Tom Brady sits down with, gives GOAT advice to rookie QBs Bryce Young, CJ Stroud and more
This perk didn’t come with the paycheck. The top four quarterbacks in this year’s NFL Draft all went higher than Tom Brady. But they listened intently when the greatest QB ever gave them a private audience to dispense football career advice.
It didn’t matter that Tom Brady was pick No. 199 way back in 2000. NFL teams selected six other quarterbacks before the Patriots zoomed in on Brady, the All Big Ten honorable-mention QB for the Michigan Wolverines. In 2000, Brady’s draft year, the most touted QB draft picks were Chad Pennington and Giovanni Carmazzi.
So Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson and Will Levis were happy when Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin invited them to his LA home to listen to Brady talk brand building and entrepreneurship.
What did Tom Brady tell them? It’s nice to be selected that early in the draft, but it doesn’t mean that much going forward.
“Going in the second round? In the end, that’s not really a big deal,” Brady said to the quarterbacks. “Going first overall? In the end, it’s not a big deal. It’s great — you’ve got opportunities, you’re probably going to be paid more than anyone for a time period… but I was drafted 199, and I just outlasted everybody. There’s another me back there, right? So, how do I keep my edge on everybody? I had to keep working. (And) I didn’t go, ‘Hey — I’m good. I won three Super Bowls — I’m good.”
Yep, after Brady won three, well, he then added four more Super Bowl rings, even winning one with Tampa in February, 2021.
Check out this photo shared by Front Office Sports. Rapper Travis Scott also spoke to the quarterbacks. He raps, writes songs, produces records and does business collaborations with some big American names like Nike and McDonalds.
Weird NFL stat: Tom Brady was seventh QB picked in 2000
In Tom Brady’s year, only Pennington made it to the first round. But in this year’s draft, three of the top four picks were quarterbacks. The Panthers selected Young, the former Heisman winner at Alabama, at No. 1. Then the Texans picked Stroud, the Ohio State star, at No. 2. The Colts opted for Florida’s Richardson, the most athletic quarterback in the class, with pick four.
Levis, the Kentucky star, thought he’d be a first rounder. He was in Kansas City with the other three for the first-round festivities. But the Titans didn’t select Levis until the second pick of the second round. By then, he’d flown home to Connecticut to watch the draft out of the harsh public spotlight. But at least for Levis, Tom Brady serves as an example of how it doesn’t matter where you start in the NFL.
Brady retired Feb. 1. Since then, he’s done publicity for a movie with his name in the title. He’s pushed back his Fox Sports TV gig until 2024. Brady became a minority owner in the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces. And he’s inquiring about buying into the Las Vegas Raiders. Plus, he’s building his lifestyle brand. So yes, the youngest NFL quarterbacks should look to him for a number of topics.