When the Buccaneers won the Super Bowl for only the second time early last year, Tom Brady and the team's other superstar players headed for Tampa Bay itself to let their hair down.
Jordan Doherty wasn't mad about American Football but in keeping with a desire to experience everything he could while playing and living in Florida, he followed suit.
"You don't get near Tom Brady," laughed the Balbriggan man.
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"After they won it, they went out on boats to celebrate and I knew a fella who had a little fishing boat, we went out on that and there was Tom Brady on a super yacht," laughed Doherty.
"We could see them out there, they were throwing the trophy, throwing a football around.
"All the lads were saying, 'Oh, you have to see Tom Brady in the flesh,' so yeah, it was good. They love the sport over there so when Tampa won it, it was mayhem.
"It was really good to be in the city when it happened. I don't understand American Football that well but I've been to games.
"I tried to do as much as I could when I was there, I was at ice hockey, the American Football, just do it all and experience it all."
Doherty left home at 15 in 2015 to join Sheffield United, then moved to the US to join Tampa Bay Rowdies three years ago.
He came home to join Bohemians ahead of this season.
"Probably the last three years playing first team football and competing for stuff, it makes you mature on the pitch," reflected Doherty, who is still only 21.
"Getting that experience, you're learning about the game in different situations. It just helps you grow as a player.
"Being away from home, you have to grow up quickly.
"I got a taste of that very early at 14, 15, going away - you just have to work for it, to do your own thing."
Doherty had options to stay in the States at the end of last season but, after chatting to Keith Long and some Bohs players he knew - including one of his best friends, Stephen Mallon, from his time in Sheffield - he decided to come home.
"After speaking to the manager about his plans and what kind of direction the club and the team were looking to go in, it really intrigued me. It was something I wanted to be a part of," said Doherty.
"The style of play is different and I'm still adapting. I can still improve but I'm really enjoying the challenge.
"I'm just lucky with the staff and the team-mates that I've got, they've helped me. It's just such a good group. It's been really good being back.
"It's good to spend time with family and friends again. I've pretty much been away since I was 14, 15, so it is different but it's enjoyable, and hopefully that continues."
Doherty feels that the gradual improvement in standard here also tilted the balance towards coming home.
"It's getting better every year," said the former Home Farm schoolboy. "Maybe five, six years ago, I might have made a different decision.
"But you see it all over, sold out games and big attendances, and the quality of the play has just gone up.
"It's a really, really competitive League. If you put a couple of wins together you move up the table very quickly, that just shows you how tight things are."
Ten-man Bohs held on to beat Shels last Friday and moved into fifth place before Sligo's victory on Saturday pushed the Gypsies back to sixth.
They face leaders Shamrock Rovers tonight.
"Again, this is why I came home, It's probably the biggest game in Irish football," Doherty said. "Rovers are a really good side but hopefully we can take this momentum and win there.
"We spoke as a group about our goals for the rest of the season and obviously one of them was that we need to climb the table.
"We want to be pushing for Europe, we've got off to a good start to the second half of the season.
"But it's just a start, hopefully. It's about pushing on from here."
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