Padron 64 Anniversary's Padron 50th Anniversary's are not a part of the 64 line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD Puffer Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, xtcat9k said: Padron 50th Anniversary's are not a part of the 64 line. my bad- that's what he handed out after their last superbowl win either way though, they're not "fifty year old" cigars 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikB72 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 I refer to the last line of the Parquet Courts song ‘Total Football’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WABOOM Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 my bad- that's what he handed out after their last superbowl win either way though, they're not "fifty year old" cigarsLast was also 64's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anjimj Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 He handed out the Padron imperial last superbowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WABOOM Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 They were 64 Anni's 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whisky91 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 18 hours ago, Brandon said: You can’t teach class... Agreed! Add this to the list of reasons I am not a Patriots fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookmaker Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Bunch of pussies. Any victory in the league of SB merrIts at cigar, smoker or non smoker ?? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Well, surely, they missed out on a pleasurable smoke. I've had a few of these in both the natural and maduro. Every single one has been very good to excellent. Even if I didn't smoke myself, at the very least, i would've grabbed a handful to pass along as a gift for my cigar smoking friends, a la Mr. Kraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squarehead Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 They like Football but not cigars,I like cigars but not football.He could have send them to me? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward7 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Post SB win, smoker or not, I would find it more acceptable to light one and take a few puffs as a celebration than simply refusing. Lighting a cigar is often synonymous with victory or achieving a milestone and it would be great to celebrate it with the man who signs your check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGC Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Post SB win, smoker or not, I would find it more acceptable to light one and take a few puffs as a celebration than simply refusing. Lighting a cigar is often synonymous with victory or achieving a milestone and it would be great to celebrate it with the man who signs your check.Some of them would rather light up a joint and pour some Hennessy and coke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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