The decision to hire Brian Daboll as offensive coordinator at Alabama has led to some cool new friends for quarterback Jalen Hurts.

Daboll, who came to Alabama from the New England Patriots, has been hooking up his new quarterback with his old one. As Daboll does everything he can to install his new offense in Tuscaloosa, it doesn’t hurt to have Tom Brady help out. Daboll has had Hurts talking to Brady via FaceTime, as well as Patriots tight end and all-around good time Rob Gronkowski.

“We’re running some of the same stuff they’ve ran, so he’ll call Tom Brady and ask him what his top five plays are,” Hurts said. “It’s cool because we’re running the same plays he’s ran.”

OK, so it’s not like Hurts and Brady are suddenly best friends. Hurts actually says that the interaction between the two during these are mostly exchanging pleasantries before getting to work. Still, it has to be pretty cool to know that if you’re having a problem with something in the playbook your coach might be able to call Tom Brady and get some advice for you.

He’s pretty good at that whole quarterbacking thing after all.

Of course, there is some danger involved here. You have to figure it’s only a matter of time before Gronk starts calling Hurts and asking him where the best parties on campus are.