Tom Brady has admitted he will have 'to learn' as he gets set to play football on Christmas Day for the first time in his career.
It's hard to believe that the seven-time Super Bowl winner has never taken to the field on the holiday ever before.
Brady and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates travel to face the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night following back-to-back losses. The Bucs suffered an embarrassing 35-7 defeat to the San Francisco 49ers last week and then fell to a 34-23 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday.
Tom Brady admitted playing on Christmas Day for the first time will be a learning curve
He will celebrate Christmas with his kids on Monday. Brady finalized his divorce with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen in October and the couple have two children, Vivian and Benjamin. Tom also has a third son from a previous relationship. Pictured in February 2022
'It'll be a new experience that I've never had before that I'm gonna learn how to deal with. And I think that's what life's about,' Brady said on his latest SiriusXM podcast Let’s Go! with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray.
'So you just asked a question about what have you learned from this football season? I'm gonna learn how to deal with Christmas Eve in a hotel, and I'm gonna have to learn how to deal with Christmas and Christmas night and still go out there and be a professional and then look forward to celebrating Christmas with my kids the day after.
'Which is, you know, just part of what football season has been for a long time. So it's just, again, emotional aspects that allow us to thrive.'
The Bucs still top the NFC South but will be desperate to return to winning ways amid a topsy-turvy season - with Brady also enduring woes both on and off the field.
The 45-year-old quarterback finalized his divorce with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen in October after weeks of speculation.
The couple has two children together -- a nine-year-old daughter, Vivian Lake, and 12-year-old son Benjamin Rein – in addition to Brady's 15-year-old son Jack, who lives with his mother, actress Bridget Moynahan, in New York.
Brady claimed responsibility for the Bucs' latest defeat as their record moved to 6-8 with the QB losing eight games in a season for the first time as a starter.
'Rough day. Man, losing sucks,' Brady added on his podcast. 'That's just the reality. There's not a lot of explanation.
'Unfortunately, I've had to do too much of it this year, so I'm just learning from it and trying to be better. You can't win when the quarterback turns it over four times, and that's on me. That's how I feel.'
Brady claimed responsibility for Bucs' latest defeat by Bengals as their record moved to 6-8
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