It’s hard to measure the impact of Tom Brady on a locker room.
Sure, there are the stats that he’s amassed over his career. And yes, of course, there are the Super Bowl wins (7) and appearances (10). But in a way, that seems to come up short. Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LeSean McCoy peeled back the curtain about what it’s like playing with Brady.
“Real talk, I played in Buffalo and I would play this dude every year, twice a year. I’d say, ‘When Brady leaves, the Patriots, they will not be as good.’ Everybody talks about this Belichick — and I respect Belichick, he’s a great coach — but c’mon, let’s stop that,” McCoy said on The Pat McAfee Show. “When (Brady) leaves that team, they will not be the same. The guy is different. You feed off of him. His energy.”
"When he speaks, when he talks, I believe it..
He could tell me Shady go walk on that water, you won't drown.
I'd be like OK"
😂😂😂 @CutonDime25 with high praise for @TomBrady pic.twitter.com/jSbUNqzKRA
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) February 17, 2021
McCoy, who had been Brady’s opponent for so long, got an up-close look.
“The regular season, he was so serious. And then the playoffs, it was like the Terminator. He was even more serious. And then the championship week he was even more serious. Like, even the coaches have to be on their A-game because the dude demands so much respect. When he’s there, it’s like the championship habits pick up. The championship DNA picks up. And I think when you have a guy like that, you have a chance to win. And I love Belichick, but they’re not the same team without (No.) 12 over there.”
“He’s the only player that I’ve ever been around that, when he speaks, when he talks, I believe him,” McCoy said. “He could tell me, ‘Shady, go walk on that water. You won’t drown.’ I’m going to be like, ‘OK.’ He has that type of thing about him. And the way he works. When I was younger, I wish I worked as hard as he does. We just won a Super Bowl and he’s back training, doing little things.”
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