Tom Brady he saw a lot during his NFL career. But a player reading a book during a game? This is a new one.
That was the case on Sunday, when Brady was called up for the Wild Card Round game between the Philadelphia Eagles i Green Bay Packers.
During the fourth quarter, cameras caught the Eagles star AJ Brown take out a book and read it sitting on the bench. you you can watch the clip here.
Brady was baffled by what he saw.
“I haven’t seen too many people reading books,” said the first patriots the quarterback said. “But I’ve seen a quarterback eat a hot dog.”
Who was the QB that ate hot dogs? That would be former Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez in 2009.
But more importantly: What was Brown reading? This would be the book “Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life” by Jim Murphy.
The book of 2020 — which costs $17.97 in paperback on Amazon — is a “step-by-step training manual from one of the world’s best mental skill trainers” that aims to help you “train your mind like the best.”
After the match, posted photos of the bookwhich was well worn and full of passages that were highlighted and underlined. Brown explained that he regularly turns to the book to help him mentally prepare to hit the field.
“It gives me a sense of peace,” Brown said. via NJ.com. “This is a book I bring to every game. My teammates call it a recipe. This is the first time I’ve heard you all put me on camera with it, but it’s not the first game. I’ve had it.”
A three-time Pro-Bowler and three-time Second Team All-Pro, Brown is one of the best receivers in the NFL. Through 13 regular season games, he caught 67 passes for 1,079 yards and 7 touchdowns.
But on Sunday, he posted his quietest game of the year, catching just one pass for 10 yards on three targets — a season low. You can see why he wanted to get back on track mentally.
“I think physically I can do anything and everything, but I have to make sure my mind is good,” Brown said. “It’s something I use to update every drive, regardless of whether I score a touchdown or throw a pass. I always go back to that book and refocus. It doesn’t matter, nothing happened, and I just reload when I go back to the field”.
Eagles tackle Jordan Mailata said Brown has been retiring the book “all year”. So Sunday’s revelation is nothing new.
As for the book itself, it is rose to #1 on the Amazon bestseller charts. Philadelphia fans have also been more than eager to ramp up the criticism.
“AJ Brown reads it so it must be good GO BIRDS”, Rosemary B. Casey wrote in a review.
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