Longtime New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady ended up on the move this offseason, signing a free agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’ll be a big adjustment for him in leaving the cupcake AFC East for the always-competitive NFC South, but Brady’s biggest challenge might be the Hall of Fame-bound quarterback he’ll face on the New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees.
But it’s all friendly competition between Brady and Brees. He even took the time to offer Brees some merchandising advice in response to a news story about his own pending copyrights, remarking on Twitter that, “I never understood why Drew wasn’t making ‘Drew Orleans’ shirts…’
The question kind of has merit. Brees hasn’t shied away from endorsing products, services, and companies — last year’s “Untuckit” ad referencing the 2018 NFC title game comes to mind — but he hasn’t taken advantage of what should be an easy naming convention with the city where he’s made his mark.
Then again, we’ll always have this terrific custom jersey ad produced by the NFL, from what feels like a hundred years ago:
