Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady (Credit-Getty Images)
Tom Brady has retired and is enjoying life off the field. Tom Brady is often considered the “GOAT” for winning seven championship rings. Tom Brady is one of the best quarterbacks in the world, but his favorite quarterback is none other than the legendary Joe Montana. But it wasn’t Montana that propelled Brady to where he is today.
Tom Brady was looking to prove coach Bill Belichick wrong when he finally left the Patriots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 after 20 years in New England, but The NFL’s greatest player has another great name in mind that he must surpass.
Tom Brady wins six rings, ‘supports Jordan’
Former New England Patriots player Julian Edelman watched Brady intently and, like everyone else, thought Brady was pursuing Montana. But one day, Brady clarified that he wouldn’t pursue Montana. Is he still looking for someone else?
“I wanted to help Tom pass Joe,” Edelman said on the Bill Simmons Podcast. “I was like, ‘Tom, we’re going to get four rings here. You’re going to pass Joe. We’re going to die with his little eyes. He looked at me dead – you have a death stare – and he said, ‘I’m not going to choose Montana. I’m going to choose Jordan.'”
What did Michael Jordan say that got Tom Brady to this point?
Michael Jordan couldn’t help but laugh at Tom Brady’s championship ring during a 2015 casual golf tournament in the Bahamas. Jordan said to Brady: “When you win six championships, come back to me.”
The rest is history. Tom Brady won his first Super Bowl ring in 2002 and his seventh in 2022 in Super Bowl LV against the Kansas City Chiefs. Tom Brady is the most successful NFL player in terms of championships. Michael Jordan tied with Bob Cousy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Scottie Pippen for the NBA title The team with the most championships has won a total of six championship rings.