Albert Breer

Like the maniacal drive, the desire to be the very best, you know, being at Cal, kind of fighting through some of the things he fought through there, then going to Indiana and taking the group of players that he did to the heights that he did.

You know, they weren't the most talented team in the country, but he helped make them the best team, you know?

And so I think a lot of what he was able to accomplish as a winner and a worker really resonated with Brady.

I don't think so.

Um, I, I, I think, um,

I think at that position, Brady has a voice.

I think I've told this story before, but they more or less snuck Brady into town last year to look at quarterbacks with them ahead of trading for Geno Smith.

It's interesting because I think Brady...

from what I understand, is very cognizant of the fact that every time he walks in the building, he's going to take all the oxygen out of the room.

And I think he wants to be cognizant of, like, I want to empower John Spytek and Clint Kubiak and make sure that they have, you know,

real command over the football operation because I'm not going to be there every day, but he wants to have a voice, you know?

And I, there are people there that, that, that refer to him as their boss or who they answer to.

And everybody is aware of what qualities he's looking for in football players.

I think it marked every draft pick they had last year.

Like, like what is a Tom Brady football player?

And so like, I, I think his influence is there every day.

And in particular, the quarterback position.

So I hesitate to say it's just job security because it's not that, but I do think there was an element of having to provide light at the end of the tunnel for ownership and then for the guys in the locker room.

And I think sometimes we look at these massive rebuilds and you kind of act as if the players in the locker room are just chess pieces and that's not really the way it works.

Those players, they don't really care about your three-year plan.