Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders just suffered a historic fall in this year's NFL Draft.
After he was projected to be a top-10 pick in the selection process earlier this month, Sanders fell all the way to the fifth round, where he was selected by the Cleveland Browns - the team that many thought would take him with the No. 2 overall pick.
But when it comes to making the most out of a late-round selection, seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady can speak confidently.
Brady appeared on the Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul and Mike Majlak and offered Shedeur some advice.
"So, nobody knows. I actually texted Shedeur because I know him very well," Brady said. "And I said, ‘Dude, whatever happens, wherever you go, that’s your first day. Day 2 matters more than the draft. I was 199. So, who could speak on it better than me – what that really means. Use it as motivation. You’re gonna get your chances, go take advantage of it.’"
Sanders and Brady have had a relationship since Shedeur was at Jackson State and signed an NIL deal with the Brady Brand. That relationship carried over when he transferred to Colorado when his famous football father, Deion, was named head coach.
Brady said he remembered another draft slide back in 2005 that might've motivated another pretty successful NFL signal caller.
"I remember when they were talking about Aaron Rodgers sliding and Aaron slid to like 21 in the first round or whatever it was. I’m like, ‘Dude, you’re the 21st pick in the first round. I think they still think you’re pretty good. You’re still a great player. You’re still a first-round pick in the NFL. There’s only 32 of those guys every year.’ So, use it as motivation," he said. "Wherever you end up going, it’s still about your performance. Like, what do you do when you get there, because you’re gonna get there.
"He has to show up every day because, as a quarterback, you have to be a leader," Brady added. "And to me a leader is, do I care about my teammates and do I care about what we’re trying to accomplish?"
Sanders has an opportunity to make a name for himself, this time away from his famous father and coach, if he can make the best of what looked like a bad situation during the NFL Draft.