Former Patriot Julian Edelman revealed one of Tom Brady’s guilty pleasures from his playing days in New England.
In a recent interview with PeopleEdelman detailed how serious his former quarterback was about his diets.
The retired wide receiver went into depth about how he encountered Brady’s strange lunchtime quirk when the Patriots tended to the same foot every night before games.
Although Brady stayed as disciplined as possible with his diet, Edelman revealed that the seven-time Super Bowl winner indulged in just one chicken wing very often.
“Tom always ate a chicken wing for his guilty pleasure before we went to bed,” Edelman said. “A single chicken wing.”
Tom Brady’s guilty pleasure was during his playing days, revealed by Julian Edelman
Edelman told people Brady would eat a single chicken wing as a cheat meal
Shocking as it may seem, Edelman swore that was how Brady acted. He added that his former partner balanced his meals with 80 percent vegetables and grains and 20 percent lean meats and fish.
“He lives by that diet,” the former receiver said. ‘He practices what he preaches. We used to argue all the time about it.
While Brady chose his vices carefully, Edelman admitted to including hamburgers in his cheat meal.
Edelman joined the Patriots in 2009 and spent his 11-year career in Foxborough. He would be a part of three of the Patriots’ six championship teams, with Brady facilitating the offense.
Edelman was part of three of the six championship teams with Brady in New England
Edelman and Brady had 580 receptions for 6,311 yards and 41 touchdowns in 127 games.
The former catcher spent his entire 11-year career in New England after being drafted in 2009.
As a tandem, Edelman and Brady had 580 receptions for 6,311 yards and 41 touchdowns in 127 games.
Almost four years into being teammates, Brady and Edelman have maintained a good relationship outside of football. Edelman recently participated in Brady’s roast on Netflix and was at the quarterback’s induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame.
Brady left New England to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he played for three seasons and won another ring before retiring.
Robert Kraft announced that Brady will receive a 12-foot statue in front of Gillette Stadium
Brady’s iconic jersey number (12) was retired, the first since Bruce Armstrong in 2001.
After his initial retirement in 2022, Brady quickly backtracked on his goodbye to return for a third season with the Bucs. After the 2022-2023 season, Brady announced on social media that he was retiring “for good.”
In addition to his enshrinement in the Patriots Hall of Fame, team owner Robert Kraft announced the retirement of Brady’s jersey number and the approval of the construction of a 12-foot bronze statue in front of Gillette Stadium to honor Brady.