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Tom Brady Had Plan To Make Big Money On A Super Bowl Bet — With His Feet

February 10, 2021

Tom Brady didn’t bet on the Super Bowl game he played in, but he gave his teammates an idea of how they could make a lot of money on it.

At 43 years old, Brady isn’t the most mobile quarterback, so his idea was for he and his teammates to bet the over on the the Over/Under for predicted amount of rushing yards, according to one of the team’s coaches, Clyde Christensen.

“I’ll give you one funny story from our last quarterback meeting [before the Super Bowl],” Christensen said, according to CBS Sports. “We walk in and Brady goes, ‘Hey, I got an idea. There’s a half-yard Over/Under for me rushing for half a yard in the Super Bowl. Here’s what I’m saying:  We all put in $1 million and the first time they’re in two three-techniques, I’m going to gain six and we’re going to sit on that thing and protect it the rest of the way and we’re going to fund our offseason.’ ” 

The reason Brady said six, in part, is because QB kneel-downs at the end of the game count as negative rushing yards.