The mystery of Tom Brady’s nickname “The Pharoah” has finally been solved

Another day, another perplexing mystery of the universe solved, and for once, the answer isn’t “ALIENS”.

(Don’t take it personally, George. I still believe.)

When you’ve been building your own legend from almost going undrafted for as long as Tom Brady has, you’re bound to rack up nickname after nickname in the process, especially as society’s sense of humor evolves over the years. Not to mention that sports dorks really, really like alliteration, so you get stuff like this:

Ah, Tom Terrific.