In between, Brady shared football advice given to him by his supermodel wife, Gisele, (“Throw the ball quickly’’) to how many members of the “Jersey Shore’’ cast he can name (“I’ve never seen that show. It’s ‘Diego’ and ‘Toy Story 3’ on in my house’’).
About the only thing missing from Brady’s experience was a marriage proposal, but that has been done before; he was asked for his hand four years ago by a female reporter wearing a bridal gown.
Brady took all questions in stride, from the mundane to the arcane, from the reflective to the introspective. If being back at the Super Bowl for a fifth time means he’d have to sit in a chair on a podium and subject himself to media babble for an hour, so be it.
“To be in this game one time is a pretty unbelievable experience,’’ Brady said. “To think this is my fifth time, my fifth Media Day and fifth Super Bowl is pretty incredible.’’
He took measures to document at least some of it, coming onto the field at Lucas Oil Stadium with his teammates at 10 a.m. sharp, camera in hand, snapping pictures. He was eased into his media session by a few questions from Hall of Famer-turned-NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders, who gently encouraged Brady to, among other things, throw the ball to Chad Ochocinco Sunday.
Another of Brady’s receivers, Tiquan Underwood, grabbed a microphone and briefly played reporter, asking his quarterback what advice he’d give to someone playing in his first Super Bowl.
“I know this is a big part of the week, dealing with a lot of media requests, family requests,’’ Brady said. “But ultimately, when that game is kicked off, you’d better be ready to play. You’d better be doing everything you need to do during the course of the week to get ready.’’
Players from other NFL teams also crashed Brady’s session, with Brett Keisel of the Steelers and Maurice Jones-Drew of the Jaguars working their way to the front of a crowd that consistently measured a dozen deep on all sides. Keisel, owner of perhaps the bushiest beard in sports, noticed, and poked fun at, Brady’s modest stubble.
