Patriots amazed by fan turnout at championship parade | VIDEO

BOSTON — As the 28 duck boats and flatbed trucks slowly turned from Boylston to Tremont Street, the crowd grew louder. The sound was deafening as thousands upon thousands of Patriots fans filled the streets that lined Boston Common on Tuesday.

Patriots fans have been known to be rowdy and this day was no different.

Following the Patriots 13-3 Super Bowl LIII win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in Atlanta, players, coaches and fans partied alike at the New [...]

BOSTON — As the 28 duck boats and flatbed trucks slowly turned from Boylston to Tremont Street, the crowd grew louder. The sound was deafening as thousands upon thousands of Patriots fans filled the streets that lined Boston Common on Tuesday.

Patriots fans have been known to be rowdy and this day was no different.

Following the Patriots 13-3 Super Bowl LIII win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in Atlanta, players, coaches and fans partied alike at the New England Patriots Victory Parade. For a fan base that’s already seen five celebrations like this, Tuesday’s sixth Patriots parade may have been the loudest of them all.

“It was a great experience. First-time experience. I didn’t know it was going to be like this, so many fans out. It was a great time,” said cornerback Stephon Gilmore, celebrating his first Super Bowl championship. “I mean, it’s beyond my expectations. I didn’t see this coming. It was a great opportunity. We’re Super Bowl champions. It’s great for the city of Boston.”

Players, ownership, coaches, friends and family boarded buses at Gillette Stadium on Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. At 10 a.m., the buses headed for the city with some help from local law enforcement. From Interstate 95 to Interstate 93, police stopped traffic, setting up at each on-ramp. At certain points, police lined the four-lane highways and stopped everyone to let the buses pass by without any traffic.

Fans made the most out of these traffic jams. Plenty of cars were stopped with fans standing on the highway waving and taking photographs. At the 93 junction, people were standing on top of a stopped flatbed truck for better look.

“Honestly, I kind of just thought it was going to be a float, kind of get through it, see everyone cheering, but man this is crazy. It’s unreal,” said running back Rex Burkhead. “Pretty unbelievable amount of kids getting out of school to come out to this so it’s pretty cool and just the amount of people. Like I said, thanks to the police for escorting us and helping us through this whole thing. It’s awesome to see all these guys.”

Barricades and law enforcement officers lined the streets throughout the parade route in Boston. The festivities kicked off at the Hynes Convention. The first duck boat featured Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who had a special guest — retired cornerback Ty Law, who was recently elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

One-by-one, the 28 floats rolled through the streets of Boston. Chants of "Brady!" and “We want seven” could be heard along the route. Fans also got adventurous. Several climbed on trees, light posts and on even on top of bus stops to cheer their football heroes.

Hundreds of signs celebrated Tom Brady, who won his sixth championship, others said "Never Gets Old." Even Brady’s daughter, Vivian, had her own sign showing a photo of a goat and a ram. The goat had a greater sign next to it. Brady stood with her with a Lombardi Trophy in his grasp. Multiple goat signs and goat stuffed animals lined the streets to pay homage to the quarterback.

Fans weren’t the only ones to show appreciation for Brady. Patriots safety Duron Harmon wore a Tom Brady high school jersey during the celebration.

“That’s the least I can do to show my respect for Tom Brady,” Harmon said. “Tom Brady has been here his entire career. He has shown love. That’s the least I can do to show love to him.”

After starting on Boylston Street, the parade took a left on Tremont Street before finishing on Cambridge Street. Music and confetti filled the air as a fan base went wild for hours.

“It never gets. It never gets old,” said Harmon, celebrating his third Super Bowl championship. “When you [win the] Super Bowl, you never get old, man. I want to thank the fans for coming out tonight because at the end of the day, I love the fans. I appreciate their support and at the end of the day, we deserve this. We deserve this.”