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Brady wants Musk to ban famous combine photo from Twitter
Tom Brady's infamous combine photo is pretty unflattering. Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Buccaneers' Tom Brady wants Elon Musk to ban famous combine photo from Twitter

By Zac Wassink  |  Last updated 4/14/22

Topics brought up by fans and analysts, alike, each NFL Draft season include New York Jets supporters routinely booing whoever is selected by their favorite team in first rounds of player-selection processes and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback and living legend Tom Brady being taken by the New England Patriots with pick No. 199 of the 2000 draft. 

Brady's tale is often accompanied by a not-so-flattering photo, and the 44-year-old would like somebody to do something about that down the road. 

As Ariel Zilber of the New York Post and others noted throughout Thursday, billionaire Elon Musk has "launched a $41 billion bid" to purchase the social media platform Twitter. Brady clearly saw the news, as he took to the "bird app" to ask a favor of Musk late Thursday morning: 

For those who have somehow never seen Brady's unimpressive physique from over two decades ago and years before his "TB12 Method" days: 

It's unclear if Musk could erase footage of Brady running the 40-yard dash from the entire Internet, but just in case: 

Brady's combine performance to forget allegedly didn't prevent former New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton from wanting to work with who became a seven-time Super Bowl champion when Payton was serving as offensive coordinator with the New York Giants ahead of the 2000 draft. 

Don't feel too bad for Brady, though, as things worked out rather well for him in the end: 

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