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Tom Brady Shares Story Of Teammate Terrified To Block T.J. Watt

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Tom Brady went from standing in the pocket as T.J. Watt wrecked games to watching him do it from the booth. He much prefers the latter. So do the linemen once tasked with blocking him. During Sunday’s Steelers-Eagles game, Brady shared the story of one teammate who didn’t have a good time blocking him-or trying to.

“My first time playing T.J. Watt, we were at Steelers,” Brady said during his call of Week 15’s game. “And I had a great right tackle, Marcus Cannon. And it was about the middle of the third quarter of the game. And I said, ‘Marcus, what’s up?