Tom Brady recently posted on Instagram, praising the online sports retailer Fanatics for a heartfelt message given to the NFL rookies. Fanatics, valued at $31 billion, shared a video gift to NFL rookies entering the league this year with NFL legends, both past and current, sharing advice and congratulations to the rookie. It’s a unique gift, and it’ll stay in the minds of these rookies for a long time, especially as they enter their first year in the league.
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Brady’s caption on his Instagram post reflects how he wishes Fanatics had been around when he was a rookie. Of course, things were much different back in Brady’s time. Social media didn’t really exist, and it would’ve been so hard to get all the legends to come together to put a video like this together. However, there’s no telling the kind of impact that moments like these have on a young athlete’s life and career going forward.
Tom Brady and other NFL stars have heartfelt messages for rookies
Each NFL rookie who was part of the Fanatics’ promotion got valuable advice and a personalized message from their NFL hero. Every player has grown up watching someone or the other, and so Fanatics made sure to reach out to whoever they could to give each rookie an extremely personalized gift.
Brady had personal messages for two of the top quarterback talents in this year’s draft, Anthony Richardson and Will Levis. Richardson went fourth overall to the Indianapolis Colts while Will Levis surprisingly fell all the way to the 2nd round where he was picked up by the Tennessee Titans at 33rd overall.
For Richardson, Brady acknowledged his character mentioning how he’s heard that Richard’s demeanor has made him a better person than he is a quarterback. For Levis, Brady had more personal advice, noting that Levis might be frustrated given the fact that he fell in the draft, but that each moment will only be that much sweeter from here on out.
Other players like Peyton Manning, Odell Beckham Jr., Aaron Rodgers, and more reached out to other rookies. Rodgers joked about how the Packers rookie would be taking his locker. Otherwise, all these legends were just pleased and optimistic about where these rookies could go from here.
Brady takes a subtle jab at himself with his caption
While everything about this moment is special, Brady couldn’t help but throw some light humor into the mix of it. His caption indicates that even if Fanatics did something like this back in his time, he wouldn’t have been a part of it, alluding to the fact that he was drafted so late.
As we all know, Brady was taken in the 6th round with pick 199, and so he didn’t have the attention and spotlight that some of these other rookies have. Ultimately, Brady didn’t let his situation define him. He finished his career as the greatest quarterback in NFL history.
He won seven Super Bowls, more than any other franchise in NFL history, and he owns every major passing record you can think of. Therefore, Brady’s advice in the video was genuine and pure, and he meant every word of it.
