Tom Brady Shares His Advice For Shedeur Sanders After Draft Slide

Tom Brady talked astir nan proposal he gave Shedeur Sanders arsenic he slid successful nan NFL Draft to nan 5th information earlier nan Cleveland Browns yet selected him pinch nan No. 144 pick.

Brady was nan No. 199 prime of nan 2000 NFL Draft retired of Michigan. The New England Patriots chose him. Drew Bledsoe was nan 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 nan Tampa Bay Buccaneers during nan Cardinals crippled astatine State Farm Stadium connected Dec. 25, 2022, successful Glendale, Arizona. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

When Brady received nan chance to return nan reins from an injured Bledsoe astatine nan commencement of nan 2001 season, he performed astatine an elite level. The remainder was genuinely history.

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

"So, cipher knows. I really texted Shedeur because I cognize him very well," Brady said. "And I said, ‘Dude, immoderate happens, wherever you go, that’s your first day. Day 2 matters much than nan draft. I was 199. So, who could speak connected it amended than maine – what that really means. Use it arsenic motivation. You’re gonna get your chances, spell return advantage of it.’"

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

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

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

"I retrieve erstwhile they were talking astir Aaron Rodgers sliding and Aaron slid to for illustration 21 successful nan first information aliases immoderate it was. I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re nan 21st prime successful nan first round. I deliberation they still deliberation you’re beautiful good. You’re still a awesome player. You’re still a first-round prime successful nan NFL. There’s only 32 of those guys each year.’ So, usage it arsenic motivation," he said. "Wherever you extremity up going, it’s still astir your performance. Like, what do you do erstwhile you get there, because you’re gonna get there."

Brady mentioned that immoderate of nan greats he played pinch connected nan Patriots were not precocious draught picks aliases selected astatine all, including Rodney Harrison, Wes Welker, Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola.

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

Sanders will now look to triumph nan starting occupation pinch nan Browns. He has to hit retired Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel.

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

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

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