Watch: Tom Brady shares words of advice with 2023 rookie quarterback class
The top four quarterbacks from the 2023 NFL Draft class had a once in a lifetime opportunity to sit down as a group with Tom Brady and get some words of wisdom from the future Hall of Famer.
Brady's message: Keep working and keep your edge knowing that there is somebody else behind you coming for your job.
Have a look and a listen.
That group of young quarterbacks included Bryce Young (No. 1 overall to Carolina), C.J. Stroud (No. 2 to Houston), Anthony Richardson (No. 4 to Indianapolis) and Will Levis (second round to Tennessee), and he seemed to have a direct message for each of them.
The one quarterback out of that group that should have been paying the most attention was probably Levis.
In the weeks and months leading up to the draft he was consistently projected as not only a first round pick, but perhaps even a top-10 pick. But he slid completely out of the first round and did not get selected until the Tennessee Titans picked him with the 33rd overall pick in the class.
While that resulted in a temporary hit financially and the awkwardness of sitting in the green room waiting for his name to be called, it is not the worst case scenario for Levis. There have been plenty of quarterbacks that slid down the draft board and went on to have successful NFL careers. The most prominent of them all just so happened to be sitting across from Levis talking to him in that video.
Young, Stroud and Richardson all figure to get substantial playing time early in their careers this season and will have an opportunity to immediately show what they can do.
Levis will most likely open the season behind veteran Ryan Tannehill.
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