Tom Brady won seven Super Bowl championships during his career with New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
During the 2001 season, Brady had to step up as a start -quarterback for a wounded Drew Bledsoe and led the Patriots to their first Super Bowl performance in several years. At that time, Brady was first in his second season in New England, and he seemed to be as cool as the other side of the pillow.
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New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady in action against St. Louis Rams under the Super Bowl XXXVI at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, February 3, 2002. (US Today Sports)
He explained FOX colleagues Erin Andrews and Michael Strahan on “The Madden Cruiser Tour: A Bayou Adventure with Bill Belichick” that he decided to take a quick snooze before the Super Bowl XXXVI against St. Louis Rams. The game was played in Superdome in New Orleans.
“We had to warm up the field and then we have 50 minutes before we went out again. So I took off my pillows and I was like, you know I just have to lie 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 seems to pass against St. Louis Rams under the Super Bowl XXXVI in New Orleans, February 3, 2002. (US Today Sports)
Strahan was stunned and said he would have been uneven all day.
“The difference is that when you’re young, you don’t realize huge what you go through because I hadn’t really been in the league for so long. Attal years later when I was playing in the Super Bowl, I couldn’t sleep the night before The game, ”said Brady.
Brady comes back to the place where he won his first Super Bowl.
He will be on the FOX broadcast to call the Super Bowl Lix with Kevin Burkhardt. Prigame cover is on the Fox with kickoff set for 18:30 one. The coverage can be streamed on TUBI for free.
