Tom Brady’s Method Of Keeping His Centers’ Butts Dry Revealed

Tom Brady plays his best football, and he doesn’t like having any centers with sweaty behinds near him. The sweat can be detrimental to his passing game. But, Brady has a method, and it works really well. Dan Connolly knows it best. He played with Brady from 2008 to 2014.

“He literally stood behind me, took his hand, and stuck the towel down my pants,” he told The Athletic. “I walked around that game, feeling like I was carrying a loaded diaper the entire time. It was the most uncomfortable thing, but he was so crazy about not getting his hands wet that he would stuff s— down our pants.”

David Andrews told The Athletic that he tried to “train” his sweat glands, but it didn’t work.

“I have actually tried to train my body not to sweat,” Andrews said. “So, I would sit in the sauna and just try not to. It didn’t work.”

Brady’s method look awkward at first. But it works.

“It was something that was very different for me at first, especially when he grabs you as a rookie in training camp and throws a towel down your butt,” he said. “Pulling your shorts back, dumping baby powder down your butt. But that’s part of it, and obviously, if it affects how he operates, you want to be as good as you can about it.”

Vikings’ Kirk Cousins has similar issue. He’s really concerned about rookie center’s Garrett Bradbury’s sweating.

“Well, I’m gonna take it back to how much he sweats, again,” he said. “He promises that it’s not a problem in games, and it remains to be seen because his shorts today were soaked. And he says it’s not a problem on game days, so the moment of truth Friday night.

“But apparently, you know, when they keep those domes air-conditioned and you get a break on the bench and you sit with the cooling fans, I’m hoping that really helps. So that’s a big thing I’m gonna take away from Friday night, is how tough was it to grip the ball after he snaps it to me. If it is tough we might be in pistol and shotgun all year, which coach [Gary] Kubiak and Kevin [Stefanski] wouldn’t like very much.”