Tom Brady is the NFL GOAT. And not just because he won seven Super Bowls while building a dynasty with the New England Patriots . After finally leaving Bill Belichick and the Pats behind in March 2020, Brady spent three seasons in Tampa Bay with the Buccaneers - winning his seventh and final Lombardi Trophy in 2021.
He could have joined his new team with a tremendous ego. Instead, a former Bucs teammate revealed a glimpse inside the personality that drove Brady to being the best teammate - as well as quarterback. "Tom had an empty locker next to him," former NFL tight end Kyle Rudolph told NBC Sports .
"I would look over there and every day, guys would put helmets, jerseys, pictures, footballs, all the stuff they wanted Tom to sign for them. "There’d be notes on the stuff, a post-it note on a football — ‘Sign this for Jimmy, it’s his birthday.’ At the end of the day, almost every day, he’d sit there and sign everything.
” Rudolph spent one season with Tampa Bay, catching just three passes for 28 yards in 2022. But he was a 12-year NFL veteran and made the Pro Bowl twice. While the Bucs struggled through a frustrating 8-9 season in 2022, Brady continued to act like a pro's pro and was admired by his brief teammate.
“My experience with Tom was incredible," Rudolph said. "First, the way he treated people. The way he treated the Glazer family (Tampa Bay owners) is exactly the way he treated the janitor at 6:30 at night when he and maybe one or two other guys were t.