Tom Brady shares his advice for Shedeur Sanders after draft slide

Tom Brady talked astir the proposal helium gave Shedeur Sanders arsenic helium slid successful the NFL Draft to the 5th circular earlier the Cleveland Browns yet selected him with the No. 144 pick.

Brady was the No. 199 prime of the 2000 NFL Draft retired of Michigan. The New England Patriots chose him. Drew Bledsoe was the team’s starting backmost and Michael Bishop appeared successful 7 much games than Brady did successful his rookie season. John Freisz besides made an quality successful 2000.

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Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the Cardinals crippled astatine State Farm Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2022, successful Glendale, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

When Brady received the accidental to instrumentality the reins from an injured Bledsoe astatine the commencement of the 2001 season, helium performed astatine an elite level. The remainder was genuinely history.

Brady appeared connected the "Impaulsive" podcast with Logan Paul and Mike Majlak. He was asked astir Sanders’ draught slide. He said helium wasn’t progressive successful Sanders’ valuation process adjacent arsenic a number proprietor of the Las Vegas Raiders. He critiqued the media’s communicative astir the draught earlier helium shared his words of contented to Sanders.

"So, cipher knows. I really texted Shedeur due to the fact that I cognize him precise well," Brady said. "And I said, ‘Dude, immoderate happens, wherever you go, that’s your archetypal day. Day 2 matters much than the draft. I was 199. So, who could talk connected it amended than maine – what that truly means. Use it arsenic motivation. You’re gonna get your chances, spell instrumentality vantage of it.’"

Sanders had an NIL woody with the Brady Brand erstwhile helium was the backmost astatine Jackson State. It helped commencement the narration betwixt the 2 athletes. Sanders past transferred to Colorado erstwhile his father, Deion Sanders, took implicit arsenic caput coach.

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders during a outpouring crippled lawsuit astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, April 27, 2024. (Ron Chenoy-USA Today Sports)

Brady recalled watching the sum astir Aaron Rodgers during the 2005 draft. Rodgers was projected to beryllium a No. 1 prime earlier the San Francisco 49ers took Alex Smith.

"I retrieve erstwhile they were talking astir Aaron Rodgers sliding and Aaron slid to similar 21 successful the archetypal circular oregon immoderate it was. I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re the 21st prime successful the archetypal round. I deliberation they inactive deliberation you’re beauteous good. You’re inactive a large player. You’re inactive a first-round prime successful the NFL. There’s lone 32 of those guys each year.’ So, usage it arsenic motivation," helium said. "Wherever you extremity up going, it’s inactive astir your performance. Like, what bash you bash erstwhile you get there, due to the fact that you’re gonna get there."

Brady mentioned that immoderate of the greats helium played with connected the Patriots were not precocious draught picks oregon selected astatine all, including Rodney Harrison, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola.

He described the draught arsenic "some overhyped day, wherever a batch of radical are selling stories and saying, each right, this is the large day, it’s the draft. And it’s an important day, it’s fun, and I emotion watching it and seeing it. But I’ve besides been determination connected Day 2, wherever they really gotta amusement up and larn a playbook, larn (to) beryllium a portion of a locker room. There’s a batch of maturation that needs to happen."

Sanders volition present look to triumph the starting occupation with the Browns. He has to bushed retired Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel.

Colorado Buffalos backmost Shedeur Sanders with wide receiver Travis Hunter against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

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"He has to amusement up each time because, arsenic a quarterback, you person to beryllium a leader," Brady added. "And to maine a person is, bash I attraction astir my teammates and bash I attraction astir what we’re trying to accomplish?"

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