The legendary former NFL star Tom Brady is speaking out this week to reveal his ultimate secret to being a successful quarterback.
Brady’s Secret To Super Bowl Success
While appearing on “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd on Wednesday, Brady talked about just how important it is to script the start of a game to help a team’s top players get heated up early on.
Fans and players may want to listen up – after all, this guy won seven Super Bowls.
“I want to see the best players touch the ball early, so they can break a sweat … and can get into the flow of the game,” Brady explained, according to Fox News. “And good coaches do that.”
“When you script plays at the beginning of the game you’re saying: OK, you’re the Niners coach … I’m going to make sure [Christian] McCaffrey … [OR] … Deebo Samuels touches it first or second in the game,” he added. “Somehow, I know the ball’s going to be in his hands, so he can do something with it. I want to get him into the flow.”
‘The Last Thing You Want…’
Brady knows a thing or two about quarterback success. He went on to explain how not connecting top players to the start of a matchup can have a devastating impact on their game.
“You always felt like you had to do something to get them the ball,” Brady continued. “[Be]cause I want him to keep running hard. I want him to be ready for when the ball does come.”
“The last thing you want is your No. 1 receiver to go two-and-a-half quarters into a game and not see a ball … [be]cause he’s going to get discouraged,” he stated.
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Brady Doubles Down
Brady also talked about why he believes it’s important to reward the effort of the top perimeter receivers as soon as possible so that they stay fired up.
“He’s got to go out there and break the huddle … run out 25-yards to his alignment … run down the field as fast as he can and try to get open … then back to the huddle,” the former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback explained. “It’s a lot of effort that he’s putting in to not getting the ball … reward that guy earlier in the game.”
“There are certain guys that are really easy to get the ball to. Certainly, the guys who line up closer – the tight ends and the slot receivers. There’s way more route options for them,” he concluded. “That perimeter receiver has that sideline to deal with … It wasn’t hard to get [Wes] Welker … [Julian] Edelmen … [Rob] Gronkowski the ball. It was hard to get a perimeter receiver the ball.”
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Brady has gone down in history as one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time. He won seven Super Bowls throughout his lengthy career in the years 2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021. Brady was additionally named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) five times in 2002, 2004, 2015, 2017, and 2021.
Now that his NFL days are behind him, Brady is a football analyst on FOX Sports.
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