Tom Brady is the one greatest instance of draft place not mattering for an NFL participant, and the legendary quarterback says he has tried to remind Shedeur Sanders of that.
Sanders skilled essentially the most gorgeous slide in NFL Draft historical past final month when he fell all the best way to the fifth spherical earlier than being taken by the Cleveland Browns. Brady was requested about that in an appearance on the latest episode of the “Impaulsive” podcast, which was launched on Tuesday.
Brady, who’s now a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, was fast to level out that he was not a part of “any analysis course of” for Sanders as a participant. He did, nevertheless, say that he despatched the previous Colorado quarterback a textual content message after the draft.
“I really texted Shedeur as a result of I do know him very properly,” Brady mentioned. “I mentioned, ‘Dude, no matter occurs, wherever you go, that’s your first day.’ Day two issues greater than the draft. I used to be No. 199, so who might converse on it higher than me, what that actually means? Use it as motivation. You’re gonna get your possibilities. Go benefit from it.”