Tom Brady opens up on underwear selfie, Super Bowl LVII and Aaron Rodgers’ four-day darkness retreat

Tom Brady has vowed not to share “too many” selfies of himself in his underwear after going viral with the bizarre photo of his bedroom following his retirement from the NFL.

The 45-year-old, who hung up his shoes on February 1 after a losing season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, admitted to looking up the term “thirst trap” online as it was all the rage after his semi-nude shot of early this year. month.

“That’s, I think, millennial verbiage,” Brady said on the latest episode of the SiriusXM Podcast ‘Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray’ on Monday, just one day after Super Bowl LVII.

“Actually, I even had to look it up, so I didn’t even quite know what it meant, but I thought it was a nice photo with some underwear on.” Nothing more than that really.

‘It’s Valentine’s Day. Go buy some. BradyBrand.com. Get your favorite underwear. They are really amazing. I’m using them right now and I promise not to share too many more of those photos.

The seven-time Super Bowl winner also confessed that it was “a little easier” to take the photo now that he’s no longer part of an NFL team.

“Because if I would have done that and walked into the locker room, I would have gotten a lot of crap,” Brady said.

The San Mateo, California native then drew on fellow quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who recently announced he will be isolating for four days to reflect on his future.

The 39-year-old Green Bay Packers field general isn’t sure whether to retire, play a 19th season in Michigan or sign with a different NFL franchise, one of which could be the New York Jets, who are in the market by a more experienced caller.

“You know what, I hope he doesn’t retire,” Brady said on his SiriusXM podcast. ‘Because like I said, I think the league needs good quarterbacks and he’s one of the greats. So if he retires, it will be a sad day for the league.

“He’s an incredible player and everyone has their different processes that they go through.”

The five-time Super Bowl MVP added that more people should follow Rodgers’ lead and take some time off to evaluate any type of major decision that affects their personal lives.

‘And you know what, I think we all need to disconnect from our phones a little more. I think we all need to step away from television a little more. I think we all need a little more nature and a little more silence and a little more peace,” Brady said.

And however he does it, good for him. Everyone has their unique way of processing the season. It’s very intense for all of us and everyone can choose what they want to do.’

The three-time NFL MVP later said he hoped his longtime rival would keep playing, adding that Rodgers still played very well last season despite breaking his thumb and not having the best offensive lines to help him get to the postseason. .

That is my hope. That’s what I tried to do,” Brady said as he reflected on his own final season in the NFL. “And now you expect the next generation to do that and I hope they have the tools to do it.”

‘[…] I hope these other guys like Patrick. [Mahomes] can play a long time. and pull [Hurts] can play a long time. and Jose [Allen] and Joe Burrow and these tremendous players who bring so much. That’s why we look, not by the color of the shirts, but by the players who wear the shirts.’

Brady then dove into this year’s spirited Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. The former New England Patriots conceded that the outcome of Sunday’s big game was a “very fitting end to a great season.”

‘Pretty epic game yesterday. Some great performances and this is how it should go for the last game of the year. So I was looking like everyone else and I saw a lot of good quarterbacks,” Brady said.

‘I felt Jalen [Hurts] he played amazing. Patrick [Mahomes] He played really clutch when he had to. And it was a very fitting end to a great season. And the two best teams throughout the year were in the Super Bowl and really played one of the best games of the entire season. So it was really fun to watch.’

Asked if he watched the game as a fan or with his quarterback mind turned on, the most decorated player in NFL history said: “I think a little bit of both.” And I think what I saw the most yesterday was listening to the stream listening carefully to what the game was called.

“I was watching the players and the quarterbacks, I was watching part of the defense and obviously as a fan of the game. So I basically covered all the bases we had.

“You know, there’s a lot of different things I have to watch right now, so I was probably more intent on watching a Super Bowl I haven’t played in than ever before.”

Last May, Fox Sports announced that following Brady’s playing career, he would join the network as lead color commentator.

Brady’s deal with Fox will reportedly pay him $375 million over 10 years, making the former quarterback the highest-paid sportscaster in history, dwarfing the $18 million per year ESPN reportedly paid Troy. Aikman.

And veteran sportscaster Jim Gray asked Brady if he was “trying to figure out” what he could say in “20-second sprints.”

“Yeah, sure,” replied the legendary soccer number 12. “And I thought it was interesting, you know, Mahomes got hurt there late in the first half.” I thought the Chiefs were in deep trouble because their best playmaker and one of the best quarterbacks in the game gets hurt trying to get out of the pocket.

They are already losing. Philly is basically unstoppable on offense. They go into halftime and you worry if Patrick can come out and play against the best pass rush in football.

“So it was a total flip of the script because I thought there was no way the Chiefs would have a chance and then here you came out in the second half and I think it was touchdown, touchdown, touchdown, field goal or something. ‘

‘It made for an epic second half when you didn’t think they had much of a chance to win. And that’s how games work.

On the much-discussed fourth-quarter defensive penalty that was a big factor in the game, at least for Philadelphia fans, Brady said, “Well, I think it’s always easier not to call it.”

“The hard one is when you call him because there’s a lot of scrutiny with that call.”

‘And I think the point is at least one receiver/[defensive back] From the point of view, if you’re not going to cover him, let’s say, within the letter of the law and you’re going to throw him, you can prevent the receiver from going where he wants to go and create a nearly impossible pitch and catch. by the quarterback.

‘And at the same time, on the other side of the ball, if the receiver pushes, there’s really nothing to do. [defensive back] can do to make the play. So it’s such a difficult situation because you don’t know what the game is called all day.

The NFL leader in career quarterback victories proceeded to defend Sunday’s refs, saying they did “the best they could” and “aren’t robots either.”

Brady also had a word or two to say about the performer of this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, which wowed an audience of 118.7 million across television and digital platforms, as DailyMail.com previously reported.

“She’s great,” the two-time NFL Offensive Player of the Year said of Rihanna.

“She’s a great performer and she’s been at it for a long time and she just blows everyone away all the time.” So she is one of the unique artists. It’s also great to see people on that stage, because I think that stage at the Super Bowl is reserved for a lot of special people.

And I loved the halftime show last year with Dre and Eminem and Snoop and Kendrick Lamar. And this year was great. Rihanna is pretty cool. They are hard to beat and she did a great job.