Before Tom Brady tried to get his Tampa Bay Buccaneers back on track Monday night, he met up with one rather unique fan wearing a Mike Evans jersey — the 2022 American League MVP Aaron Judge.
Judge, of course, just capped off a campaign with the New York Yankees where he mashed 62 home runs — the seventh-best single season in MLB history. The superstar is now a free agent, meaning he’s likely about to get a monster contract from one lucky team that wants to add the 30-year-old’s unique power to its lineup.
But Judge has some time to sort out his future. For now, he and Brady met up for what seemed to be a rather interesting conversation in the tunnel. Lip-readers, do your thing!
.@TheJudge44 🤝 @TomBrady pic.twitter.com/W2hgPbNLTV
— Tampa Bay Buccaneers (@Buccaneers) December 6, 2022
A couple of MVPs 🤝@TheJudge44 | @TomBrady
📺: #NOvsTB — 8:15pm ET on ESPN
📱: Stream on NFL+ https://t.co/61o9pQEjou pic.twitter.com/KWOy7Rr7k8— NFL (@NFL) December 6, 2022
Huh. Brady sure seems to be spending a lot of time going out of his way to speak to Judge there. Might he be recruiting the listed 6-foot-7, 282-pound athlete to play tight end for him? Okay, probably not. Let’s be very honest.
But the conversation possibilities seem endless when two MVPs (in Brady’s case, three) of their respective sports get together to exchange some pleasantries.
NFL fans had lots of jokes about Brady and Judge's pre-game discussion
Tom: “Im going back to Boston”
Aaron: “Same, Thinking about it!” https://t.co/056UiqwnfM
— Ben Smith (@BenjaminnSmithh) December 6, 2022
Tom Brady tryna make Aaron Judge a TE pic.twitter.com/DAxmg7SJNI
— Overtime (@overtime) December 6, 2022
Aaron Judge, Tom Brady, San Francisco 2023 pic.twitter.com/kOMJ7fmzxi
— Akash Anavarathan (@akashanav) December 6, 2022
Tom Brady telling Aaron Judge he should be playing tight end for the Bucs.
pic.twitter.com/Rec2Q3h1E5— Ryan Field (@RyanFieldABC) December 6, 2022
Ya already know Tom Brady is recruiting Aaron Judge to go to the Giants lolll pic.twitter.com/GZ1MGxNXyb
— Siddharth Ravindran (@JasonSidd) December 6, 2022
San Mateo native Tom Brady putting in a word to get Aaron Judge to the Giants. I'm tellin' you. https://t.co/Lzeg9Hd8KA
— Emmanuel Lopez (@stealthtoaster) December 6, 2022
“I’ve been trying to get Gronk to unretire… but YOU KNOW WHAT…” https://t.co/L9Q8opqWRx
— Anish Shroff (@AnishESPN) December 6, 2022
Look, Judge might live in Tampa, and may be wearing a Bucs jersey … BUT THAT’S Brock Purdy’s number. Advantage, GIANTS! https://t.co/RgoJLVxvr8
— Damon Bruce (@DamonBruce) December 6, 2022
Judge’s next contract will pay more than Brady made in 20 years in New England. https://t.co/kiYvN5nedk
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) December 6, 2022
So, Tom, what's YOUR favorite area to live in the Bay Area? https://t.co/RGyZZG9kVJ
— Mark Willard (@Mark_T_Willard) December 6, 2022
“ya know… you’re big enough to play tight end. could use you.” https://t.co/DWKJL3bggb
— brianna pirre (@bsp_13) December 6, 2022
Based on my superb lip-reading they’re making plans to hang out when they both get to San Francisco. https://t.co/vRgjRa1rWj
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) December 6, 2022
“I haven’t been happy since I left New England, I’ve lost everything for one ring. Stay home” https://t.co/iNdqLYwITv
— Ben Jansen (@BenJ6257) December 6, 2022
Judge would be a monster at TE for the Bucs https://t.co/RIIb5VZHGn
— Jake Asman (@JakeAsman) December 6, 2022
