Tom Brady achieved an impressive feat by winning seven Super Bowl championships during his time with the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Brady’s journey to success began during the 2001 season when he replaced an injured Drew Bledsoe as the starting quarterback and led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl appearance in years. Despite being in only his second season with New England at the time, Brady displayed remarkable composure and skill.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in action against the St. Louis Rams during Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Feb. 3, 2002. (USA Today Sports)
Brady shared an interesting pre-game ritual with Erin Andrews and Michael Strahan on “The Madden Cruiser Tour: A Bayou Adventure with Bill Belichick,” where he revealed taking a quick nap before the Super Bowl XXXVI match against the St. Louis Rams in New Orleans.
“We had to warm up on the field and then we have 50 minutes before we went back out. So, I took my pads off and I was like, you know, I’m just gonna lay down and rest and I literally took a 15-minute nap before the game,” he explained.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady looks to pass against the St. Louis Rams during Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, Feb. 3, 2002. (USA Today Sports)
Strahan expressed amazement at Brady’s calm approach, contrasting it with how he would have felt jittery throughout the day.
“The difference is, when you’re young, you don’t realize the enormity of what you’re going through because I had not really been in the league that long. Eighteen years later, when I was playing in the Super Bowl, I couldn’t sleep the night before the game,” Brady said.
Brady will be returning to the place where he secured his first Super Bowl victory.
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He will be part of the FOX broadcast team for Super Bowl LIX alongside Kevin Burkhardt. Pre-game coverage is currently airing on FOX, with kickoff scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET. The coverage can also be streamed for free on Tubi.
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