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I want Tom Brady on my drinking team.

The Patriots quarterback’s football legend has been written, but today we finally learn about Brady’s prowess for chugging a beer.

Former NFL lineman Ross Tucker, who played with the Patriots in 2005 and now writes for “Sports on Earth,” relays a tale from a decade ago that speaks to Brady’s camaraderie with his teammates, and how that speaks only one volume of the many that had his team wanting desperately to win one “for him” Sunday night against the Bengals.

At a barbecue spot near Gillette Stadium following a practice, Tucker talks about how some of the veteran offensive lineman began talking to the rookies about a beer chugging contest. Brady decided to take part, much to Tucker and the rookies’ surprise, and it even elicited some laughter from the crew.


Tucker writes in the piece:

We all should’ve known better.

I still have never seen anybody chug a beer faster than Tom Brady. You should’ve seen the way he slammed down his cup — it was like he was spiking the ball after a TD. It was hilarious. It was awesome. It was textbook Brady.

The lesson? Think twice before challenging Tom to a classic boat race. No doubt based on this evidence that Brady would have been a hot recruit for the Broken Lizard crew.