It’s become part of Tom Brady’s legend in New England: even though he’s been playing in the NFL for years, is a surefire Hall of Famer and arguably the greatest quarterback the league has ever seen, when he gets a new teammate he approaches them in the locker room, hand extended, and introduces himself by name.
For pretty much all of the men on the other side of that interaction, the response, even if it’s only mentally, is “of course I know who you are.”
But Brady’s welcoming stance toward one teammate apparently included an almost unbelievable offer.